On Sunday, May 2nd, over 200 people showed up at Union Station to see two performances of what was essentially a traveling interactive performance piece called Meet Me @ Metro. I was one of those people – and simply put, Meet Me @ Metro was a delightful surprise. I’m not [continue reading]
Here’s a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Don’t forget you can also follow the Metro Library on Facebook and Twitter. Car-sharing on steroids? (Reinventing Urban Transport) Tech folk have been using the [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. Hey look, some positive [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]
Here’s a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Don’t forget you can also follow the Metro Library on Facebook and Twitter. Are pedestrian malls the future or the relic of antiquated thinking? (Next [continue reading]
On Saturday, the Board of Directors of Metro are holding a special meeting to update the public on the scheduled fare increase slated for July 1. Here’s a link to the new fare structure. To put the fare increase in perspective we’ve created a few charts comparing Metro’s new fares [continue reading]
Wow, this weekend is just jammed packed with incredible Metro accessible events, make sure to scroll through the whole list so you don’t miss a thing. First Fridays at the Natural History Museum, National Train Day at Union Station and a Charles Phoenix 3D Slide Show are just a few [continue reading]
The first episode of American Makeover, a six episode series of short videos about sprawl in America, launched on YouTube today and its subject is Atlanta – a massive city that may have taken L.A.’s crown as car culture king. The metropolitan area of Sprawlanta, as the video mockingly calls [continue reading]
I’ve come to trust local transit blog Plus Metro for posts that offer wildly creative solutions to everyday problems riders face on Metro – and the blog’s most recent entry is no exception. As we here at The Source comb through the over three dozen emails we received as a [continue reading]
The Metro Art Docent Council has been giving free Metro Art Tours of the Metro Rail system on the first Saturday and Sunday morning of each month for over a decade now – introducing over 30,000 people the wide variety of public artworks along Metro’s growing rail system. Starting this [continue reading]
