The Los Angeles City Council last week approved an MOU with AEG to build a new pro football stadium downtown next to Staples Center and L.A. Live. The stadium will be a short one-and-a-half block from the Blue Line’s Pico station, which one day will also serve Expo Line trains [continue reading]
The Dodgers have obviously had a tough year both on and off the field. Even with attendance lagging at the ballpark, the Dodger Stadium Express looks to be doing better in its second year. The stats from Metro, which runs the service: The bus service between Union Station and Dodger [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. The clear case for the gas tax (New York Times) The NYT’s editorial board argues: A) the federal 18-cent-per-gallon gas tax should [continue reading]
photo by Girrish Nayyar, via Flickr Wow — and this photo of a Metro train in London was taken with an iPhone. It was processed using the Colorsplash Pro app to — used to keep the train red — and the awesome Snapseed app for saturation, drama and the center [continue reading]
For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Advisories page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter. 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 [continue reading]
This week in Arts/Entertainment: Save $1-$2 at the Gourmet Music Carnival at L.A. State Historic Park Save 10% on Merchandise at the Long Beach Funk Festival Catch a Metro dining discount at Hollywood & Highland Center and a free jazz concert This week in Sports: Save $5 on Advanced Purchase [continue reading]
Update, 1:45 p.m. — three Metro Rail lines had record numbers (Gold, Blue and Red/Purple) and more info about how rail ridership is calculated have been added to the below post. Metro has released its ridership statistics for July. Bottom line: systemwide ridership is up over a year ago, [continue reading]
Nice graphic from Metro staff showing that business leaders across the country are supporting America Fast Forward, the federal legislation that would allow Metro and other transit agencies to use federal loans and financing to speed up construction of big projects. If Metro can persuade Congress to adopt the [continue reading]
I posted earlier that the New York Times editorial board certainly seems a gloomy future for cities and states that depend on federal funding. Now, here’s a second media story that focuses on transportation funding — and the news isn’t much better. As KPCC reporter Kitty Felde explains, the federal [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. The 10 cities where everyone should stop driving their car (Business Insider) Need a reason to stop driving? How about saving over $10,000 a [continue reading]
