June got off to a splashy start in 1974 when Metro’s predecessor agency Southern California Rapid Transit District launched its “Street Fleet” bus service to carry people to the Santa Monica beaches. Summer beach riders were reminded that they were allowed to bring their surfboards directly onto the buses, writes [continue reading]
photo by Andrew Raby, via Flickr Nice use of color in this photo of the Pershing Square station for the Red and Purple lines in downtown L.A. Why so empty? The photo was taken during the soapbox derby races held a couple of weekends ago. To submit a photo for [continue reading]
[vimeo width=”600″ height=”338″]http://vimeo.com/24572222[/vimeo] Roads that are safe for all modes of transport – automobiles, bikes and pedestrians – can prove to be a real challenge. While it’s common to blame whatever mode you’re not using for transgressions in safety, the above video proves that all mode users are guilty of [continue reading]
Downtown blogger and transit oriented real estate agent Brigham Yen (read our interview with him here) reports that the 7th Street Metro Center Station will soon be home to Rush Snack Bar, a new venture that will cater to Metro commuters and downtown denizens. The shop is located in a [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. Creating Pacific Coast Highway and other landmark projects from 1924 (Metro Primary Resources Blog) Over at our sister blog, Primary Resources, there’s [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 vehicle testing after 9pm, southbound trains to East LA or Union Station may depart Sierra Madre Villa 2 minutes later [continue reading]
Attentive readers know that The Metro Board of Directors voted last month to approve the final environmental report for the Wilshire peak-hour bus lane project, endorsing 7.7 miles of lanes along Wilshire in the city of L.A. As is often the case in local government, one big vote merely begets [continue reading]
It’s not everyday that the mayors of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Fresno, Sacramento and San Jose co-write opinion articles in support of anything. Today, however, that quintet co-authored a piece in the Sacramento Bee supporting the state’s bullet train project which would ultimately link San Diego, Sacramento and the Bay [continue reading]
This is the fifth story in our series examining how L.A. County’s 30/10 financing model — and its national counterpart America Fast Forward — could help other cities around the country. Los Angeles’ image as the nation’s capital of cars and sprawl persists, despite its having among the highest number [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]
