Metro Bus service will be detoured Tuesday, April 27, in downtown Los Angeles due to the memorial service for former Los Angeles Police Department Chief Darryl Gates to be held at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. A procession will begin at 8:35 a.m. at the Police Administration [continue reading]
UPDATE: 12:06 p.m. – Blue Line Transit Mall and Pacific stations in Long Beach cleared for service. Blue Line resumes normal operations. 11:30 a.m. – Blue Line Transit Mall and Pacific stations in the Long Beach area are closed to all traffic at 11:15 a.m. while Long Beach police investigate suspicious activity. Southbound [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. Los Angeles without traffic, in pictures (Grist) This fun series of photos [continue reading]
SATURDAY, APRIL 24 UPDATE Good news – The street closure of Church Lane has been canceled this weekend. ________________________________________________________ The latest fun that is part of Sepulveda Pass widening project on the 405 freeway: the intersection of Church Lane and Sepulveda Boulevard is being shut down the two next weekends [continue reading]
[youtube width=”560″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZdZlk_rhX0[/youtube] This great video, fresh from the office of L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, shows two Metro bus operators being honored by Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Don Knabe for their role in helping rescue a young girl from a kidnapper on February 22nd of this year. In the [continue reading]
Ara Najarian, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Metro and the mayor of Glendale, wrote the following on the bike parking situation at the new transit-oriented development being built just west of downtown Los Angeles: Last week’s groundbreaking of the Westlake/MacArthur Park joint development project was an important [continue reading]
Fiesta Broadway, the nation’s largest Cinco de Mayo event, is returning to Downtown L.A. for its 21st year – and with the celebration comes bus detours as many streets Downtown will be closed off for the massive event. Detours will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday and continue through 6:00 [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. Denver launches bike-sharing program (B-Cycle) City officials say it’s the first large [continue reading]
This weekend if filled with lots of great events – great bands performing Friday night, a book fair and L.A. D.I.Y. shopping event on Sunday and some great music and art on Sunday. Have an event you’d like us to include? Shoot us an email at thesource@metro.net. Time and space [continue reading]
Here’s the link to the new web page on the 30/10 Initiative that received the unanimous support of the agency’s Board of Directors earlier today. The page, shown at right, includes the list of 12 transit project that the 30/10 plan hopes to accelerate and/or help fund. Some of these [continue reading]
