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. Last Friday Metro opened [continue reading]
Here’s a little nugget tuck away in the cranium for those inclined to transit-related trivia: The largest metro rail system in the world now belongs to Shanghai thanks to yet another new line opening. Check out this fascinating post at The Transport Politic. Excerpt: Now Shanghai offers 282 stations and [continue reading]
An extension of the Green Line from its current terminus in Redondo Beach to the Torrance Transit Center is currently being studied by Metro. The project is in its draft environmental study phase and a new round of meetings begins soon to give the public a chance to catch up [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. Putting L.A. transit in the fast lane (Los Angeles Business Journal) In [continue reading]
For the third year in a row the Wilshire Center Business Improvement District (WCBID) will be throwing a Car-Free Earth Day celebration on the lawn of the Wilshire Park Plaza from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on this Thursday, April 22nd. The event will feature music and dance performances as [continue reading]
UPDATE: 5 p.m. Metro Bus Lines 200 and 550 will be detoured to nearby thruways. Also, Metro Bus Line 910, the Silver Line, will use the 37th St. station. Signs are being posted at bus stops. Some Metro bus lines will be detoured due to anticipated street closures in the [continue reading]
The Board of Directors of Metro meet on Thursday and will consider opening a new set of studies on how to improve traffic on the 710 gap between Alhambra and Pasadena and whether the agency should support Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s 30/10 initiative to secure federal funds to fast-track [continue reading]
[youtube width=”600″ height=”481″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nd3p5XjhOg[/youtube] As we mentioned last week, on May 2nd Metro and the Watts Village Theater Company are mashing up transit and theater in a first-of-its-kind event in Los Angeles called Meet Me @ Metro. Tickets to the event are free, but going fast. The 11:00 a.m. time slot [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. As Cellular Service Expands in Subways, Thefts Rise (The New York Times) [continue reading]
A bill that would create weapons-free zones near mass transit was promoted at a news conference today by Assembly Speaker John A. Perez, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors Chairman Ara Najarian, who is also the mayor of Glendale. The [continue reading]
