Photo © Toshifumi Tozawa,via Flickr As I’ve written before, I like to have some variety with our daily transpo photo — i.e. it does’t always have to be a bus or train and I’m all for auto-oriented photos if they’re original. Thus, today’s very cool photo of San Francisco’s infamous [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. Blue Line After 8:15pm, Blue Line trains run every 30 minutes due to construction work for the future Expo Line. Please see schedule here. [continue reading]
As many of you know, the City Council today approved a Memorandum of Understanding with AEG to build a new football stadium, new convention hall space and two parking garages adjacent to Staples Center. The good news for public transportation is that if indeed the stadium gets built — and [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]
This is the second 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]
photo by Patrik Jensen, via Flickr If the L.A. Kings were able to practice outside, it would be possible to see their rink from the Green Line, which is adjacent to the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo. Alas, the above photo is not El Segundo. Take a guess [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. Jerry Brown has a way out of the high-speed rail mess (Sacramento Bee) Columnist Dan Walters recalls that Gov. Brown in the [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. Blue Line After 8:15pm, Blue Line trains run every 30 minutes due to construction work for the future Expo Line. Please see schedule here. [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oUceTfsRwE&feature=email[/youtube] Metro extended some of its rail service well past the usual midnight closing time on Saturday to accommodate the crowds going to HardFest in Los Angles State Historic Park, i.e. the Cornfields. Agency staff put together the above video. A few interesting stats: •There were about 16,000 more boardings [continue reading]
photo by Joel Epstein, via submission It’s morbid Mondays here at The Source! As for the location where this photo was taken, go ahead and take a very specific guess — there are hints aplenty in the image. Answer after the jump. To submit a photo for the Art of [continue reading]
