[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hYAaTMUzZk[/youtube] The Foothill Extension will take the Gold Line from its current terminus in Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border. It’s a project funded by Measure R, the half-cent sales tax increase approved by L.A. County voters in 2008. The last station on the Gold Line at present is at Sierra [continue reading]
As we’ve crossed the halfway point of 2011, Metro’s government relations staff are still plugging away and hoping to persuade Congress to make America Fast Forward [AFF] the law of the land. AFF would provide government loans and other financing that would allow Metro to accelerate the construction of 12 [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 width=”600″ height=”371″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MVQfBjaOS0[/youtube] The above video is an edit of last year’s Meet Me @ Metro, a unique performance art experience where the performers and the audience ride together on Metro Rail. I rode along last year and the show exceeded my expectations – read my take on it here. [continue reading]
Kick off your Independence Day Weekend with Metro. All weekend long there’s the Anime Expo, fireworks with Daryl Hall and John Oates at The Hollywood Bowl and the Everything is Festival at the Cinefamily theatre. On Saturday don’t forget to check out the sequel to last year’s unique transit event, [continue reading]
All Metro operated buses and Metro Rail trains will operate on a Sunday schedule on Monday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. For route and schedule information go to metro.net or call 323.GO.METRO (323.466.3876).
Back in March we told you about Metro’s Developer Challenge – an invitation to developers to create apps using Metro’s open transit data for a chance to win some big cash prizes. Well, a few months have passed, the clever developers have worked their magic and Metro’s judges have chosen [continue reading]
A few weeks back I noticed an interesting chart on the America Public Transportation Association [APTA] website on how long people had been riding transit. The chart was compiled using data provided by local agencies across the U.S. In particular, I was struck by their numbers showing that a lot [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. Riders Rave About DASH Service, Survey Says (blogdowntown) On the eve of a fare increase (to 50 cents) LADOT released results of [continue reading]
The Fourth of July weekend is a great time to discuss hot dogs. And in the search for the perfect hot dog, Los Angeles is a good place to start. L.A. consumes more hot dogs than any other city in the country, according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage [continue reading]
