Could paying people not to drive help reduce congestion?
Transportation wonks typically agree that charging people for using the roads is the best way to reduce traffic. What if we paid people for not using the roads? It’s no [continue reading]
Public hearing on Thursday for all-door boarding on the 754 & 720 bus lines
[scribd id=371275116 key=key-FsKo5QhG2cFJeMk23inl mode=scroll] pdf here The public hearing for all-door boarding on the 754 Rapid and 720 Rapid will be this Thursday at 9 a.m. during the Metro Board’s [continue reading]
A lil’ lesson in economics from Professor Steve; HWR, Feb. 9
Things to read whilst transiting: “Welcome to the post-text future” in the NYT. Excerpt: Still, we have only just begun to glimpse the deeper, more kinetic possibilities of an online [continue reading]
Safety and security on Metro: get to know LASD
Metro’s Board of Directors approved a new contract to increase the police’s presence on Metro in 2017. Since then, the Los Angeles and Long Beach police departments have joined the Los Angeles [continue reading]
Green Line connection to Crenshaw/LAX Line making progress
Into the second week of the closure of five Green Line stations, crewmembers building the rail connection between the Crenshaw/LAX Line and Green Line are making good progress. Existing Green [continue reading]
Service Council approves new Warner Center circulator connecting with Orange Line
A new bus circulator with more stops and that travels in both directions will replace current Orange Line service in the Warner Center area later this year. The plan was unanimously approved by the San Fernando Valley Service Council at Wednesday night’s meeting — with support from the Valley Industry [continue reading]
Bike lawsuits, congestion pricing, LAT: How We Roll, Feb. 7
Art of Transit: L.A. faces skyrocketing costs for lawsuits over bike crashes (LAT) I thought this was an outstanding piece of local journalism. The issue: bad pavement causing severe bicycle crashes in a city trying to become more bike-friendly. The $19.1 million paid in legal settlements in 2017 is four [continue reading]
Metro cafeteria will be closed for renovations Feb. 12 through Feb. 16
Due to renovation work, the Metro cafeteria at One Gateway Plaza will be closed from Monday, Feb. 12 through Friday, Feb. 16. During this time, visitors to Metro HQ may purchase meals at the food trucks parked outside Gateway plaza. Food trucks will be available between 6 a.m. to 10:30 [continue reading]
Maintenance Diaries: get to know Bob Spadafora, Senior Executive of Rail Fleet Services
Learn about work performed throughout the Metro system to keep it in a state of good repair in the Maintenance Diaries. In this installment, we took a trip to the Red [continue reading]
Meatless Mondays with Metro: Sweet Veggie
Take a little more transit and eat a little less meat — two things you can do to reduce your impact on the environment. In this installment of Meatless Mondays [continue reading]