Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe took over the chairmanship of the Metro Board of Directors earlier this month. As part of his job as county supervisor, Knabe is holding an online town hall meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. To view the town hall, go to www.knabe.com/askdon, and click the [continue reading]
Many media outlets are reporting that a federal judge will rule Wednesday afternoon on the legality of Prop 8, which made same sex marriage illegal in California. LAist is reporting that there could be two Prop 8 rallies tomorrow evening — one in West Hollywood, the other downtown L.A. near [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 And the [continue reading]
During “Bike Week L.A.” in May, Metro announced that it planned to remove peak hour restrictions for bikes on its rail lines. Metro’s news release reported “This summer Metro plans on lifting these restrictions on bike travel on Metro Rail once directional signs are installed to steer bikes to certain [continue reading]
Carter Rubin, a regular Source reader, recently emailed us a good question: I’ve been seeing all these nice areal structures going up for the Expo Line and thinking about how great it’s going to be to have Expo come out to me in Culver City. But I’m concerned that as [continue reading]
Photo by Christina Petridou, via her Flickr page Christina took this colorful photo on Penteli mountain just outside Athens, Greece, where she lives. As one commentor on Flickr wrote, “beautiful composition and light.” Check out some of Christina’s other photos at the link above. There is some mighty impressive work [continue reading]
‘Why I Ride‘ is a series where Metro employees share their transit routines – read more about the concept here. Name: David Gutel Position: Operations Instructor How often do you take transit? Five days a week, except for an occasional day when my wife lets me have the car (every [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Bee columnist excoriates high-speed rail p.r. effort (KALW) Dan Walters, the longtime political columnist for the Sacramento Bee, is interviewed about the high-speed rail [continue reading]
The next meeting of Metro’s Bicycle Roundtable Stakeholders is next Wednesday. If you’re intersted in attending, please RSVP by this Friday, the 6th. The roundtables are a chance for those interested in cycling issues to delve into the nitty gritty of bike policy at Metro, including issues such as funding [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Dude, Where’s Your Car? (Slate) Not only is L.A. the car capital of the world, it’s also the hub of the film industry. Is [continue reading]
