Go Metro, meet an Olympic gold medalist
The Summer Olympics officially kick off in Rio this Friday, which means I’m about to disappear into a haze of swimming and gymnastics fangirling. My favorite story so far is the one about [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Friday, January 9
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Transportation headlines, Monday, February 24
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! It may be Monday, but maybe you’re already thinking of Friday. Take it away, Bruce Springsteen… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JURaRq7rGMs] Beverly Hills using petty bureaucracy to hold up [continue reading]
Notes on transit: the 2024 Olympics, Measure R and project acceleration
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4H-P6cg45E&feature=youtube_gdata_player] As summer winds down, just wanted to post a few notes from Source Planetary & Universe Headquarters, conveniently located next to Union Station and the county jail: •The International Olympic Committee on Saturday picked Tokyo to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, spurning Istanbul (again) and Madrid. In 2017, the [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Thursday, March 7: art of transit, downtown streetcar secures operating funds, new housing in Santa Monica
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. Los Angeles City Council approves operating funds for downtown streetcar (City of L.A. website, [continue reading]