Apps. We used to call them computer programs back when computers were just for for geeks. Now they’re ubiquitous. Apple coined the phrase “there’s an app for that” and guess what, there is an app for virtually anything you can think of. There’s even Metro apps – fifteen of them (not [continue reading]
In their meeting today, the Metro Board also took action on a three other items of interest: •(Item 21) The Board approved a report explaining that the 30/10 Initiative will be called America Fast Forward at a national level. The 30/10 Initiative was created to change federal laws so that [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors voted 7 to 6 on Thursday morning to approve changes to Metro bus service, including the cutting and shortening of some lines. The changes are scheduled to go into effect June 26. The changes amount to about 300,000 hours of service annually — about 100,000 [continue reading]
Among the items approved thus far by the Metro Board of Directors at their meeting on Thursday: •(Item 16) A motion by Board Members Antonio Villaraigosa, Gloria Molina and Richard Katz asking Metro CEO Art Leahy to prepare a master plan for Union Station, which Metro is in the process [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Infographic video: watch the worst traffic in the country (Fast Company) Check out this interesting video spawned from a new navigation app called Waze. [continue reading]
Good morning, Source readers. The Metro Board of Directors meeting started a few minutes ago. As many of you know, the big item on today’s agenda is a vote on proposed bus service changes to take effect in June. If you would like more information and background on the proposed [continue reading]
For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Advisories page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter. Harbor Transitway Weekday Late Night Closure Due to ExpressLanes road work, I-110 Harbor Transitway will be CLOSED from 10pm thru 5am on each weeknight through Friday, March [continue reading]
[mappress mapid=”9″] It’s one of those planning questions that’s only — and I say ‘only’ sarcastically — several decades old: how to improve mass transit to Los Angeles International Airport? A study to answer that question may soon be underway. The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday is scheduled to [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors is scheduled to vote Thursday on proposed bus service changes that would take effect in June. On Tuesday evening, KCRW’s “Which Way L.A.?” featured a lengthy segment on the bus changes. Among the guests was Conan Cheung, who manages service planning and scheduling; Esperanza Martinez, [continue reading]
photo by Neil Pulling, via his Flickr photostream Nice use of color in this photo from Europe — the red train against the backdrop of the blue building. Go ahead and see if you can guess the city — there’s one obvious clue on the building that should narrow down [continue reading]
