photo by Mike Black, via Flickr This is one of the best photos I’ve seen of people-less stairs and an escalator in a train station — in this case the Braid SkyTrain station in the Vancouver area. 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 During the effective dates above ONLY: After 8:15pm, Blue Line trains run every 30 minutes due to construction work for the future [continue reading]
A number of changes to Metro bus service begin Sunday, including the discontinuation of a few routes — including the 168, 214, 311, 608, 711, 714, 715, 753 and 920. The whole rundown of changes is here. Keep in mind that the discontinued lines are being replaced with enhancements to [continue reading]
Update: Sheriff’s deputies reopen the North Hollywood station at 5:13 p.m. What was happening: North Hollywood Red Line station was closed for an hour during LASD investigation. Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept. activities that began at 4 p.m. at North Hollywood Station have cancelled subway service to North Hollywood but service continues [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]
‘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]
As anyone knows who drives the region’s freeways, one chronic source of backups is when heavy traffic must cope with an entrance ramp followed closely by an exit ramp. In other words, traffic trying to move left from the entrance lane mixes with traffic trying to move right to exit. [continue reading]
This week, I decided to revisit the Census Bureau’s Local Employment Dynamics database to get a sense of which job centers are served by local or commuter rail in Los Angeles County. Many big job centers (illustrated by the darker shades of blue in the map above) are served by [continue reading]
photo by s.alt, via Flickr Very cool photo of a very quiet Berlin Metro station, taken earlier this week. 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 photos we’ve featured can be seen in these galleries on [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. California gets $616 million more in fed funding for bullet train (Sacramento Bee) Politicians in Ohio and Wisconsin said “no thanks” to [continue reading]
