All events are subject to change or may be be sold out, please check with the venue before making plans. A denotes an event with a Destination Discount – Go Metro and save! To plan your trip and to check all other transit options, please consult Google Transit or the [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. Perry’s Texas: Transportation needs trail behind (Houston Chronicle) It’s perhaps easy to read into the political implications of this story, given that [continue reading]
Blue Line Due to Track Maintenance, beginning at 8:30pm Friday and through Sunday at Close, trains will operate every 20 minutes throughout the day. Please be advised to allow up to 30 additional minutes to complete your trip and that work will occur over additional weekends; notices will be posted. [continue reading]
Coming up Monday, Caltrans will unveil a novel approach to preserving freeway murals defaced by graffiti vandals. You may remember the murals that once frosted the walls along the 101 in downtown L.A. Several — including “Galileo, Jupiter, Apollo” by John Wehrle and “Going to the Olympics” by Frank Romero [continue reading]
This is the third part in The Source’s new series called “Subway Facts & History” to address some of the issues generating discussion involving the Westside Subway Extension project. The facts below are based on information from Metro staff and consultants planning the project. The information, in various forms, has [continue reading]
You may be sick of Carmageddon. (You may not be the only one.) But the good folks who protected us from the horrors of being stuck in our cars for nine hours without Diet Coke or a bathroom will soon begin working on a new plan to convince everyone to plan [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. Metrolink passes bike friendly test (Streetsblog Los Angeles) Long time safe streets and bicycle advocate Stephen Box shares a detailed review of bringing bikes [continue reading]
photo by Urban Muser, via Flickr Nice iPhone photo of the Q train on the New York subway. The photographer lists the Top Camera and Camera+ apps as those used to process the image. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email [continue reading]
Red/Purple Line Due to track maintenance after 8:30pm, trains will operate on a different schedule (times are approximate and are subject to minor work related delays). Outbound Red Line trains to North Hollywood run 4 minutes earlier than regular schedule, departing Union Station at 8:53pm, 9:13pm, 9:33pm and every 20 [continue reading]
Nearly every day, we take a closer look at the story behind the story in selected transportation headlines of interest to our readers. Back in 2005, Metro’s Transportation Library & Archive was a pioneer in social media, collecting and disseminating news from various media outlets, as well as other blogs. Six years [continue reading]
