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. Are Metrolink stations in the middle of nowhere? (More than Red Cars) A fascinating post tackles the question whether stations for commuter [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. Dates: today only. [continue reading]
In celebration of National Bike Month and in anticipation of Bike Week L.A. (May 16-20) we’ve launched a new survey series entitled ‘Why I Cycle’. This series spotlights local bicyclists who have made the daring leap from car-dependent to car-free or at least car-light in Los Angeles. Want to share [continue reading]
Over at the Engineering News Record, former New York City traffic commissioner Sam Schwartz took to his transportation blog to extol the benefits of America Fast Forward. A lot of the issues he touches on will be familiar to Source readers. Here’s an excerpt from the piece in which Schwartz [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. Pain from increased gas prices is mostly mental (Marketplace) Here’s a feel-good story for those unhappy about rising gas prices. Marketplace says [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metro: On National Train Day Saturday, May 7, Metro will join Amtrak in celebrating the history of trains in the United States at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. The free event will include many attractions for children and their families. It’s easy to get [continue reading]
photo by Zsolt Andrasi, via Flickr Very cool shot of a new — and controversial — fourth subway line under construction in Budapest, Hungary. Here’s the Budapest Metro’s official website, which says that as of January construction was about 65 percent complete on the first section of the planned 12.7-kilometer [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. Dates: through Thursday. [continue reading]
Normal Gold Line service to the Little Tokyo station in downtown L.A. will resume in the next few minutes. The station has been shut down for the past couple of hours while a suspicious package was investigated.
Metro is today releasing its budget [pdf] for the coming 2011-12 fiscal year. The highlights, in short: •The budget is $4.145 billion, which is 6.3 percent higher than last year, mostly due to more spending on Measure R projects. •Metro CEO Art Leahy is proposing to lower day passes from [continue reading]
