View Metro Access: Los Angeles Shopping Malls/Districts in a larger map Love it or hate it, the day after Thanksgiving is the biggest shopping day of the year. Consumers typically pack into their cars and battle traffic and crowded parking lots to get their holiday deals. Why not avoid the [continue reading]
I’m sure the folks at the Metro Library have Thanksgiving plans that need attention. But you wouldn’t know it — not the way they’re scouring the world wide web to bring you and me the latest, greatest transportation headlines. The first story that caught my eye was at the top [continue reading]
Go Metro Weekends is The Source’s weekly guide to having a great weekend in L.A. without a car. All events are easily accessible (within a half mile walk) by Metro bus and rail lines, and we make sure any night time events listed are served by Metro’s owl service (unless [continue reading]
This week in 1955, Metropolitan Coach Lines put its Snow White bus into service between downtown Los Angeles and Disneyland. As it pulled onto Main Street in front of Disneyland City Hall, it was greeted by Walt Disney, the Mouseketeers and a 16-piece band. Disney Studio artists had transformed the bus exterior [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQSINx8eCQU&feature=email[/youtube]It’s a bit of a slow day here, and this post comes from the Dept. of It’s a Holiday Week. Metro CEO Art Leahy emails a ‘daily briefing’ to staff with happenings from around the agency. One item from Monday’s briefing caught my eye: Laker Girls Help Us Celebrate Key [continue reading]
Yesterday, The Source and Blue Line passengers were both surprised to discover that planned weekend service disruptions had spilled over into the work week. The Blue Line had been closed over the weekend between the Washington station and Metro Center in order for track work to be done to tie [continue reading]
The Westside Extension crew recently held a series of public meetings to discuss potential locations for subway stations; the above map shows a possible location for a station at Fairfax. The 84-page presentation — with loads of maps and renderings — is now online and available for download as a [continue reading]
Eight percent of the bus service in the OC was cut by the Board of the Orange County Transportation Authority on Monday to fill a budget hole. About 20 percent of OCTA’s service has been cut since Sept. 2008, according to the Orange County Register. The problem? State budget cuts. [continue reading]
A kickoff event for the Gold Line Foothill Extension was held in Monrovia on Saturday. The press release is posted after the jump. One item I want to clarify: Although the Foothill Extension Construction Authority — an agency independent of Metro — is aiming for a 2013 completion date, there [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GftT9sxJxx0[/youtube] “It doesn’t go fast, does it?” We had just boarded the Metro Red Line in North Hollywood and my teenage autistic son already started fretting even though he has often been on the subway. “It’s not a roller coaster,” I calmed him for the umpteenth time. “No dips?” “I [continue reading]
