Leave it to me to take the Go Metro Dining Map to the low-brow, but so inspired I am by today’s ground breaking of Chick-Fil-A on Sunset/Highland (three blocks from the Hollywood/Highland Red Line station) that I just have to know: what are your favorite fast food joints along the [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]
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. America’s Most Walkable Cities (The Atlantic) Walkscore has become a popular way to find out if your neighborhood is walkable. Now someone [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]
In a video getting interest on You Tube, Metro’s CEO Art Leahy said the transportation agency with the “largest clean air fleet in the nation” will make a clean and completely green start in the new year when the last remaining 14 diesel buses in the fleet of more than [continue reading]
Here are three items that were sent this afternoon from Metro’s government relations staff to the Metro Board of Directors. The first two relate to the pursuit of federal funds to help build the Westside Subway Extension and the Regional Connector projects: Senators Feinstein and Boxer and Congressman Waxman Urge [continue reading]
Here’s some awesome news for anyone who wants to include bikeways in new or existing transportation, trip planning and geographic analysis tools in L.A. County. Metro has officially released all of its bikeway data gathered from 88 cities at http://developer.metro.net. The data, following on the agency’s previous release of its [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]
Tomorrow morning, car-sharing service Zipcar is deploying its fleet into the heart of Hollywood. The new service, called Zipcar on the Street, brings another valuable addition to the urban transportation toolkit, helping travelers make that tricky last-mile connection to their destination or providing car-free Angelenos with easy access to short-term [continue reading]
Here’s the press release: A recently conducted survey of more than 17,500 Metro riders shows that 86 percent of those polled indicated that they either agree or strongly agree that they are satisfied with Metro bus and rail service compared to 14 percent who disagree, and 79 percent believed that [continue reading]
