Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Transportation Headlines online newspaper, which you can also access via email subscription (visit the newspaper site) or RSS feed. Have a transportation-related article [continue reading]
Measure R 2nd/3rd decade update The Metro Board of Directors is gearing up for its September meetings and agendas are now posted for Board Committees. Of those, I thought the above Metro staff report above was the most interesting. It provides an update on the status of Measure R transit [continue reading]
The Gold Line is back in regular service this morning after a long police investigation of a shooting near Maravilla Station in East Los Angeles on Tuesday. For up-to-the-minute information, follow Metro on Twitter @metrolosangeles or @metroLAalerts.
UPDATE: Service should be normal Wednesday morning but please check our Twitter feed for any further updates. Here is the latest from Metro’s Twitter feed: Bus shuttles replace Gold Line btwn Indiana + Atlantic due to police activity near Maravilla. Use Montebello Bus Line 40 on 3rd as alt. ^ST [continue reading]
Are you an avid transit reader? Do you whip out a well worn paperback the minute you step foot on bus or train? Or do you prefer the Kindle/Nook/tablet – lighter to carry, and no one can tell what you’re reading (is it romance? It’s okay if it’s romance, says [continue reading]
Pickles, surfboards and all things bikes! Enjoy a ride along the L.A. River and learn about places that manufacture and create goodies in L.A. at the next Metro sponsored, C.I.C.L.E. led bike ride “Made in LA” along the L.A. River. The free bike ride meets at the Los Angeles River Center and Gardens [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Transportation Headlines online newspaper, which you can also access via email subscription (visit the newspaper site) or RSS feed. Have a transportation-related article you want included [continue reading]
At first glance, visitors to Metro’s website may not notice that some major changes have taken place to improve their user experience. Metro has updated its global navigation and overall [continue reading]
After the tragic Metrolink crash in Sept. 2008, both Metrolink and Metro pushed Congress to require positive train control systems across the nation. PTC, as it’s known, is a GIS-based system designed to locate trains on tracks and help prevent them from colliding. Metrolink is in the midst of implementing [continue reading]
Many of you are probably familiar with the Metro Customer Center at Union Station’s East Portal, but did you know there’s also an information booth at the other end of the station? The info booth, located just outside the old ticketing concourse, is part of the original Union Station and [continue reading]
