Wonk out on this update below about the federal Highway Trust Fund from Metro’s government relations staff. The gist of it: California is getting back more than we’re putting in — but not nearly to the extent that some states are, as the above map shows. Hmm. The Trust Fund [continue reading]
photo by Matthew Harang, via submission Oh Hollywood Freeway, how I dislike thee. But it’s a nice photo, taken by Matthew with a Nikon D60. 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 [continue reading]
Of all the neighborhoods slated to be connected to the growing Measure R transit network, perhaps none generates as much interest and debate as Westwood Village. It’s a tremendously busy district, with more than 105,000 vehicle trips daily to and from UCLA and thousands more going to office towers along Wilshire Boulevard. [continue reading]
Reminder: As part of Metro’s ongoing gate-locking test, the agency will be locking the gates at the Hollywood/Western Red Line station between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. today along with the subway stations at Wilshire/Normandie and Vermont/Beverly. Staff will be on hand to help those without TAP cards pass through [continue reading]
The Whittier Public Library was abuzz Thursday morning during a conversation between local artist Jane Gillespie Pryor and a roomful of residents, students, bee lovers and friends. The event is the second in a series of “Artists in Conversation” events to be held in the local libraries of neighborhoods featured [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. America‘s commutes start earlier and last longer (BBC) The BBC discovers (drum roll) that Americans are driving more and enjoying it less. [continue reading]
photo by Eric Gonzalez, via Flickr Here is Eric’s description of the image from Flickr: Taking a walk towards Pershing Square one night while out for drinks and dining, i spotted these two bikers riding late at night. It fascinated my how quickly the colors of the buildings changed with [continue reading]
Wednesday, October 12 201 102, 110, 111/311, 611 – Florence Station Bus Stop Relocation 92, 96, 201 – Silver Lake: Glendale btwn Riverside-Waverly 460 – Nightly Detour 180/181, 264/267, 686/687 Gold Line – Late Night System Maintenance Green Line – Midday System Maintenance – Every 17 Min Purple Line – [continue reading]
The 2011 Transit Flicks Contest finalists have been chosen and now it’s your turn to decide which transit oriented filmmaker wins the grand prize (a free EZ transit for one year). Last year’s entries were great (the charming Heartbeat of L.A. took the prize), and I have to say, this [continue reading]
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source in which we round up the latest Metro related tweets in the Twitterverse. To follow Metro on Twitter just search for @MetroLosAngeles. We recommend adding the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets to get our attention. For specific complaints and [continue reading]
