How has this thing not been used in an action movie? It’s the Bennie Railplane, a concept briefly tested in the 1930s near Glasgow. It never got funded and was never fully built. Here’s a good explanation at the Retronaut blog. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, [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. Hat tip to Yonah Freemark of The Transport Politic for digging up a lot of good stories and posting them on Twitter @TTPolitic. [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. Can lawsuits bring down California high-speed rail? (Infrastructurist) It seems that everyone wants infrastructure projects but no one is willing to compromise [continue reading]
The Board of Directors voted 11 to 1 on Thursday to adopt a Careers Construction Policy as part of an effort to hire more local workers to build Metro projects. With unemployment remaining high in Los Angeles County — particularly in the construction trades — the motion by Mayor Antonio [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday unanimously approved the final environmental impact statement/report for the long sought Crenshaw/LAX Line, a 8.5-mile light rail project that will run along Crenshaw Boulevard, Florence Avenue and Aviation Boulevard between the Green Line and Expo Line, passing through Inglewood along the way. The [continue reading]
The Metro Board just voted to authorize free fares for all Girl Scouts in uniform on Oct. 29, 2011 in honor of their 100th anniversary celebration “Girltopia” at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Convention Center is just a short walk from the Metro Blue Line Pico/Chick Hearn Station. So the [continue reading]
The monthly meeting of the Metro Board of Directors just began a few minutes ago. The Board’s first action: they approved a one-month postponement of Item 9, a $37.3-million contract to a firm to do the environmental studies for the 710 gap project. Metro CEO Art Leahy said several issues [continue reading]
450x, 460, 550, Silver Line 201 Red Line – Late Night Track Maintenance Blue Line – Expo Late Night Construction Gold Line – Late Night System Maintenance 212/312, 217, 222, 780 – Hollywood Blvd btwn Highland-Orange 4 – Evening/Owl Trips 16/316, 18, 33, 53, 62, 460, 720 – Downtown: 5th [continue reading]
The Beverly Hills Unified School District on Wednesday issued a news release headlined “Beverly Hills Unified School District demands Metro come clean with facts on Westside Subway Extension.” In particular, the School District alleges that Metro subway planners decided last week to drop a potential station at Santa Monica Boulevard [continue reading]
photo by hkharbourcity, via Instagram Cool cell phone photo of the Star Ferry in Hong Kong. I’ve noticed that a lot of these photo apps provide nice texture to water scenes. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet [continue reading]
