Real-time service alerts and updates are posted via Twitter on the metro.net homepage. Follow @metroLAalerts to get real-time updates at twitter.com/metroLAalerts. Due to an accident involving a cyclist, blue line trains are single-tracking between Wardlow and Willow stations. The incident occurred about 1:45 p.m. today near the Wardlow Station. Update: [continue reading]
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. I have a hard time getting excited about the annual congestion ratings released [continue reading]
The above infographic displays a word cloud of answers pulled from the following question on our Why You Ride survey: “If you could make one change to improve your transit experience, what would it be?” While readers expressed a multitude of opinions, a few ideas popped up again and again: [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. State announces it’s setting aside $30 million to purchase Union Station (L.A. Times) The California High-Speed Rail Authority said it plans to [continue reading]
photo by Dennis LaPrade, via Flickr A gritty look at a gritty town. If you can’t figure out the city from this photo, the 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]
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]
Metro’s TAP card made two giant strides forward in recent days, with testing now underway on two key features: the ability to buy a TAP card directly from a ticket vending machine and to load a set amount of cash on the card and have the cost of riding deducted [continue reading]
Long before she became a landscape architect, decades before she landscaped schools, ports, airports and parks, Lynn Capouya gathered discarded Christmas trees. “I was five or six,” she explains, “And I thought they were so beautiful. I went through my neighborhood and dragged them back to my house. It was [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. Bussing it to the airport: the life and death(?) of Line #439 (More Than Red Cars) This post offers a detailed history [continue reading]
photo by Chris Jongkind, via his Flickr photostream In keeping with some of our recent posts, go ahead and take a stab at the city where this photo was taken. The answer is after the jump. And be sure to click on the above link to Chris’ photostream, which features [continue reading]
