As the holy grail of all sports weekends is upon us, plenty of football aficionados will be scrambling for a viewing party or event to enjoy the finale of the 2013 NFL season. For those who are either Bronco or Seahawk fans, congratulations on getting this far and good luck! [continue reading]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIxawleLISM] Happy Friday Source readers and mass transit riders! On the horizon: Chinese New Year, Superbowl Sunday, and a host of other cultural, comedic, and sporting events happening across the city. It’s looking like a busy weekend ahead, and Metro can get you to the heart of the action with [continue reading]
Photos by Aaron Paley Metro hosted an Open Streets workshop on Wednesday that featured speakers from Los Angeles and San Francisco. Over 80 people attended the event that focused on the planning and implementation of Open Streets programs. Open streets are events which temporarily close the streets to automobiles and [continue reading]
[scribd id=203538535 key=key-1wxo2dzyblnajnnb79jt mode=scroll] The Advisory Group of the Purple Line Extension had a community meeting last night for the latest update on the project that is extending the subway for 3.9 miles from Wilshire & Western to Wilshire & La Cienega. The presentation is posted above. Updates were provided [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Are people really going to take the train to LAX? (LA Weekly) Reporter Gene Maddeus takes a skeptical look at ongoing studies to connect Los [continue reading]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eDaSSM_W6I] The video debuted last month and is hardly New York specific. Stay off the tracks, people. I also think it’s interesting in that it’s yet another very blunt safety video to come forth, a list that includes Werner Herzog’s “From One Second to the Next” on the dangers of [continue reading]
In efforts to help individuals, businesses, agencies and other organizations count down to the planned partial daytime and full nighttime closures of the northbound I-405 freeway in the Sepulveda Pass Presidents’ Day Weekend Feb. 14-18, Metro has created an official online countdown clock and banner ads that are freely available [continue reading]
It’s not Jamzilla weekend yet, but there’s plenty of work still happening around the 405. Here’s the press release from Metro: The northbound I-405 will be fully closed from Getty Center Drive to Greenleaf Street on-ramp on the nights of Thursday, Jan. 30 and Friday, Jan. 31. The closure will [continue reading]
The planned 80-hour “Jamzilla” paving operation now scheduled for Presidents’ Day Weekend, February 14-18 is more complex, requires new construction and is more time-consuming than the epic “Carmageddon” bridge demolitions of 2011 and 2012. The I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements project contractor, Kiewit Infrastructure West, will not benefit from gravity in [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Talking headways podcast: rail to LAX? (L.A. Streetsblog) The Streetsblog podcast discusses connecting LAX to the Metro Rail system — and last week’s Board discussion [continue reading]
