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]
photo by Michael Andrade, via Flickr Nice photo taken with an iPhone on the Washington Metro. Michael took the photo with the Hipstamatic app and then used some other apps to add texture and lighting. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, [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. Your carbon footprint isn’t small just because you take the subway (GOOD) This short but tasty blog post explains that the amount [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]
Caltrans announced today that it has completed the reconstruction of the Baldwin Park Boulevard Bridge in order to accommodate new carpool lanes that are being built on the San Bernardino Freeway (Interstate 10). The Baldwin Park Boulevard Bridge is part of the San Bernardino Freeway HOV project that is adding [continue reading]
Soccer fans crowded onto Gold Line platforms and trains on Saturday as they headed to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena to watch U.S. versus Mexico at the 2011 Gold Cup Championship. Metro transportation planner Andres Di Zitti was working that night making sure crowds made it safely to and from [continue reading]
[polldaddy poll=5185657] This story from the front page of today’s New York Times describes the vast cultural, social and political differences between the United States and Europe when it comes to the personal automobile. From the opening paragraph: While American cities are synchronizing green lights to improve traffic flow and [continue reading]
As we reported last week, community update meetings are under way for the Regional Connector. There are two more coming up this week, so be sure to check one out — the content will be the same at both. If you can’t make it, there will be a live internet [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 great highway program (Fortune) This is actually a classic story reprinted from Fortune magazine in 1958. It’s a look at the [continue reading]
Photo by Mark Willis, via Flickr Very nice capture by Mark of a bus and a bar in Somerville, Mass. The photo was taken with an iPhone and processed using the clarity and HDR functions on the Camera+ app, as well as Photoshop. Here’s Mark’s photo and design blog if [continue reading]
