Drawing from The Mayflower and Her Log, Complete, July 15, 1620—May 6, 1621, Chiefly from Original Sources (compiled by Azel Ames, published 1907) In keeping with the holiday tomorrow, a nod to getting around the Pilgrim way. BTW, the book this drawing was taken from can be downloaded for free [continue reading]
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, our roundup of the latest Metro related tweets. To get out attention, add the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets. For specific complaints and customer service, please use the Customer Comment Form on Metro.net.
Work is proceeding on the “Iconic Bridge” that will carry the Gold Line tracks over the eastbound lanes of the 210 freeway in Arcadia. The latest, shown above: crews are installing the first of 18 “small diameter cast-in-drill-hole piles” that will be the foundation for the abutment on the freeway’s [continue reading]
Steve grabbed this first clip from the cab of our train, which was proceeding south-west from Jefferson/USC station to Expo Park/USC station via the Figueroa underpass. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQQPmqCpFqA[/youtube] This second clip shows the train flying through the 1.6 miles from Western station to Crenshaw station. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA4kZXPuaCM[/youtube]
Carter and I had a nice morning: we were recipients of our first ride on the Expo Line, traveling from the 23rd Street station in downtown Los Angeles to the La Cienega station and back. We’ll post some more pics later as well as video. (Update: Here’s the link to [continue reading]
Photo by MorBCN, via Flickr Nice HDR photo — the above is actually three images blended together — taken in Barcelona in 2009. 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 [continue reading]
Here’s the notice — the closure planned for tonight has been postponed.
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]
I just wanted to provide a quick update on an incident that happened this afternoon involving a Metro bus. About 1:30 p.m., a Line 117 bus that was stopped to load a passenger was hit by two bullets near the intersection of Century Boulevard and Normandie Avenue in Los Angeles. [continue reading]
Cool news for bicyclists and bike rider wannabes who have thus far been too nervous — and rightly so — to ride in downtown Los Angeles. A six-foot-wide emerald green ribbon of bike lane is ready for its inaugural ride at 1 p.m. today. To celebrate the new safer street, [continue reading]
