‘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]
Join KPCC and Siel Ju, better known as the Green L.A. Girl, at 3pm for an hour long web chat on living car-free in Southern California. What will be discussed? From Siel herself: “We’re interested in hearing your thoughts about how we can make car-free, or at least very car-lite, [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. Connections vs complexity (Human Transit) Jarrett Walker at Human Transit believes that a simple, easy-to-understand bus system that relies on transfers (or [continue reading]
Jarrett Walker is an internationally renowned transit network planner currently working in Sydney, Australia as a Principal Consultant with McCormick Rankin Cagney. At his professional blog Human Transit (a must-read), he has written dozens of articles about Los Angeles for a global audience, including one titled Los Angeles: The Next [continue reading]
photo by savemebejus, via Flickr Here’s a nice pic taken near the end of the Great Los Angeles Walk on Saturday. More than 100 people walked 15.8 miles from Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica, via Wilshire Boulevard, where this photo was captured. Here’s more about the [continue reading]
Whether you’ve been naughty or nice … it’s holiday shopping time again. So take a deep breath, gather up your nickels and dimes and jump aboard Metro to reach some of the best shopping spots in town. L.A. is a shoppers dream, from arty items at museum gift shops to [continue reading]
For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Updates page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter. Blue Line Due to Expo construction work after 8:15pm, trains run every 30 minutes. Northbound trains leave Transit Mall at 8:16pm, 8:46pm and every [continue reading]
There will be some bus detours today due to events in Huntington Park and Arcadia. In Huntington Park, bus lines 60, 102, 110, 111, 251 (Shortline), 254, 611, 612, 711, 751 (Shortline) and the 760 will see detours due to the Christmas Parade in downtown between 6 a.m. and noon. [continue reading]
By way of the New York Times comes news that the temporary boost in the mass transit benefit may come to an end if Congress does not renew it before the end of 2010. Presently, mass transit commuters may deduct up to $230 of their monthly costs. (Note: commuters who [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. How Much Money Does Public Transportation Save? (The City Fix) The City Fix provides a nice summary of this month’s “Transit Savings [continue reading]
