The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved a 7.7-mile option for rush hour bus lanes for Wilshire Boulevard, clearing a key hurdle needed for the project to begin its design phase and then construction. But the Council provided a wrinkle: adding language asking the Metro Board of Directors to [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]
Public testimony just began a few minutes ago and will continue for 30 minutes. Then the Council will begin debating the three options for the project. Those wishing to watch the Council debate can do so on Channel 35 within the city or at the city’s website, lacity.org.
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. [youtube width=”600″ height=”371″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UFc1pr2yUU[/youtube] First up, a hilarious musical diversion to start your day – but it’s transportation related and hits close to [continue reading]
photo by Matthew Harang, via submission Great colors, a provocative electronic display and the silhouette of a palm tree are key ingredients in this very nice photo by Matthew. He took it with a Nikon D60. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr [continue reading]
[polldaddy poll=5131390] Please indulge me and participate in our most recent poll. I’d like to see more numbers because this is an issue that interests me: it says something about transit’s ability to attract new riders these days. Thus far, the numbers collected in our poll are strikingly different than [continue reading]
The closure of the 405 over the Sepulveda Pass will begin late Friday, July 15, and continue until early morning on Monday, July 18. Here’s the news release about the signs from Metro: Sixty-four Changeable Message Signs (CMS) located on most Los Angeles County freeways began displaying information about 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]
Sure, riding Metro saves you from the stress of traffic, reduces your environmental impact and lowers your monthly transportation costs – but did you know it also entitles you to a bunch of great deals around L.A.? That’s what Destination Discounts is all about – and The Source is here to [continue reading]
The big day is almost here: The Los Angeles City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday for one of three options for the Wilshire Boulevard peak hour bus lane project. The three choices: 8.7 miles of lanes including the Condo Canyon stretch in Westwood, 7.7 miles of lanes excluding Condo [continue reading]
