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After record weekend ridership, Metrolink pushes for more, more, more!

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Hmmm, wonder what Metrolink is trying to promote with this rail car! Here’s the news release from the regional commuter rail agency partially funded by Metro:

Los Angeles – After experiencing record weekend ridership the weekend of Oct. 6, Metrolink is rolling out another eye-catching vinyl-wrapped train car – this one, promoting the popular $10 Weekend Pass. Beginning Monday, Southern Californians will see the 85 foot, royal purple train car traveling throughout the region.

Since the introduction of the weekend pass in July of 2011 weekend ridership has nearly doubled. The $10 Weekend Pass allows for unlimited travel anytime, anywhere system-wide from 7:00 p.m. on Friday through Sunday.

This is Metrolink’s fourth train wrap following two Bike Car wraps and a Breeder’s Cup train wrap.

ABOUT METROLINK (www.metrolinktrains.com)

Metrolink is Southern California’s regional commuter rail service in its 19th year of operation. The Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA), a joint powers authority made up of an 11-member board representing the transportation commissions of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties, governs the service. Metrolink operates over seven routes through a six-county, 512 route-mile network. Metrolink is the third largest commuter rail agency in the United States based on directional route miles and the seventh largest based on annual ridership.

Go Metro to Taste of Soul on Saturday

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Taste of Soul, oone of L.A.'s largest street festivals, takes place this Saturday, Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Running down Crenshaw Boulevard between Stocker and Rodeo Road, visitors can sample great food from local restaurants, enjoy live entertainment and check out displays by local artists.

Metro will be there to show videos about the Crenshaw/LAX Line project, which you will – fingers crossed! – be able to take to Taste of Soul 2018.

Also, and this is important, Metro and the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy will be at the festival doing community outreach on Metro's new construction careers policy that aims to help those needing work find jobs in the building industry. There will be information available at the festival about how to enroll in union apprenticeship programs on projects such as the Crenshaw/LAX Line

Hop on the Expo Line to Expo/Crenshaw Station, then start walking south on Crenshaw until you come across a huge crowd of people. It should take you less than five minutes.

Bus lines 40, 102, 105, 210, 710 and 740 will detour from 11 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 19 to 6 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21 for the festival. Signs will be posted at bus stops regarding the temporary routes, or check Metro's service advisories.

 

Visit cowboy Chatsworth via the Orange Line or a horse

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In the latest edition of Metro Motion, the Metro Orange Line extension is off to a great start, improving mobility through the San Fernando Valley and bringing faster travel times, improved bus and rail connections and a chance to discover the rich history and beautiful scenery of Chatsworth. Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, the Lone Ranger and Hopalong Cassidy all filmed there. But it’s not all Hollywood pretend. If we take a trip to Chatsworth via the Metro Orange Line we can find out what real live horses have to do with it.

In another segment, Metro Motion takes a ride up the Gold Line to Pasadena to experience some of the area’s finest eats, coolest beats and tastiest treats. And now we can stay for overtime with Metro’s extended late-night weekend service.

In another story we’re reminded that school’s back in session. (As if increased traffic didn’t tell us.) Maybe it’s time to go back to school for a brush up on our driving skills. Who better to teach us than Metro’s Div. 15 bus operators who collectively log thousands of miles on L.A.’s streets each year. We caught up with several operators who shared tips for safer trips … whether by car or by bus.

Metro Motion runs quarterly on cable stations throughout Los Angeles County.

Go Metro to live music: Crystal Castles

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Crystal Castles (ft. Robert Smith) – “I’m Not In Love”

Noticing a trend yet? Thanks to two conveniently located subway stations and a handful of Rapid and local bus lines running on main thoroughfares like Hollywood, Sunset and Santa Monica Boulevards, it’s easy to take Metro to the vast array of music venues in Hollywood. Case in point: Go Metro this Saturday night to see Crystal Castles performing live at The Hollywood Palladium! The venue is located on Sunset Boulevard, an easy two block walk from the Red Line Hollywood / Vine Station and is served directly by Metro Local 2.

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Art of Transit, Mission 26 edition

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The Endeavour crossing a Carmageddon-like empty 405 freeway late Friday night. Photo by Steve Hymon.

Go Metro to see the Space Shuttle Endeavour being moved to the California Science Center today! Please see this earlier post and remember the Expo Line delivers you next door to the California Science Center, the Endeavour’s new home.

And remember that many bus detours remain in effect for much of the day. The full list is after the jump.

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Go Metro to the Space Shuttle Endeavour's last ride

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The Endeavour on the move early this morning. Photo by Juan Ocampo for Metro.


View Mission 26: The Big Endeavour in a larger map

The space shuttle is currently parked in a lot at La Tijera and Sepulveda and is scheduled to be underway again within a couple of hours. It’s basically the big transportation story of the next couple of days and I know many of you, including yours truly, will be heading out to see the shuttle. As neat as it was to see it in the air last month, this is much more unique — there are few chances in life to see a space shuttle roll down a Southland boulevard in front of a McDonald’s.

As you’ve surely heard, access to much of the route will be tight because of safety concerns. It’s going to be a tight squeeze for the shuttle on some streets. I followed the shuttle’s route on Crenshaw Boulevard earlier this week and it’s certainly going to be interesting. Yes, it’s a big and wide street — but big spacecraft wide? We’ll soon see!

The above map from the California Science Center — the shuttle’s soon-to-be permanent home — shows the viewing areas available to the public the next couple of days. The area all around Exposition Boulevard is, of course, easily accessed by the new Expo Line. Also, the viewing area at Crenshaw and Martin Luther King Boulevard is about a mile walk south from the Expo Line’s Crenshaw station (a very short and flat bike ride). Keep in mind that the bus lines that normally run on Crenshaw will be detoured and running on Western Avenue (more below on detours).

Also, from our earlier post:

Expo Park will be the only mass viewing area for the shuttle. Endeavour fans should gather around 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13 along Bill Robertson Lane. And make sure to ride the Expo Line there as no cars will be allowed into the park. Both the Expo/Vermont Station and Expo Park/USC Station will drop you off a short walk from the official shuttle route.

The Expo Line will run at 6 minute headways from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, and the Red, Purple and Gold lines will also run enhanced service. To make the trip easier on yourself, load up your TAP card before Endeavour starts to move. For more information on TAP cards — Metro’s re-usable fare cards — please click here.

After the jump is a list of bus detours in effect for the next two days.

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Go Metro to Mission 26: The Big Endeavour

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Photo by Luis Inzunza

Hankering for some more Space Shuttle Endeavour? Head to Expo Park this Saturday evening to be a part of its last mission ever and welcome the space shuttle home.

Expo Park will be the only mass viewing area for the shuttle. Endeavour fans should gather around 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13 along Bill Robertson Lane. And make sure to ride the Expo Line there as no cars will be allowed into the park. Both the Expo/Vermont Station and Expo Park/USC Station will drop you off a short walk from the official shuttle route.

The Expo Line will run at 6 minute headways from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, and the Red, Purple and Gold lines will also run enhanced service. To make the trip easier on yourself, load up your TAP card before Endeavour starts to move.

Bus service in the areas along the shuttle route will experience disruptions during the Endeavour trip. Service detours are planned along Manchester Boulevard on Friday night and Crenshaw Boulevard and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on Saturday. For the most up-to-date service alerts, visit Metro’s website, follow @metroLAalerts on Twitter or check back here on the Source. We’ll be posting more on Endeavour bus detours in a day or so.

Other places to catch the shuttle on Saturday are The Forum in Inglewood and the intersection in front of the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza.

Reminder: West Valley bike ride tomorrow a.m.; good Carmageddon counter-programming

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 “This ride is welcomed by Metro’s Media Relations, and Metro’s Bike Program whose mission is to make bicycling

more viable in L. A. County.  Since Metro is asking people not to drive, it is a perfect opportunity to bike instead!”

BIKE CARMAGEDDON!

The West Valley Ride

Lead By:  Jesse Fuller and Matt Weintraub

Saturday, September 29, 2012

9:30 am until 12:30 pm

Metro Orange Line Chatsworth Station

San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, CA 

Route 1 – 12.5 miles along Orange Line Bike Path (beginning-intermediate):

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5664857

Route 2 – 34 miles showing off some of the new bike lanes

in the West Valley (intermediate-advanced):

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com?r=5664875

We leave Chatsworth Station at 10am.

We will be visiting the Japanese Gardens at Balboa Park by 12noon

(free admission for riders I hear).

Facebook Event Page:

https://www.facebook.com/events/222874334507505

If there is any further information you need about the ride, please let me know.

Jesse Fuller |  jeshii@gmail.com  |  (818) 264-4647

 

Once more, with feeling: don't drive this weekend

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A triathlete runs past the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Photo from Herbalife Triathlon Los Angeles Facebook

If you need another reason besides Carmageddon II to “eat, shop and play locally” this weekend, consider the Herbalife Triathalon. Streets will be closed from Venice to downtown L.A. on the morning of September 30, adding to your detour frustrations if you’re one of those people who just loves driving around Sunday mornings.

The race ends in downtown at L.A. LIVE, and if you’d like to attend the Finish Festival Expo or watch the winners receive their awards, go Metro. Take the Blue or Expo Line to Pico Station, or the Metro Silver Line to Figueroa/Olympic.