Metro’s operations crew has scheduled a test for tomorrow morning in the USC area: a truck will be pushing a mock-up of a train car on the Expo Line tracks to check for clearance issues. This isn’t the same as a real train being on the tracks, but nonetheless members [continue reading]
From the project’s web page at metro.net: Metro is continuing work on the Final EIS/EIR for the Westside Subway Extension. Please join us for the second round of community update meetings for this last planning phase of the project. At these meetings, Metro will provide feedback from the January community [continue reading]
photos by Washington State Department of Transportation, via Flickr All the rain and snow in California this past weekend, led me to a search for snow plows on Flickr and these fine photos of the annual scouting trip by Washington State transportation officials to the North Cascades Highway. The road [continue reading]
Metro will hold a “virtual meeting” on Monday night from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. to give members of the public a chance to officially comment on how to improve traffic in the area of the gap in the 710 freeway between Alhambra and Pasadena. Here’s an explanation of the [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. With electric vehicles for mass transit, LA can step into the forefront (Los Angeles Daily News) L.A. deputy mayor Austin Beutner thinks the future [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]
There’s exciting news this afternoon from the Expo Line Construction Authority. Construction of Expo Phase 2 from Culver City to Santa Monica can now proceed, following the approval of a funding agreement and the awarding of a design-build contract. Please see the press release below from the Construction Authority for [continue reading]
Have an event you’d like us to include? Shoot us an email at thesource@metro.net. Time and space constraints limit us from listing every accessible event in this city, but this curated list represents what we think is cool and easy to get to. To plan your trip and to check [continue reading]
As announced by LA Streetsblog, UCLA researchers recently launched a website of photos taken by transit riders around Los Angeles that I highly recommend checking out. The site, called “The Zen of Public Transit: Using Visual Ethnography to Understand the Transit Experience” is more than just The Source’s weekday “Art [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. If L.A. freeways aren’t free (L.A. Times) After two L.A.-area politicians — Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles) and Gary Miller (R-Diamond Bar) [continue reading]
