Repairs to the overhead power system at the Southwest Museum Gold Line Station will get underway after 9 p.m. this Friday and are expected to be completed by the close of service on Sunday night, well in advance of the Monday morning commute. In the meantime, Metro buses will shuttle [continue reading]
The officials — including Metro CEO — held a news conference on Thursday. Unfortunately, as we posted earlier, it doesn’t appear that a divided Congress is set to pass a multi-year bill anytime soon. Below is the press release from the Southern California Assn. of Governments (link is here): Gas [continue reading]
I haven’t posted much on efforts in Congress to write and/or pass a new multi-year transportation funding bill because very little — besides a lot of bickering and stalling — has happened in the past three months. Here’s the latest update on a vote that didn’t move the ball forward, [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps_vQNS4k3A&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/youtube] Our friends at New Jersey Transit have a safety campaign underway to address a long-standing problem in the Garden State and pretty much everywhere elsewhere in the United States — people walking on train tracks. The two new videos — each just 30 seconds — do not mince [continue reading]
Treat yourself to dinner and a movie at L.A. LIVE this weekend. The package deal includes a great meal at one of six participating restaurants – Lawry’s Carvery, ESPNZone, Katsuya, L.A. Market, Wolfgang Puck and Trader Vic’s – and a movie ticket to a regularly scheduled film at Regal Cinemas [continue reading]
Hello Source readers, My name is Jung Gatoona. If you’ve been following this blog since its beginnings, you’ve probably seen my name a few times as I used to write about transit for a different blog, PlusMetro, which is no longer active. Brief introduction: I’m currently an intern at Metro [continue reading]
photo by http2007, via Flickr creative commons A scene from Shanghai last month. Yikes. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet it to @metrolosangeles with an #artoftransit hashtag. Many of the photos we’ve featured can be [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. Transit that serves all requires some sacrifice (L.A. Times) To provide some perspective on [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metrolink, the commuter rail agency funded in part by Metro: LOS ANGELES – On Monday July 2, Metrolink will add an additional round-trip from Riverside to Laguna Niguel and back on the Inland Empire-Orange County line. There will also be an additional train between Laguna [continue reading]
Metro Expo Line: Phase 2 – Seven New Rail Stations Artists are invited to submit qualifications for exciting art opportunities at seven future Metro Rail stations in Los Angeles County. One artist will be selected for each station. These are ideal opportunities for both emerging and established artists with a [continue reading]
