photo by Scott Waterman, via his Flickr photostream A nice shot of the Expo Line at dawn one day earlier this month. Testing is set to begin soon on the light rail line, which runs from downtown Los Angeles to Culver City. To submit a photo or photos of something [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 Night Closure (Lines 445, 460, 550, Silver Line) UPDATE: DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, THIS DETOUR WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT BETWEEN THURS, [continue reading]
Here are our selections this week: Chase, Highland Park/Eagle Rock – Why You Ride “I don’t own a car! It’s my only option.” Franky Hernandez, Los Angeles – Why You Ride “Save money.” Daisy, Studio City – Why You Don’t Ride “Too many homeless people with their stinking plastic garbage [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. Moving Beyond the Automobile: Transit Oriented Development (L.A. Streetsblog) In the first of a series of films about “moving beyond the automobile,” [continue reading]
photo by Atomic Taco, via Flickr Go ahead and take a guess where this photo was taken. The landscape and foliage provides two major clues. Answer is after the jump. To submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them to Metro’s Flickr group or email them to sourcemetro@gmail.com. The [continue reading]
Community meetings about possible projects to improve traffic — or if there’s any need for a project — in the area of the 710 gap kicked off this week. For that reason, the project is being called “710 Conversations. ” One thing not prominently mentioned in news coverage of the [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. Gold Line Eastside Extension Due to track maintenance from 10am to 2pm in East LA, trains from Union Station to Atlantic will run every [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. Red/Purple Lines During the effective dates above only: due to track maintenance after 8:30pm, trains will operate on a different schedule (times are approximate [continue reading]
Metro CEO Art Leahy is distributing the following message today to Metro customers and other interested parties. The statement concerns his views on the state of Metro’s transit operations and his views of the proposed service changes in June. A Spanish version follows the below English version: Since becoming Metro [continue reading]
Some good news out of Washington D.C. this morning about the 30/10 Initiative — here’s the story from the L.A. Times’ Rich Simon. Excerpt: “I talked to the mayor yesterday and told him, ‘charge on,’ ” chamber president Thomas J. Donohue said at a Capitol Hill hearing. “We’ll put you [continue reading]
