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]
Mobility 21, a transportation advocacy group made up of Southern California stakeholders, have expressed thanks to a bipartisan group of Senators for developing a new transportation bill called “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” or MAP-21. One of the key components of MAP-21 is America Fast Forward (PDF) [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. U.S. not dense enough for high-speed rail? Think again (Per Square Mile) A common critique of proposals for a U.S. high speed [continue reading]
photo by Andy Wright, via submission This nice photo basically speaks for itself: two London icons taken together. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet it to @metrolosangeles with an #artoftransit hashtag. Many of the photos [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]
Take advantage of the long weekend and Go Metro! There’s lots of great all-weekend events to keep you occupied. Ride the Gold Line to Little Tokyo and enjoy live jazz at the Los Angeles Jazz Collective Memorial Weekend Festival. The Green Line gets a little love this weekend thanks to [continue reading]
Here is the news release issued today by LAPD, LAFD, CHP, LADOT, Metro and Caltrans: Countdown to the Closure: Extended 53-Hour Closure of I-405 Freeway Between U.S. 101 and I-10 [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. Westside drivers prevail over buses while Liemert Park (sorta) gets a rail station (KCRW) On KCRW’s flagship local news program, Which Way [continue reading]
photo by The Hamster Factor, via Flickr Nice sunset shot of the overhead electrical wires for the train in Gothenburg, Sweden. I like the barely visible bus that is to the left of the tracks. It’s possible to see the entire street scene using processing software, but the above is [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 Due to maintenance, trains may be delayed 1-3 minutes at Willow Station. Dates: today only. Lines 204, 754 Due to special event [continue reading]
