Here’s a report from Bruce Shelburne, a Rail Operations director, that explains the loss of traction power last night and the repairs underway that may continue for a couple of weeks but cause only minor delays: At 9:28 p.m. on Saturday night, the Pasadena Water and Power Department incurred a [continue reading]
Gold Line trains returned to normal operations and schedule at 3 p.m. today after maintenance crews repaired a loss of traction power that de-energized tracks between Southwest Museum and Del Mar stations and delayed service on the entire Gold Line since Saturday night. Update 4 p.m.: Two additional trains were [continue reading]
Passengers are advised to allow extra travel time today as maintenance crews continue to work to resolve a loss of traction power in the Highland Park to Pasadena area. Gold Line trains are running every 30 minutes from Altadena to East Los Angeles. Take note to board on the north [continue reading]
Good news, transit riders: The pre-tax transit subsidy will remain at $230 per month through the end of 2011. Originally, the subsidy was scheduled to fall back to $120 per month on December 31st. The retention of the increased pre-tax transit subsidy was a part of the tax bill signed [continue reading]
Posts on The Source are often just half the story. Our commenters offer insights, ideas and clever witticisms that make up the other half. This weekly roundup highlights our favorite comments. Steve’s Five things I’m thinking about transportation post got a lot of people thinking, including reader Scott Mercer who [continue reading]
photo by neighborhoods.org, via Flickr Nice photo of one of the more unique transit projects in the U.S. — the Portland aerial tram connecting the South Waterfront and Marquam Hill campuses of Oregon Health & Science University. To submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them to Metro’s [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]
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. Autism: Proximity to freeways increases autism risk, study finds (L.A. Times) A study in the journal, Environmental Health Perspectives, found that children [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 Due to maintenance work after 8:15pm, northbound trains run 6 minutes later than regular schedule. Northbound trains leave Transit Mall at 8:29pm, [continue reading]
‘Why You Ride (or Don’t Ride)‘ is a series where you, our faithful readers, share your transportation routines in L.A. and your thoughts on how to make things better – read more about the concept here. Want to share your story? Take the survey here if you ride transit regularly, [continue reading]
