Metro officials and many business and labor leaders are anxiously awaiting some big news: Rep. John Mica (R-Florida) is scheduled on Thursday to release an outline of his version of the next multiyear federal transportation spending bill. Why is that a big deal? Because Metro and many others are hoping [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. Bike-friendly? Check the city’s mass transit system (NYT Green Blog) When writer Felicity Barringer noticed that the nation’s top biking cities — [continue reading]
Officials today held a groundbreaking ceremony for the ExpressLanes project that will convert parts of the carpool lanes on the 10 and 110 freeways to toll lanes. The idea of the test program is to sell excess space when it exists in the lanes to those currently prohibited from using [continue reading]
[youtube width=”600″ height=”480″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJVoYsBym88[/youtube] In an attempt to become top grocer in the difficult Korean market, global grocery giant Tesco came up with an ingenious solution that propelled sales because it worked so well with the Korean transit oriented lifestyle. The idea: virtual grocery stores in subway stations. To create the [continue reading]
photo by James Calder, via Flickr This wasn’t photoshopped. It was taken in Washington D.C. during one of those events where people dress up as zombies and go around town. The dude in the lower right corner seems really into it. I probably should have waited until Halloween to post [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. Gold Line Due to maintenance work after 9pm, trains may be delayed 1-2 minutes. During this time, trains in both directions will share East [continue reading]
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source in which we’ll 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. And when it comes [continue reading]
The agency had previously announced free service on the Orange Line busway and the Red and Purple line subway on the weekend of July 16-17, when the 405 will be closed over the Sepulveda Pass for the partial demolition of the Mulholland Bridge. In addition, the Metro Board of Directors [continue reading]
photo by Ken Quail, via Flickr This photo actually dates to 2007, but it’s too good not to post. It was taken on a subway in Korea, where a few passengers had decided to work some exercise into their transit experience. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, [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. In Los Angeles, cuts will make bus commuters longer (New York Times) The NYT takes a look at the recent bus service [continue reading]
