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! Today’s profile of a Metro rider by Zocalo Public Square: My life goal is to travel, Portola Plaza to Katella Avenue Metro light rail crash near [continue reading]
Tired of sitting in traffic? Concerned with climate change? Want to find out what new rail and bus lines are coming to your neighborhood? The Metro Speakers Bureau can help. The Speakers Bureau provides free presentations throughout Los Angeles County on a variety of transportation topics, including jobs at Metro. [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! Editor’s note: Good morning, readers! As was the case earlier this year, I’m back in Ohio for a couple weeks to deal with some family [continue reading]
Metro officials met with representatives from the Federal Transit Administration and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory last week to review promising results of the agency’s first-of-a-kind use of flywheel technology [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! No, Carmageddon is not inevitable (Zocalo Public Square) In advance of tonight’s panel discussion at the Petersen Automotive Museum on “How to Speed Up Traffic [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! The Valley deserves to be part of L.A.’s transit revolution (L.A. Times) In this opinion piece, Matthew Fleischer says that it makes sense to upgrade [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! Global shift to mass transit could save more than $100 trillion and 1,700 megatons of CO2 (UC Davis) Interesting new study from UC Davis that [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! North Hollywood/Zev Yaroslavsky Station? Stop the political madness! (L.A. Times) Op-ed writer Kerry Cavanaugh says renaming two Metro Rail stations after two current Metro Board Members [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. Valley-Westside express bus is a go (Zev Web) Supervisor and Metro Board Member Zev Yaroslavsky’s website has some very good news for bus riders. Excerpt: Taking advantage of those brand-new [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! Metro riders take fare hikes mostly in stride (L.A. Times) The bright side: most passengers seemed aware that fares were going up. The down side: [continue reading]
