Heres a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the librarys blog. Cell service, wi-fi coming to a subway near you; MTA deal with Transit Wireless back on track (NY Daily News) The New York City subway [continue reading]
Sure, riding Metro saves you from the stress of traffic, reduces your environmental impact and lowers your monthly transportation costs – but did you know it also entitles you to a bunch of great deals around L.A.? That’s what Destination Discounts is all about – and The Source is here [continue reading]
We’ve run two polls on the Westside Subway Extension so far and here are the results as of about noon on Monday: I’m pleased with the number of votes, which I think reflects the great interest the public has in this project. As they should for something that is going [continue reading]
The committee meetings scheduled for Aug. 18-19 and the regular meeting of the full Board of Directors on Aug. 26 has been canceled due to a lack of quorum. Hey — it’s summer. I trust all of us will find a way to fill the time until meetings resume in [continue reading]
More, ahem, less-than-good-news from the world of transit funding. The Federal Transit Administration released a report last week saying that $77.7 billion is needed to bring the state of the nation’s transit system into good repair. The news comes at a time, of course, when many transit agencies — including [continue reading]
Monday — that, is today July 26 — is the final day for members of the public to comment on the draft environmental impact study/report for the Wilshire bus lane project. This is the best way to have your voice heard in the planning process for the project, which proposes [continue reading]
Demolition — or reconstruction, depending on your point of view — of the Sunset Boulevard bridge over the 405 freeway began over the weekend. Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky’s website has a nice story with photos of the bridge when it was shiny and new and the freeway wasn’t disguising itself as [continue reading]
It’s back to Russia for the second time in the past week for today’s featured photograph, this featuring a dog on a train platform in Balezino, Russia. The train, notes photographer M. Angel Herrero, runs between Moscow and Irkutsk and is part of the famous Trans-Siberian Railway. If you would [continue reading]
Here’s 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. What does transit do for traffic congestion? (Human Transit) Not all that much. And politicians should be smart enough to avoid saying so, writes Jarrett [continue reading]
I’m guessing that Westsiders who live in the area are already keenly aware that partial demolition work on the bridge that carries Sunset Boulevard over the 405 freeway begins later this evening. The work is being done as part of the project to add a northbound carpool lane on the [continue reading]
