In the summer of 1990 I was 9 years old and nothing mattered more to me than the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. That’s why these early videos promoting the opening of the Metro Blue Line featuring none other than the Ninja Turtles are just so radical to me. Hat tip [continue reading]
[youtube width=”600″ height=”475″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG2ZKGIXU-U&feature=PlayList&p=7F330AF959C767AD&playnext_from=PL&index=0&playnext=1[/youtube] The video above was produced by Metro on the 20th anniversary of Metro Rail. And, here’s a link to a page on Metro’s website with a simple timeline of Metro Rail’s development.
I mentioned in the transportation headlines this morning that the U.S. Department of Transportation had released its annual compendium of transpo stats–in this case, covering the year 2008. The timing is convenient since today is also the 20thanniversary of the opening of the Blue Line and the beginning of Metro [continue reading]
Our previous poll asked the simple question, do you love transit? 87% of you said ‘yes’ and 13% said ‘no’. The poll is still open if you’d like to add your two cents. In honor of Metro Rail’s 20th birthday, today’s poll aims to find out which one of Metro’s [continue reading]
Angel Hernandez borrowed a friend’s Nikon D70 recently to check out the digital camera and took this shot of the glass ceiling of the Nick Patsaouras Transit Plaza at Union Station while on the escalator and headed toward his train. Good eye, Angel! The shutter speed was 1/160th of a [continue reading]
[polldaddy poll=3450510] If you haven’t cast a vote yet, you are just one mouse click away from registering an opinion on this important issue for the Westside Subway Extension. We have 477 votes so far and I’d like to see that reach 1,000 — this kind of info is helpful [continue reading]
Metro Blue-Ribbon committee says agency should focus on lines that the most people use (L.A. Streetsblog) A committee convened to look at the agency’s budget has issued its recommendations. The big one is that Metro should focus on providing service on major routes and corridors used by the most people, [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0lmhtH1B6o[/youtube] In between 1963 and July 1990, there was no mass transit that traveled by rail in Los Angeles County. I do not think it’s a coincidence that it was during this time that L.A. County — and, by extension, the rest of Southern California — cemented its reputation as [continue reading]
The advocacy group Move LA has started an online petition for those who support the 30/10 Initiative — the plan to use federal loans and other financing to build a dozen Measure R transit projects in 10 years instead of 30. The 30/10 Initiative is official Metro policy. Move LA [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. In honor of I [continue reading]
