For obvious reasons, most of the attention given to Metro is for the agency’s work in the realm of mass transit and road improvements. But the agency also helps organize a vanpool program that has grown considerably. From Metro CEO Art Leahy’s daily email to staff: The Metro Vanpool Program [continue reading]
Two public meetings have been scheduled on the Eastside Transit Corridor project, which could extend the Gold Line from its current terminus in East Los Angeles to either South El Monte or Whittier. The meetings are: Wednesday, Sep. 1 Montebello Golf Course 901 Via San Clemente Montebello, CA 90640 Thursday, [continue reading]
The folks at the Heritage Square Museum are throwing a FREE concert Thursday evening featuring the Susie Hansen Latin Band – and they’re offering a free gift from their gift shop to Metro riders who attend. Here’s more info from the event organizers: Electric violinist Susie Hansen plays fiery Latin [continue reading]
Yesterday we launched our new survey series, asking you – dedicated Source reader, Los Angeles resident and taxpayer – why you ride (or don’t) Metro’s mass transit system. So far the response has been fantastic. The responses have been smart, thoughtful and candid. We’ve already received enough results to post [continue reading]
Photo by Falk Meinhardt, via Flickr Looks like it was a busy day in East London, South Africa, when Falk took this photo in 2008. This is also “art of transit’s” first visit to Africa. Among the continents, that means we still need to hit South America, Australia and Antarctica [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. Two taggers arrested (Los Angeles Times) Two taggers allegedly responsible for $300,000 in damage to freeway bridges and Metro property, among other [continue reading]
In early July we thought one of L.A.’s best news sources (and one of our favorite blogs) for local alternative transportation stories was logging off. But Damien Newton over at Streetsblog Los Angeles managed to save the blog and is throwing a party and fundraiser to celebrate. I checked the [continue reading]
We’ve already received a tremendous response to our ‘Why You Ride (or Don’t Ride)‘ surveys so we’re going to go ahead and start posting the results. ‘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 [continue reading]
The Daily News on Sunday ran a story about the gates recently installed at some Metro rail stations and TAP cards and now several media outlets are showing some interest. The gist of the Daily News’ story was that Metro spent $46 million on the gates and $154 million to [continue reading]
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source in which we’ll round up the latest Metro related tweets in the Twitterverse. To follow Metro on Twitter just search for @MetroLosAngeles. We recommend adding the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets to get our attention. Rants: Kythera OHAI 9:16 [continue reading]
