In this relatively new feature for The Source, I express actual opinions while working for government. Members of the media: please take any of these ideas and run with them — we could use the coverage! 1. It’s kind of a mixed message to say you’re against a bus lane [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. Choice or no choice: 12 hours riding L.A.’s public transportation (Spot.us) Metro’s service change hearings continue tonight in Beverly Hills. With that [continue reading]
photo by Gary M. Hymes, via his Flickr photostream Very crisp shot of a nearly empty subway car in Hong Kong. The photo was taken with a Canon IXUS 210 point-and-shoot camera and no flash was used. To submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them to Metro’s [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. Blue Line After 8:15 pm, Blue Line trains run every 30 minutes due to construction work for the future Expo Line. Please see schedule [continue reading]
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source in which we’ll round up the latest Metro related tweets in the Twitterverse. To follow Metro on Twitter just search for @MetroLosAngeles. We recommend adding the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets to get our attention. And when it comes [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUP4zI93smM&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] In early 2010, President Obama announced a plan to help build a national network of high-speed rail and began doling out federal funds to projects across the United States — with California, to date, the largest recipient. The plan received a mention in the President’s State of the Union [continue reading]
A study by AECOM released today reveals that the proposed $125 million downtown L.A. streetcar system would bring major economic returns to the city center in the form of new development, job creation and tax revenue. AECOM is a “a global provider of professional technical and management support services” and [continue reading]
Last month, more than 160 members of Congress said they would support getting rid of federal New Starts funding to save money. New Starts is a program that provides metro areas help to build large transit projects that otherwise would be difficult, if impossible, to pay for themselves. The program, [continue reading]
Learning to drive a car is an almost universal right of passage for most Americans, and Angelenos are especially adept at understanding the unwritten rules of being a driver. The act of being a pedestrian, on the other hand, can be foreign and scary – and something that many Angelenos [continue reading]
photo by Bob Horowitz, via his Flickr photostream The streak in the photo is a Muni train in the Noe Valley of San Francisco. What a great night-time exposure! For those of you who are photographically minded, Bob took the photo with a Pentax K-5 digital SLR with an 80 [continue reading]
