[polldaddy poll=3450510] As we approach the noon hour, 267 readers have cast a vote in the above poll and 59% say they want a Westside Subway Extension station at Crenshaw. If you haven’t voted, please do so. If you have voted and know of any transit-minded friends or acquaintances who [continue reading]
This dandy photograph is not of transit — but certainly shows the alternative to it, i.e. sitting in traffic. In this case, the traffic is trying to enter the Holland Tunnel, which goes beneath the Hudson River and connects Manhattan to New Jersey. The photo is by wesbs, who explained [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. At the Wheel (Los Angeles Magazine) Los Angeles Magazine interviews Art Leahy, Metro’s CEO, about his plans for Metro and making L.A. a place where [continue reading]
We’ll start things off with an easy one, a simple yes or no: do you love transit? Hey, it might seem like a loaded question, but it’s perfectly fine if you don’t. Maybe freeways and expensive cars are more your thing. But if transit gets your heart racing, tell us [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]
Our transit blogging neighbors to the north, Vancouver TransLink’s Buzzer Blog, have designated July 12-16 as I Love Transit Week. Why have a week to celebrate transit? Here’s what the Buzzer’s main blogger, Jhenifer Pabillano, says: Because while there are things we don’t like about transit, I know there are [continue reading]
I just wanted to catch up on one piece of news from last week that I thought was worth highlighting: the U.S. Department of Transportation announced a new round of funding for small transportation projects and the effort to build a streetcar for downtown Los Angeles didn’t make the cut. [continue reading]
There will be an open house on Wednesday, July 14, for the Westside Subway Extension from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Brown Auditorium (5905 Wilshire Blvd.). The lunchtime session will provide information on the status of planning for the subway extension with [continue reading]
A few weeks ago, I told readers to feel free to contact their elected representatives to urge support for the 30/10 Initiative. Intelligent Source readers — and I realize that phrase is redundant — know that the 30/10 plan proposes to build a dozen Measure R transit projects in the [continue reading]
This fish eye high dynamic range (HDR) photograph taken by Michael Chen effectively captures the perspective of a passenger in an old Los Angeles streetcar. The HDR brings out all the details of the “Yellow Car”, part of the Los Angeles Railway (LARy) streetcar system that ran from 1901 to [continue reading]
