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. Blue Line After 8:15pm, Blue Line trains run every 30 minutes due to construction work for the future Expo Line. Please see schedule here. [continue reading]
The report comes from the American Public Transportation Assn. (APTA), a group that represents transit agencies and private firms involved in the transit business. So it’s not exactly a surprise they predict ridership to soar — although that’s exactly what happened when gas prices topped $4 a gallon in the [continue reading]
[youtube width=”550″ height=”344″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egc_MwazUWo[/youtube] Nearly every proposed transit project involves asking the public: what do you think? Most often, the public submits written comments or maybe makes an official statement at a public meeting. A group of stakeholders in Detroit decided to try something different when it came to commenting on [continue reading]
The award goes to buildings that on average use 35 percent less energy than the average building, meaning about 35 percent less carbon dioxide — a greenhouse gas — is released into the atmosphere. Here’s the press release from Metro: Metro’s Gateway Headquarters in downtown Los Angeles has earned the [continue reading]
As expected, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced on Friday that the $2.4 billion rejected by Florida Gov. Rick Scott for a high-speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando will instead go to other high-speed rail projects in the U.S. Which ones? It’s unknown at this point — Secretary LaHood [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. In pursuit of a way home, commuters turn to bikes in Tokyo (The Urban Country) Facing an arduous commute with rail lines [continue reading]
Some very good news emerged from the Metrolink Board of Directors meeting on Friday: the commuter rail agency in early May will begin a pilot program of adding one express train in each direction on the Antelope Valley and San Bernardino lines — its two busiest. Each train will make [continue reading]
photo by Alexandre Claude, via Flickr We recently featured a lovely photo of a long corridor in the Montreal Metro. Above is another photo, with a wider view of a station by photographer Alexandre Claude (here’s a link to his photo blog). I’m not sure how I feel about the [continue reading]
Like most other people around the world, we’re watching the news out of Japan today in the wake of the devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami. As of 2:30 p.m. Pacific time today (Friday), there had been 20 aftershocks with a magnitude greater than 6.0, according to the United States [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]
