photo by Chris Goldberg, via Flickr creative commons Proof that a good eye, a point-and-shoot camera (a Canon PowerShot SD 780 IS) and being in the right place at the right time can go a long way. The photo was taken in 2009 at the New York subway’s 46th Street/Bliss [continue reading]
Update on the Regional Connector Final EIS/EIR: It looks like the release date for the Final Environmental Impact Statement/Report for the Regional Connector project will be in early January with a 30-day review period to follow. Under that schedule, the Metro Board of Directors would consider approving the FEIS/R at [continue reading]
FTA COMPLIANCE REVIEW: For those who want to firmly understand the difference between a public transit agency and private for-profit business, take a look at the FTA’s Civil Rights compliance review of Metro released earlier this week. Bottom line: as a public agency, Metro can’t just serve any one constituency [continue reading]
And there it is above: the transponders that motorists will need to use the future ExpressLanes on the 10 and 110 freeways. The project is converting the carpool lanes on sections of both roads — see the map after the jump — to “High-Occupancy Toll” lanes, known more commonly as [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors holds their final meeting of the year tomorrow at 9 a.m. at Metro headquarters next to Los Angeles Union Station. The meeting, as always, is open to the public. Here’s the agenda. A few items worth watching: •(Item 11) The Board will consider amending an [continue reading]
Drawing by Lise Petrauskas, via Flickr creative commons We usually post photos in our daily “art of transit.” But I’m more than happy to post drawings and paintings when they’re good and I can find them. This one was done on Adobe Ideas for Illustration. Even if you can’t draw [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 blog. Bakersfield Council to consider opposing high-speed rail line (L.A. Times) It’s only a symbolic resolution — but it’s the kind that would [continue reading]
UPDATE, 8 P.M.: All trains are now running. Some key updates from Metrolink: Any @MetrolinkRIV passengers that missed RIV Line Train 412 please go to Patsaouras Transit Plaza Platform 2 for MTA bus to RIV tonight. Any @MetrolinkOC passengers that missed the OC Line Train 608 please take Amtrak 592 [continue reading]
I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs. — James Thurber, humorist and cartoonist for the New Yorker magazine and a great lover of dogs. Here at Metro, that would be Shadow, the 10-year-old black Labrador who recently retired as a Guide Dog to Agustin Moreno, a systems analyst in [continue reading]
Here’s the news release:
