Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source where we’ll round up the latest Metro related tweets in the Twitterverse. To follow Metro on Twitter just search for @MetroLosAngeles. We recommend adding the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets to get our attention. It’s Tuesday which means it’s [continue reading]
We recently came up with a list of 10 must-read Los Angeles transportation blogs. This week we take a look at 10 more great blogs – this time from the world at large. While many of these blogs cover Los Angeles transportation developments, their main focus is on national and [continue reading]
The L.A. Times has a story about one young woman who decided to overcome her snobbery against public transit and become a bus rider and then started a blog to chronicle her experience. Some commenting on the L.A. Times site, and elsewhere, have deemed the story as trite and condescending [continue reading]
Hard to believe it’s already the last weekend of February, better make it count by going Metro to some fun! There’s some great music, film, and cultural events this weekend, all easily accessible without a car. Have an event you’d like us to include? Shoot us an email at thesource@metro.net. [continue reading]
Culver City recently released an iPhone application that lets residents report city issues – potholes, graffiti, noise – directly to City officials. Users can simply snap a photo of the issue, choose which category it fits in, GPS location data is automatically included and with the click of a button [continue reading]
Full-time students attending Pasadena City College (PCC) will soon be eligible to receive heavily discounted Metro passes – $30 for unlimited travel on all Metro bus and rail lines for an entire semester. Part of Metro’s I-Pass program, this new partnership will bring affordable transit to 8,800 community college students. [continue reading]
Here’s a tale of two stories about Americans getting around these days. On one hand, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign reports that new data from the National Household Travel Survey shows that walking, bicycling, and transit trips are up by over 20% and driving is down by at least 4% since [continue reading]
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source where we’ll round up the latest Metro related tweets in the Twitterverse. To follow Metro on Twitter just search for @MetroLosAngeles. We recommend adding the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets to get our attention. This past Saturday L.A. celebrated [continue reading]
Sidewalks are made of concrete, right? Well, according to The Infrastructurist they are, but that’s not necessarily the way it has to be. Concrete has its good points: it’s cheap, solid and durable. But it’s also bad for the environment to produce, susceptible to cracking and, well, kinda ugly (especially [continue reading]
Looks like it’s going to get wet this weekend, so bring your umbrella. We’ve focused on rail accessible events so you don’t have to wait in the rain at a bus stop. There’s a lot of great events going on this Saturday, so be sure to click through the jump. [continue reading]
