I love stories about the United State’s waning car culture, like this one featured in Toronto newspaper The Globe and Mail. It’s not that I like watching the once powerful auto industry die, it’s just nice to see that many Americans are starting to realize that car ownership is not [continue reading]
Most savvy web users know Yelp as the place to go for local restaurant reviews from regular folks. In fact, this past November The Source used Yelp to compile a list of popular restaurants along the Gold Line Eastside extension and it worked out pretty well. What many might not [continue reading]
The L.A. Times has a charming story about how the Gold Line Eastside Extension has opened up the Eastside holiday tradition of nacimientos to those who have never been. The tour, which is usually done by car or bicycle, was put on by Metro planner James Rojas. The LA Eastside [continue reading]
Here it is, the last day of the year and the decade, and the Metro Library keeps on trucking with their daily roundup of transportation headlines. Today, there’s a few good year-end lists of note. Streetsblog LA’s 2009 Streetsie Awards lists the best of local transportation news from an advocacy [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]
As we creep towards the New Year, the Metro Library keeps on collecting the final transportation headlines of 2009. In the spirit of year end reminiscing, the blog Plus Metro recounts some of the biggest transportation stories in Los Angeles over the past year. TAP, turnstiles and the Gold Line [continue reading]
After a month of testing, Metro has officially launched its official Facebook presence, joining the ranks of everyone you know including grandma and that weird guy you kinda remember from high school. What’s the point? Metro is looking to harness the power of social networking to better interact with its [continue reading]
Go Metro Weekends is The Source’s weekly guide to having a great weekend in L.A. without a car. All events are easily accessible (within a half mile walk) by Metro bus and rail lines. Have an event you’d like us to include? Shoot us an email at thesource@metro.net. Time and [continue reading]
EGPNews.com takes a closer look at Eastside Gold Line safety and the Metro Board’s decision to speed up the process of installing safety gates along the new line. Many residents along the line showed up to last week’s meeting of the Metro Board to ask that a lengthy environmental impact [continue reading]
The Source has yet to ride the new Silver Line (don’t worry, we will soon) but Metro Community Relations was there on opening day and took this video. Check out the sleek buses (NABI 45C-LFW, for you transit geeks), thoughts from passengers, and footage of the bus blasting past traffic [continue reading]
