The folks at the Heritage Square Museum are throwing a FREE concert Thursday evening featuring the Susie Hansen Latin Band – and they’re offering a free gift from their gift shop to Metro riders who attend. Here’s more info from the event organizers: Electric violinist Susie Hansen plays fiery Latin [continue reading]
Yesterday we launched our new survey series, asking you – dedicated Source reader, Los Angeles resident and taxpayer – why you ride (or don’t) Metro’s mass transit system. So far the response has been fantastic. The responses have been smart, thoughtful and candid. We’ve already received enough results to post [continue reading]
In early July we thought one of L.A.’s best news sources (and one of our favorite blogs) for local alternative transportation stories was logging off. But Damien Newton over at Streetsblog Los Angeles managed to save the blog and is throwing a party and fundraiser to celebrate. I checked the [continue reading]
We’ve already received a tremendous response to our ‘Why You Ride (or Don’t Ride)‘ surveys so we’re going to go ahead and start posting the results. ‘Why You Ride (or Don’t Ride)‘ is a series where you, our faithful readers, share your transportation routines in L.A. and your thoughts on [continue reading]
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source in which 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. Rants: Kythera OHAI 9:16 [continue reading]
We want to know: Why Do You Ride? Take this survey if you’re a regular transit rider. Why Don’t You Ride? Take this survey if you don’t take transit regularly. For the last month we’ve been sharing stories of Metro employees who use transit to get to work in our [continue reading]
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 blog. Boxer renews commitment to Villaraigosa’s 30/10 transit plan (L.A. Times) The L.A. Times covers yesterday’s 30/10 ’roundtable’ by focusing on Sen. Barbara [continue reading]
Seven finalists have been chosen for the Transit Flicks Video Contest, and now it’s time for you to decide which video is worthy of the Grand Prize: a free EZ transit pass good for one year of travel on Metro buses, Metro Rail and many other carriers throughout the region. [continue reading]
Sure, riding Metro saves you from the stress of traffic, reduces your environmental impact and lowers your monthly transportation costs – but did you know it also entitles you to a bunch of great deals around L.A.? That’s what Destination Discounts is all about – and The Source is here [continue reading]
‘Why I Ride‘ is a series where Metro employees share their transit routines – read more about the concept here. Name: Jeff Boberg Position: Research Manager How often do you take transit? At least 5 times a week and usually more. I commute by transit, but I also take transit [continue reading]
