photo by Jon Sittner, via Flickr I find many of the photos that we use in “the art of transit” on Flickr, which is both easy to search and has a multitude of groups dedicated to transportation. In those groups, a lot of photographers try to capture images of stairwells [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. Cities versus suburbs is the wrong debate (The New Republic) This piece argues that the “suburbs” versus “cities” debate is a distraction [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 2/302, 4, 016/316, 20, 028, 704, 720, 728, 761 Due to anticipated road closures during afternoon/evening on Thursday, April 21 and early morning Friday, April 22, [continue reading]
There will likely be bus service impacts on the Westside on Thursday due to anticipated road closures. Here is the alert from Metro: Please anticipate Westside area bus delays and detours Thursday afternoon/evening and Friday morning due to road closures. Detours will be updated as they go into effect. Buses will [continue reading]
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) has just launched a new campaign to drum up support for public transit. It’s called “I <3 Transit” and participating couldn’t be any easier. Just text TRANSIT to 86677 to vouch for your love of transit. The larger goal is to use the results [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. America’s low gas prices: a global perspective (Infrastructurist) That headline may not offer comfort to beleaguered car commuters, but a little perspective [continue reading]
photo by effelarr, via Flickr creative commons A nice use of blur to capture the movement of a Metro local bus on the 6th Street Bridge heading into downtown L.A. Light at mid-day can be very harsh here and I like how the color of the bus really stands out [continue reading]
[polldaddy poll=4890941] My hunch is that the results won’t change much, but I’d like to see more readers vote in the above poll that Fred posted last week. Also, if you haven’t had a chance, I encourage you to read Fred’s opinion post, titled “CicLAvia, a glimpse at what L.A. [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]
The popular radio program hosted by Warren Olney on 89.9 FM will look at the situation with the sale of Prop 1B funds tonight at 7 p.m. David Yale, the deputy executive officer for countywide planning at Metro, will be the guest. Listen here at 7 p.m. (with the “on [continue reading]
