Here’s the news from Metro CEO Art Leahy’s daily email to staff: Metro’s Hollywood & Vine transit oriented development will be presented the Green Building Environmental Leadership Award by Global Green USA at ceremonies slated for June 12, 2010. The keynote speaker at the event will be Lisa P. Jackson, [continue reading]
Metro staff released the following legislative alert today about Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s funding requests in next year’s federal budget, which includes $5 million for the Crenshaw Line and $10 million for the Westside Subway Extension and Downtown Regional Connector — money to be used in planning both lines. U.S. Senator [continue reading]
A lot has been written and said in the past few weeks about Metro’s impending fare increase that goes into effect July 1. (Here’s a link to the new fare structure). As part of that conversation, the issue of transfers has again arisen — two stories in the local papers [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. Hey look, some positive [continue reading]
We’ve had our “pick a color” for the Expo Line poll online for a week since April 30 and votes continue to trickle in. Aqua is still the clear winner but after winning support of about 60 percent of readers, its totals have been dropping and bronze has seen a [continue reading]
Starting today, May 11, Metro consultants are planning to converge on 20 Metro Rail stations throughout L.A. County to conduct bike surveys and counts. They will be out there for three weeks, so if you’re a bicyclist who rides Metro, help them out and fill out a survey. Metro’s trying [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. Don’t forget you can also follow the Metro Library on Facebook and Twitter. The cost of low transit fares (Santa Monica Lookout) Raising fares won’t [continue reading]
Metro will host the 2010 Pedestrian Symposium: Walking into the Future City on Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at Metro headquarters to discuss pedestrian related issues around the car-centric Southern California region. The objective of the event is to explore strategies to increase travel options and create sustainable, healthy, livable communities. [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]
Attentive readers know that Metro fares are increasing on July 1. We’ve written a fair amount about it and the agency’s Board of Directors held a special meeting on Saturday to discuss the increases. The meeting lasted about an hour and was lightly attended. Here are a few emails from [continue reading]
