Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Why cars remain so appealing even in cities with great public transit (Washington Post) This is one of the smartest posts I’ve read in a [continue reading]
[youtube=http://youtu.be/UCrxt6WyXqI] Click here to read the kind of blog post no one at Metro wants to read: it’s a first-person account by one of our passengers who last Wednesday literally watched someone steal his $1,300 road bike from the front of a Metro bus in Hollywood. Although bike theft from [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! ART OF TRANSIT: My somewhat less-than-cheery view of fall colors in downtown L.A. What can I say? I get grump-grump on Fridays! N.H.T.S.A reports higher [continue reading]
During Bike Week LA, we collected nominations for the Golden Pedal Awards, Metro’s annual competition for great stories about bicycling. We’re featuring these stories in a Why You Ride series – because for many Angelenos, every week is Bike Week! Maria Sipin was nominated by her sister Andrea for maintaining [continue reading]
Whether you live in Santa Monica or are a frequent visitor, Pop-Up MANGo is an event you’ll appreciate. Part community festival, part streetscaping effort, the free event aims to show how the Michigan Avenue Neighborhood Greenway (MANGo) can be improved. Pop-Up MANGo is scheduled for Saturday, September 21, 11 a.m. to 3 [continue reading]
During Bike Week LA, we collected nominations for the Golden Pedal Awards, Metro’s annual competition for great stories about bicycling. We’re featuring these stories in a weekly Why You Ride series – because for many Angelenos, every week is Bike Week! Alan Kwan’s commute to work was 25 miles long [continue reading]
During Bike Week LA, we collected nominations for the Golden Pedal Awards, Metro’s annual competition for great stories about bicycling. We’re featuring these stories in a weekly Why You Ride series – because for many Angelenos, every week is Bike Week! Breeanna Taylor bikes 12 miles down the Imperial Highway [continue reading]
During Bike Week LA, we collected nominations for the Golden Pedal Awards, Metro’s annual competition for great stories about bicycling. We’re featuring these stories in a weekly Why You Ride series – because for many Angelenos, every week is Bike Week! Our next Golden Pedal Award goes to Charles Dandino, [continue reading]
During Bike Week LA, we collected nominations for the Golden Pedal Awards, Metro’s annual competition for great stories about bicycling. We’re featuring these stories in a weekly Why You Ride series – because for many Angelenos, every week is Bike Week. Vincent Baltierra, Sr., leaves his house at 5:15 every [continue reading]
I’m guessing most of you are already fully aware that CicLAvia is coming to Wilshire Boulevard on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. between downtown L.A. and Fairfax Avenue along the Miracle Mile. Wilshire will be closed to car traffic and turned over to cyclists and pedestrians. I’m guessing [continue reading]
