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. Expectations for High-Speed Rail Coming Down to Earth (Streetsblog Capitol Hill) After [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. There’s a lot of [continue reading]
The Urban Land Institute is holding a case study panel and site tour of the recently completed Transit Oriented Development (TOD) project at Hollywood and Vine. The $600 million project – the latest product of Metro’s Joint Development Program – includes the 1600 North Vine apartments, a 305-room W Hotel, [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. Line numbering: geek fetish or crucial messaging? (Human Transit) Ever wonder how [continue reading]
If you ride Metro buses regularly you might have know that Transit TV asked riders to create a painting of their own interpretation of the Transit TV logo for the chance to win $500. No matter how you feel about the Transit TV service, you’ve got to admit that’s a [continue reading]
As the project that is officially known as the Metro Rail Exposition Corridor (MREC) to Culver City, Phase 1 – informally referred to as the Expo Line – inches towards completion, an important decision still needs to be made: what will the line be called once it’s in operation? Why [continue reading]
It’s included in today’s Go Metro Weekends roundup, but I think it’s worth mentioning again: this Sunday, Metro and the Watts Village Theater Company, along with a number of other local performance troupes will be putting on two performances that use Metro Rail stations as the stage. The first performance [continue reading]
A big weekend coming up with lots of great Metro accessible events to attend. The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival is screening films this weekend, and Metro riders can take advantage of Destination Discount savings at the screenings. On Saturday there’s an Arts District May Day celebration and of [continue reading]
The popular photo sharing site Flickr runs a daily blog that highlights some of the coolest and most timely photos being uploaded to Flickr. Well today the unlikely bedfellows “public transit” and “L.A.” were the subject of Flickr’s daily update in a post entitled, “Public Transit? in LA?.” The first [continue reading]
