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’s your opinion of the Wilshire bus lane (CurbedLA) Hat tip to Curbed LA for picking up the Brentwood Community Council’s new page on Facebook [continue reading]
Last month Metro and local officials encouraged Angelenos to forgo their private autos and give public transit a try for National Dump the Pump Day. While it’s nice to hear our local leaders promoting public transit and its promising future here in Los Angeles, as a transit advocate who dumped [continue reading]
With a train station conveniently located in the parking lot for Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Metrolink officials have added service and cut ticket prices for next Tuesday’s All-Star Game. The game is scheduled to start at 5 p.m., so the extra northbound and southbound service is welcome for those who [continue reading]
This isn’t the easiest issue to get our brains wrapped around — nothing involving transportation funding ever is. But this post involves good news for the Westside Subway Extension, with a letter from Federal Transit Administration chief Peter Rogoff to Rep. Henry Waxman reaffirming his agency’s desire to see the [continue reading]
A Metro Blue Line train and city of Long Beach police vehicle collided in Long Beach about 1 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, sending a police officer to the hospital with unspecified but non-life threatening injures, according to Metro officials and several media reports. Eight passengers on the Blue Line train [continue reading]
I’m a sucker for black-and-white — the preferred language of my high school photography teacher, Mr. Gregory. So it was hard to resist this photo I found on Flickr, taken in the extremely bike-friendly city of Copenhagen. It’s nicely composed and there’s something striking about the woman in the sunglasses. [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. 1922 Los Angeles: Unprecedented Growth, Congestion And A Plan For Relief (Primary Resources) The Metro Library unearthed a fascinating 1922 thesis on Los Angeles transportation [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]
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. Here’s what people have [continue reading]
I was waiting for a table to open up at Heirloom Bakery in South Pasadena on Sunday, when this truck/float on the way to the city’s Fourth of July parade stopped out front. I think it’s fair to say that the truck’s owner is not a fan of any plans [continue reading]
