Good morning, Source readers. Metro Board Vice Chair Diane DuBois just dropped the gavel on this month’s meeting of the Metro Board of Directors, the elected officials and appointees who oversee the agency. The meeting began with a moment of silence for Adolfo Figueroa, the 43-year-old killed eariler this month [continue reading]
Alas, Mel the Metro ExpressLanes Van will NOT be making a special guest appearance today at the downtown Farmer’s Market at L.A. City Hall. (A power outage has derailed her plans.) But human ExpressLanes reps will be there on schedule — from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. — to answer questions and create [continue reading]
The Connector is a 1.9-mile underground light rail line that will tie together the Blue, Expo and Gold lines in downtown Los Angeles, making it a lot easier and quicker to move about the region without having to transfer so much. The project is partially funded by Measure R, the [continue reading]
Is the scenery along your daily commute looking a little cleaner? It’s not your imagination. Here’s the news release from Metro: Metro Freeway Crew, a pilot project dedicated toward mitigating graffiti, removing debris and enhancing the landscape on the I-110 and I-710 freeways, officially launched this week. Intended to augment [continue reading]
First, some good news: A number of changes are in the works for Metro ticket machines. Among them: allowing customers to purchase stored value amounts of $3 (for those taking round-trips), new messaging on the machines to help customers make their first purchase, as well as some minor changes in [continue reading]
If you don’t have your ExpressLanes transponder yet — and think you will use one — Mel, the Metro ExpressLanes Van, will be out and about tomorrow, setting up transponder accounts on FasTrak®. Visit her at the Farmer’s Market at L.A. City Hall tomorrow, as well as the following two [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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Climate of Doubt (Frontline PBS) Curious why climate change has [continue reading]
Love a great story? L.A. is full of them and many will be revealed this Saturday at USC as “L.A. As Subject,” the Los Angeles Archives Bazaar, offers unprecedented access to more than 80 collections of papers, books and other material. Documentary filmmakers, students, journalists, researchers and casual history buffs interested [continue reading]
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, our roundup of the latest Metro related tweets. To get our attention, add the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets and subscribe to our feed if you haven’t already. For specific complaints and customer service, please use the Customer Comment Form on metro.net. Having trouble viewing this [continue reading]
Go visit the Hammer Museum on Thursday, Oct 25 at 7:30 p.m. to catch A Cooler Ride with Michael Lejeune, a free public lecture with Metro’s Creative Director. He’ll be talking about how he and his creative team apply bold design strategies to make public transportation cool. Go Metro and [continue reading]
