Here is the news release from Metro: Road detours to accommodate excavation, decking of second Crenshaw/LAX underground light-rail station to begin March 15 The Crenshaw/MLK station — the second underground station to be built for the Crenshaw/LAX light-rail project — will begin excavation and decking operations at 9 p.m. Sunday, [continue reading]
Metro is leading a countywide effort to develop a user-friendly bikeshare system that will increase transportation choices for people making short trips and traveling to and from transit stations. The program will provide a fleet of bicycles that can be borrowed for short periods from strategically placed bikeshare stations throughout [continue reading]
Our friends at the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority just released this new video of a ride along the new light rail tracks from Arcadia to Azusa. The [continue reading]
Hungry yet? As regular readers know, a TAP card is more than just a slowly-but-surely-getting-better way to pay for rides on Metro. It also entitles riders to all kinds of great local discounts that we feature on The Source every Monday. One area we’ve neglected lately is the Destination Discounts [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. [youtube width=”600″ height=”371″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UFc1pr2yUU[/youtube] First up, a hilarious musical diversion to start your day – but it’s transportation related and hits close to [continue reading]
The iconic Go Metro map featuring Metro’s rail and bus rapid transit lines just got an interactive upgrade. Point your browser to http://www.metro.net/interactives/go_metro/ to check it out (note: it’s a Flash map so it won’t work on iDevices). So what makes this interactive map so interactive? Clicking on stations reveals [continue reading]
Recently we asked readers to choose their favorite color name for the Expo Line. While Aqua received the bulk of the votes, many readers suggested that maybe it was time to move away from color names to a naming convention that used numbers or letters instead. It’s a logical suggestion, [continue reading]
Even though I visit the Experience LA website every week to help compile our Go Metro Weekends guide, I didn’t find out about their awesome new Google maps mashup until last week when LAist had a post about it. Granted, the map has only been around for a few weeks, [continue reading]
A lot of people have been asking about the Metro Silver Line bus service that will be starting on December 13th. Well, Metro has released a bunch of new information including timetables, maps and a destination guide. We’re going to take a closer look at the information and figure out [continue reading]
