photo by Steve Hymon/Metro I took this photo from the platform of a southbound Gold Line train pulling into the South Pasadena station last week. I shot the photo with my Nikon D5100 and then in Photoshop Elements used the “Fresco” function to make it look like a drawing or [continue reading]
When we last checked in with the Wilshire rush hour bus lane project, the completion date that we posted was 2013. But Dana Gabbard at L.A. Streetsblog had a post Friday saying that the completion date for the project is now 2015. The project will put 7.7 miles of rush [continue reading]
How do they do that? is a new series for The Source that explores the technology that helps keep Metro running and passengers and other commuters moving. Some of it applies directly to the trains, buses and freeways and some of it runs in the background — invisible to nearly [continue reading]
photo by Dommy_in_LA, via Twitter Nice shot of Expo Line testing. If you missed the news, testing ramped up yesterday — here’s the news release from Friday. 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 [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. After tolls rise, less traffic and more train riders into Manhattan (New York Times) Tolls that motorists pay to use bridges and [continue reading]
…for up to the next couple of hours to work on the server issues that have been impacting the website this week. The blog should be back up for the weekend. Thanks for reading and your patience!, Steve HymonEditor, The Source
Here’s the news release: Metro will expand the operation of test trains along the Metro Expo Line corridor beginning Sunday, Dec. 4, running trains on a schedule of every 12 minutes during the day to simulate regular mid-day service on the line once the system opens in early 2012. The [continue reading]
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/32894831[/vimeo] Here’s a fun video from the Path Less Pedaled website on getting from the San Fernando Valley to Leo Carrillo State Beach using the Red Line, a bus and a bike ride up PCH.
photo by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, via Flickr creative commons It’s Friday, meaning it’s almost play time. In that spirit, here’s a photo of the Bizz Johnson bike trail in Northern California — it runs for 25 miles from Susanville along an old rail right-of-way converted to a bike trail. To submit [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. Before we get started, a couple of quick notes: we’re having some issues involving the servers that host the Source. That’s why [continue reading]
