Space shuttle Endeavour move in time-lapse
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EDakp3h1wI&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/youtube] Great time-lapse video from the office of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
Transportation headlines, Monday, Oct. 15
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. Yes on Measure J (L.A. Times) The Times’ editorial board [continue reading]
It’s opening day for new El Monte Station
I was over at the new El Monte Station earlier this morning and a steady trickle of patrons are arriving at the new facility. The ribbon cutting on the station occurred earlier this week but it’s great to see VITs — Very Important Taxpayers — using the new station. So [continue reading]
Art of Transit, Mission 26 edition
Go Metro to see the Space Shuttle Endeavour being moved to the California Science Center today! Please see this earlier post and remember the Expo Line delivers you next door to the California Science Center, the Endeavour’s new home. And remember that many bus detours remain in effect for much [continue reading]
Destination Discounts for this weekend
Recent Spanish Cinema XVIII Oct. 11-14, 2012 Show your valid TAP card at the Egyptian Theatre box office and receive $1 off admission. For details on the Destination Discount, click here. ArtNight in Pasadena, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 Show your valid TAP card to receive special discounts on store merchandise and [continue reading]
Ready to roll: El Monte Station opens this Sunday
The new El Monte Station opens for business this Sunday, at 2:24 a.m. to be exact. From then on, it’s a 24/7 operation. The world’s most beautiful bus station, some say, is twice the size of the old facility and has cool stuff including variable message signs, intercoms, closed circuit [continue reading]
Work starting on other bridges for Gold Line Foothill Extension
Here’s the good word from the Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the agency building the 11.5-mile light rail line from Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border, funded by Measure R: Throughout the 11.5-mile Pasadena to Azusa construction project now underway, there are a total of 17 existing bridges that must be altered [continue reading]
The art of transit
photo by Downtowngal, via submission I was away for a few days earlier this week and managed unfortunately to miss the latest CicLAvia. But it’s never too late to post a great photo of a great event and this one qualifies. Downtowngal used the ‘glowing edges’ filter in Photoshop Elements [continue reading]
UCLA students learn the ropes of L.A.’s transit system
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP80YWdj6rw[/youtube] Here’s a nice, short video from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, which each fall provides an “L.A. Transit Tour” to incoming students to help them get a better handle on the lay of the land here. Take a look. The video includes footage of former Source writer [continue reading]
Go Metro to the Space Shuttle Endeavour’s last ride
View Mission 26: The Big Endeavour in a larger map The space shuttle is currently parked in a lot at La Tijera and Sepulveda and is scheduled to be underway again within a couple of hours. It’s basically the big transportation story of the next couple of days and I [continue reading]