Where we choose to live plays a giant role in our transportation choices. That’s why I was so interested in talking to Brigham Yen, a guy who could very well be L.A.’s only transit oriented real estate agent. In addition to helping people find their dream homes, Brigham is an [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. Texas lawmakers vote to raise speed limit (NPR) NPR correspondent Wade Goodwyn files this story on an attempt by the Texas legislature [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]
Why not? There are some good ones out there from this past Sunday’s bike ride and the initial CicLAvia last October. Here are a few: photo by workthe angles, via Flickr photo by David Lor, via Flickr photo by Eastsider LA, via Google Picasa photo by Waltarrrr, via Flickr photo [continue reading]
The overall numbers are below. As you can see, ridership has decreased in the past two years by about 3.7 percent and we’re not yet seeing a bump because of high gas prices. Reasons? There is no definitive answer — it’s likely a combination of factors, including high local unemployment [continue reading]
On December 16, 1896, a Welsh Colonel named Griffith J. Griffith gave the residents of Los Angeles an early Christmas present: 3,000 acres of wilderness from his Rancho Los Feliz estate. As far as I can tell, no other civic-minded gift has yet to top Griffith’s in the region’s history. [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. An exurban office park where it’s cool to take the bus (The Atlantic) About a third of the 30,000 workers in the [continue reading]
The project will add turn lanes, bike lanes and video detection at the intersection of Lindero Canyon and Agoura roads — a major junction just south of the 101 freeway. It’s the first of 18 Measure R road projects that will get underway this year. Here’s the news release from [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]
[youtube width=”600″ height=”368″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALstgajxMdI[/youtube] Whitney Lynn (aka @catahstrophic) is a Rail LA volunteer who decided the best way to get to the Rail LA booth at Sunday’s CicLAvia was to hop on the Red Line – for the first time ever. Check out this video she tweeted us to see what [continue reading]
