Transportation headlines, Tuesday, Oct. 27
Here are today’s transpo headlines, courtesy of the Metro library. The Pasadena Star-News reports that a lawsuit filed by South Pasadena and La Canada against Metro was recently thrown out. The issue was the 710, with both cities saying that it was wrong for Metro to include the 710 gap [continue reading]
Transit, art, and our sense of place
In so many ways, despite all it has going for it, Los Angeles is an ugly city. I blame this on the fact that it has been scaled and arranged to accommodate the all-mighty automobile. The Los Angeles region’s freeways, while impressive in their sheer immensity and ubiquity (and sometimes, [continue reading]
Exciting new video of Eastside Gold Line!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmSqXGIUCOU[/youtube] With the Eastside Gold Line Extension now scheduled to open to the public on Nov. 15, here’s a short video of trains on the line. The video shows trains on 1st Street between the Los Angeles River and the tunnel the trains will enter to go under Boyle Heights.
U2 fans: how was Metro’s late-night service for the big show?
Metro extended rail and busway service early Monday morning to accommodate fans heading home from U2’s sold out show at the Rose Bowl on Sunday night. I didn’t take the train. I live in Pasadena and jumped on a shuttle bus from Pasadena City College. The bus to the show [continue reading]
Tracking LEEDS
Its appearance may not be fancy, but Metro’s brand new Division 3 bus maintenance building has a long list of eco-friendly assets. And some of them could be adapted for our own living spaces. There’s standard issue stuff: high-efficiency lighting (florescent), low-flow toilets and drought-resistant landscaping. Other assets are somewhat [continue reading]
Transportation Headlines, Oct. 26
Welcome to the second week of The Source! As usual, we’re going to start the day off with transportation headlines compiled by Metro Library chief Matthew Barrett. Stories that caught my eye? A columnist from the Inland Valley Dailly Bulletin offers a candid recap of last weeks Metro Board meeting. [continue reading]
Eastside Gold Line to open Nov. 15
It’s finally official: The Edward R. Roybal Eastside Gold Line Extension will open to the public on Sunday, Nov. 15, Metro officials announced Monday. This hasn’t exactly been a secret. Trains have been testing on the six-mile line for the past several weeks and in transit circles most people already [continue reading]
Metrolink adds safety devices to halt trains
Metrolink — which is funded in part by Metro — announced today that 49 more “automatic train stop” devices were being activated along its commuter rail network in Southern California. From the news release: The ATS system includes magnetic inductors placed next to the track at locations where the train [continue reading]
A Day at the Track, Driving a Bus
I’m a transit rider for a variety of reasons, but if I was to pick a single reason that encompasses all the rest, it would be this: I’d just rather not drive on the mean streets of Los Angeles. However, I still need to get around and that means someone [continue reading]