This morning the Mayor’s office released the following press release: MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA TO ANNOUNCE “30/10” PUSH TO ACCELERATE MEASURE R TRANSIT FUNDING LOS ANGELES – Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will announce that he is building a coalition to support the acceleration of the transit projects included in Measure R over 30 [continue reading]
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says that he is going to offer a plan at Friday’s housing summit at UCLA to build 12 transportation projects in the next 10 years, according to a story posted this evening on the Los Angeles Times’ website. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/10/villaraigosa-has-bullish-plan-for-la-rail-transit-projects.html I heard the mayor was going [continue reading]
Here are today’s transportation headlines, courtesy of the Metro library. There’s a few stories you should definitely check out. Human Transit, a fantastic blog run by a real live transit planner, has a story on transit navigation and the different needs of spatial navigators (map lovers) and narrative navigators (turn-by-turn [continue reading]
On Saturday, November 21st, beloved local blog, Franklin Avenue, is holding its 4th annual urban hike across Los Angeles: The Great Los Angeles Walk 2009. The walk, which starts in downtown and ends at the ocean, comes bundled with “no agenda, no cause, no special reason,” according to the organizers. [continue reading]
In so many ways, despite all it has going for it, Los Angeles is an ugly city. I blame this on the fact that it has been scaled and arranged to accommodate the all-mighty automobile. The Los Angeles region’s freeways, while impressive in their sheer immensity and ubiquity (and sometimes, [continue reading]
Welcome to the second week of The Source! As usual, we’re going to start the day off with transportation headlines compiled by Metro Library chief Matthew Barrett. Stories that caught my eye? A columnist from the Inland Valley Dailly Bulletin offers a candid recap of last weeks Metro Board meeting. [continue reading]
I’m a transit rider for a variety of reasons, but if I was to pick a single reason that encompasses all the rest, it would be this: I’d just rather not drive on the mean streets of Los Angeles. However, I still need to get around and that means someone [continue reading]
In today’s transportation headlines, compiled by Metro library chief Matthew Barrrett, we find many stories covering the aftermath of the Metro Board’s approval of the Long Range Transportation Plan on Thursday afternoon and what it means for the future of transportation in the Los Angeles region. There’s also a link [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 bus and rail lines on Metro’s ’12-Minute’ Map, and we make sure any night time events listed are served by Metro’s [continue reading]
I’d like to join my partner in writing, Steve Hymon, in welcoming you to The Source, Metro’s new online news and features service meant to connect you – the taxpayer, the transit user, the livable streets advocate, the guy stuck in traffic on the 101 – to the agency. Metro [continue reading]
