Art and transit lovers were treated to scenes from Shakespeare as part of a special Valentine’s Day art tour of the Metro system. The Metro Art Moves series of tours highlights Metro’s diverse collection of artworks, heightens the passenger experience in fun and engaging ways and boosts public perceptions about transit. [continue reading]
Three Tips for Crafting a Compelling Proposal Metro’s Unsolicited Proposal Policy was unveiled only a few months ago and it still has that new car smell. Like anything new, though, it’s going to take some getting used to — for Metro and for our potential private partners. With that in [continue reading]
Office of Extraordinary Innovation seeks creative entrepreneurs for BIG thinking… California is a land of opportunity. Here, a good idea and the will to work for it can take hold and take off. The history of groundbreaking innovation from homegrown industries spans aerospace, aviation, entertainment, technology and beyond. With these [continue reading]
The Metro Art Presents series of arts and cultural events featured the New Orleans Traditional Jazz Band on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 9 at Union Station. The six-piece, Los Angeles based band led a spirited musical procession through the station for Mardi Gras, dazzling rush hour commuters and unsuspecting passersby, who stopped to listen and dance [continue reading]
“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their [continue reading]
A nice Apache News segment by Arcadia High School students on train safety along the new alignment! Here’s the news release from Metro: More Test Trains on Gold Line Extension in Preparation for March 5 Opening Motorists and pedestrians are reminded to always “Stop, Look and Listen” before crossing the [continue reading]
The Fowler Museum at UCLA is showcasing Disguise: Masks & Global African Art, an exhibition exploring the art of masking. See how twelve African artists disguise themselves through various [continue reading]
Things to read whilst transiting: A fascinating NYT Magazine article on the island nation of Palau’s use of technology in the ongoing battle against illegal fishing. Palau includes 250 islands and has 21,000 [continue reading]
Many things have been installed, are being installed or are about to be installed! More info here about the bus shuttle replacing Gold Line service between Union Station and Pico/Aliso [continue reading]
We’ve had a few questions about fare evasion from riders lately. Metro has a couple of new technologies it’s testing — one involves better using security cameras to track issues at stations. The other will use TAP mobile validators to better track the location of security officers. One other thing [continue reading]
