photo by NASA I thought it was appropriate on Earth Day to link to a post we did last year on a very relevant subject: a federal report showing that taking mass transit is a good way to reduce greenhouse gases that are causing global warming and, according to many [continue reading]
photo by hannu.oskala, via Flickr creative commons This is an epically cool photo for two reasons. First, there is something very pleasing to the eye about the way that the people on the train platform in the Helsinki subway are spaced out. Second, the photographer set them against the blur [continue reading]
Happy Easter weekend Source readers. If you didn’t catch Art in the Streets at MOCA last weekend then hop on the Gold Line and check out some graffiti this weekend. On Saturday check out the Grilled Cheese Invitational, the Long Beach Comic Expo or, for fans of the band Explosions [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EyM7uj0Kpc&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Predicting traffic has always been a tricky proposition. Most “real-time” traffic web sites tend to have some lag time between retrieving data from sensors embedded in roadways and updating web sites showing traffic conditions. The above video explains a system being tested in the Bay Area that predicts what [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. Happy birthday, Mom! -CCR Los Angeles anticipates light rail line (NPR) Just as we thought all the media coverage of the Expo [continue reading]
A Revised Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) was released today for the Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit Project. The project seeks to add a peak hour bus lane in each direction, and other improvements to parts of Wilshire Boulevard in the city and county of Los Angeles from the Santa [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. Lines 33, 68, 70, 71, 76, 78, 79, 83, 84, 96, 704, 728, 733, 745 & 770 Due to Good Friday Procession the listed lines will be [continue reading]
The Board of Directors’ Measure R Delivery Committee voted 2 to 1 on Thursday for a motion by Board member Mark Ridley-Thomas that seeks to add a Leimart Park station for the Crenshaw/LAX Line and also underground a portion of the line from 48th to 59th streets. The committee vote [continue reading]
Get your read on for “Future Stations of the Past,” the latest in intriguing news from the past in the Metro Library’s “Primary Resources” blog. The series is illustrated with renderings of future Metro Rail stations that were envisioned but never built. Take the Wilshire / La Brea station, for [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4TR_aIY7y4[/youtube] U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has become the poster child for “Gov 2.0”. His blog, Fast Lane, is one of the top government blogs according to Juggle.com. In addition, he’s got a Twitter account with over 16,800 followers and a Facebook profile with over 6,500 fans. Not bad [continue reading]
