View Extend the subway? in a larger map I wanted to circle back to the end of Thursday’s meeting of the Metro Board of Directors. Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge was serving on the Board yesterday as a one-day substitute — two of the city of Los Angeles appointees [continue reading]
Better late than never to celebrate an anniversary: On Jan. 30, 1993 the first segment of the Metro Red Line opened carrying passengers 4.4 miles between Union Station and Westlake/MacArthur Park … to Langer’s Deli for some of the best pastrami in town. (The full Red Line opened to North Hollywood [continue reading]
One of the goals of The Source is to give readers an idea of what’s happening with mass transit and urban planning outside Los Angeles County. In that vein, a fascinating, and sad, story was recently published in the Financial Times about the thousands of stray dogs roaming Moscow. Many [continue reading]
First, a few words of caution: this is something that is very much in the development stage. But it appears that Metro is going to move ahead and seriously begin exploring a way to provide cell phone service to subway passengers now that some security concerns have been addressed. Other [continue reading]
The first decade of the 2000’s has been ripe with accomplishments for Metro and transportation improvements in Los Angeles County. What follows is a list of 30 notable achievements and moments in the past decade. Some may be more important to you than others, but most hopefully show a measure [continue reading]
Metro dedicated the opening of its first rail line since 2003 on Saturday morning, as a long list of elected officials and invited guests celebrated the opening of the Eastside Gold Line Extension between Los Angeles Union Station and East Los Angeles. The Eastside hadn’t seen rail service since the [continue reading]
Los Angeles Metro riders packed the Red Line on Saturday night to head out to Hollywood for Halloween. I took part in the madness and took some video of the experience. Crowds, costumes and high spirits best describe the ride. Nice job L.A.! [youtube width=”560″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEgVr-4wT6U[/youtube]
When it comes to Halloween, Hollywood knows how to have a good time. Last week we prepped you for a car-free Halloween, listing the various Metro accessible festivities happening around the city. My goal this year was to end up at the West Hollywood Carnaval since I missed it last [continue reading]
You still have a chance to join the discussion with Metro on the proposed subway stations for the Westside Subway Extension. These meetings are a chance to discuss station locations, entrances, connections, and other issues. Each meeting focuses on select stations, so make sure to go to meeting that reflects [continue reading]
A long-range plan that includes about $300 billion in road and transit projects and other Metro programs was unanimously approved Thursday afternoon by the agency’s Board of Directors. The plan is supposed to guide Metro for the next three decades. Many of the projects included in the plan were part [continue reading]
