The Olympics may be coming to a close in London, but the Metro Library’s Primary Resources Blog is serving up a local double-header of Olympics history. Back in 1932, Los Angeles welcomed the world to a much smaller affair during the Great Depression. (Only 1,500 athletes from 37 nations took part, with the [continue reading]
Another big milestone for the Westside Subway Extension today: the Federal Transit Administration gave its stamp of approval to the project’s environmental studies. In plain English, this means the project is now eligible to pursue the federal money it will need to get fully built. What’s next for the project? [continue reading]
The doors on your train this afternoon are not broken! Here’s the alert from Metro’s Twitter feed: Due to #FlexAlert, Metro Rail doors to be placed on passenger release mode to help keep A/C inside. Use door adjacent button to open. The ongoing heat wave has raised concerns that the [continue reading]
To better accommodate as many community members interested in the SR 710 Environmental Study, tonight’s meeting location for the South Pasadena Community Liaison Council (CLC) Meeting has been moved. New Meeting Location: South Pasadena Public Library Community Room 1115 El Centro St. South Pasadena, CA 91030 The meeting will also [continue reading]
The Transit Tourist takes a look at other transit systems across the globe from the first person perspective of a visitor. What can Metro learn from how these other systems treat the uninitiated – and often bumbling – tourist? This is…The Transit Tourist – Chicago, Ill. Chicago, Illinois City Population: [continue reading]
Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Maybe it’s not transit as usually portrayed on this blog, but who cares? The photo was taken yesterday by a camera on the Curiousity Rover and posted today. Here’s the description from NASA: This is the first 360-degree panorama in color of the Gale Crater landing site [continue reading]
The Beverly Hills Weekly has published a story (pdf, pages 4 to 7) today about a California Geological Survey review of an earthquake fault study contracted by the Beverly Hills Unified School District. The School District has said that the study, done by Leighton Consultants, shows that the West Beverly [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. State Supreme Court will hear Expo Line case (L.A. Streetsblog) [continue reading]
Starting this week, you might see some horses on Metrolink trains. A new train car decorated with a vinyl display of six thoroughbred horses will be traveling across the Metrolink system. The newly-wrapped car is a result of a partnership between Metrolink and Breeders’ Cup Ltd. to promote the return [continue reading]
We finally have a date for arrival and transfer of Space Shuttle Endeavour to the California Science Center, just steps from the Expo Park/USC station. Endeavour will be flown in to LAX Sept. 20, weather permitting, on top of a NASA Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier. It then will be transferred to a United Airlines hangar where it [continue reading]
