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! Proposed state ballot measure would more than double California’s car tax (Sacramento Bee) Transportation California and the California Alliance for Jobs have filed papers to [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! ART OF TRANSIT: Monday afternoon’s sunset as seen from Metro HQ. From our Instagram feed. Japan pitches its high-speed train [continue reading]
11/20/13 Update: Please note that the full directional closure of the southbound I-405 beginning midnight, Thursday, November 21, has been postponed due to rain. The new date and time is 2 a.m. to 7 a.m. on Sunday morning, November 24, 2013. Details are as follows: The southbound I-405 will be [continue reading]
Just because it’s getting dark earlier doesn’t mean you should hurry home after work. Stay out and enjoy Downtown Los Angeles as it lights up with Metro Art Moves, Metro’s free Thursday evening art tours. The guided, artist-led tours will take you on an exploration of Metro station art and [continue reading]
The Lion King will be gracing the Hollywood Pantages Theatre stage from Nov. 20 through Jan. 12. During its run, Metro riders will be able to save 15% on tickets to Tuesday evening shows. Show your valid TAP card and mention the promo code METRO at the box office when [continue reading]
[scribd id=185254302 key=key-24yz0cbvsddlcsrk08xs mode=scroll] First, the caveat: The Metro Board has not — emphasis on the HAS NOT part — decided to take a ballot measure to Los Angeles County voters. That said, in recent months, both the Board as a whole and individual members have said they want to [continue reading]
The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT), in collaboration with Gallery Row Organization (GRO), presents the LADOT TAP Card Design Competition. Two winning designs will be selected to join the limited edition array of LADOT branded TAP cards. The competition is free to enter and participation is open to artists [continue reading]
[youtube=http://youtu.be/UCrxt6WyXqI] Click here to read the kind of blog post no one at Metro wants to read: it’s a first-person account by one of our passengers who last Wednesday literally watched someone steal his $1,300 road bike from the front of a Metro bus in Hollywood. Although bike theft from [continue reading]
Our latest installment in our Then & Now series takes us to the intersection of 8th & Vermont in Los Angeles. The top photo was taken Sept. 2, 1950. I took the bottom photo last month, so roughly 63 years later. What’s changed? The Bank of America building is there [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! ART OF TRANSIT: My somewhat less-than-cheery view of fall colors in downtown L.A. What can I say? I get grump-grump on Fridays! N.H.T.S.A reports higher [continue reading]
