New Clippers arena gets backing from Inglewood City Council (ESPN) The Council agreed Thursday to enter into an exclusive negotiating window with the Clippers for a new arena that would be located near the intersection of Century Boulevard and Prairie Avenue — basically south of both the Forum and the [continue reading]
In its ongoing commitment to deploy the cleanest, most energy-efficient transit vehicles in Los Angeles County, Metro will purchase five new 60-foot electric buses and eight new charging stations for [continue reading]
Art of Transit: From the Department of That’s So L.A.: Lessons from UCLA’s TransportationCamp (Streetsblog LA) Transit advocates, enthusiasts and scholars convened at L.A.’s first TransportationCamp event on Saturday [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. Riding the Big Red Car: work, leisure and community in multiethnic L.A. (KCET) Very thoughtful and well-researched article on an oft-overlooked aspect of the old [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. First train car pulled along Gold Line tracks in Arcadia, Monrovia (San Gabriel Valley Tribune) Good coverage of the clearance testing that began Monday for [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]
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! L.A., Central Valley have nation’s worst air (L.A. Times) The latest American Lung Assn. rankings show that Los Angeles leads the list of American cities with [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! Unfriendly skies: after years of progress are Southland skies still making us sick? (Pasadena Weekly) The top of the story: The skies are clearer and [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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Westside development fuels debate over growth — smart or otherwise (L.A. Times) A good [continue reading]
I’m not sure what to make of this: a new study from a USC professor concludes that the air on the Gold Line light rail is cleaner than the Red Line subway — and that both are far cleaner than the air along freeway corridors. The reason for the difference [continue reading]
