The weekend is here, it’s time to leave the driving to Metro and explore L.A. without a car. Like movies? Check out the Shriekfest Horror/SciFi Film Festival in Hollywood (Lines 10/48, 210) and the SINGAFEST Asian Film Festival in Westwood ( Lines20, 233, 720, 761). Saturday marks the start of [continue reading]
photo by Kevin Hair, via submission Nice shot of the Orange Line taken with an iPhone 4 and the Leme Cam Pro app. I’ve never tried that one, but am adding to the list. Here’s the free version and here’s the Pro version (for 99 cents). It’s always also refreshing [continue reading]
photo via Metro Library and Transportation Archive’s Flickr photostream Cool photo of the old Pacific Electric passing Echo Park while southbound on Glendale Boulevard. It will be interesting to see if Glendale Boulevard ever sees rail transit again — there’s nothing solid on the books for now. To submit [continue reading]
Friday, September 30 450x, 460, 550, Silver Line 201 102, 110, 111/311, 611 – Florence Station Bus Stop Relocation 485, 487/489, Silver Line – I-10 El Monte Busway Nightly Closure 152/353 – Construction Detour Red Line – Late Night Track Maintenance Details after the jump on the Service Advisories Calendar. [continue reading]
Looking for an L.A. neighborhood where you can live without a car? The blog NoHoFoSho – which dubs itself “the Valley’s urban lifestyle blog” – wants to convince you that its namesake, North Hollywood, is L.A.’s premiere transit hood. We’ve always been big NoHo boosters here at The Source. The [continue reading]
Yesterday’s turnstile-locking exercise at the Wilshire/Normandie Purple Line Station was what you’d call uneventful. And that was a good thing. Of course, this first locking demonstration was purposely scheduled for a less traveled time of day in a less traveled station so that fewer customers would be impacted. But the point [continue reading]
This weekly post features news from other transit agencies and planners from around the world. Did we miss a good story? Let us know in the comments. Under pressure from riders, TriMet promises to consider longer transfer times (Portland, Ore.) A coalition of transit riders in Portland has won a [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. Could Expo II work be undone if Westside group wins appeal? (Curbed LA) A group of Westside homeowners calling themselves Neighbors for [continue reading]
Metro’s Transportation Library & Archive is taking a look back at this week’s 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking for the Red Line subway. On September 29, 1986, numerous dignitaries converged on the future home of the Civic Center station to turn over the first shovels of dirt in digging our [continue reading]
Traffic reporters may be the commuter’s best friend, but to transit agencies they are action heroes on the front lines of some of the nation’s worst traffic. Every year, right before Rideshare Week, five regional transit agencies, including Metro and Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside and Ventura counties, roll out the [continue reading]
