Metro debuted its redesigned web page in February with a fresh new aesthetic and a completely reengineered back-end. That back-end stuff is important because it changed Metro’s website from a rather bloated collection of thousands of static HTML pages that were difficult to update and manage to a modern Content [continue reading]
View Larger Map There has been a last minute change in the location for tonight’s meeting of the Westside/Central Governance Council. The meeting will now be held at the La Cienega Community Center, 8400 Gregory Way, Beverly Hills. This is located directly across the street from the originally planned meeting [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. Twitter Tuesday is back after [continue reading]
As we mentioned last week, yesterday was the official groundbreaking ceremony for the first phase of the MacArthur Park Metro Apartments. Here are a few clarifications and new tidbits on the project: Phase 1 is actually being built one block east of the Westlake/MacArthur Park Red/Purple Line Station – between [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. Can we cycle the “last mile”? (Human Transit) Bikes on transit is [continue reading]
Last month students from the Braille Institute’s Los Angeles Center spent the morning with Metro for a special event called “Getting Around Town with Metro” as part of Braille’s Solutions in Sight public education campaign. A group of thirty visually impaired students had the chance to ride the Metro Red [continue reading]
The first phase of the latest project of Metro’s Joint Development Program breaks ground on Monday. MacArthur Park Metro Apartments is a $45 million joint venture between Metro, McCormack Baron Salazar, Los Angeles Housing Partnership and Polis Builders to bring mixed-use development with 172 affordable housing units and over 30,000 [continue reading]
Point your browser to the Regional Connector’s Ustream channel (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/regional-connector-community-update-meeting) today at noon to watch today’s Community Update Meeting via a live stream. The meeting – which goes until 1:30 p.m. – covers the latest progress on the Draft EIS/R for the project which now includes a fully grade-separated alternative. [continue reading]
Another weekend, another load of Metro accessible stuff to do. Check out Streetsblog L.A.’s fundraiser this Friday and help out a great blog while meeting some people who care about improving transportation in L.A. On Saturday celebrate Japanese culture in Little Tokyo with the return of the annual Cherry Blossom [continue reading]
Metro Mentions is a feature on The Source where we highlight advertisements we’ve stumbled upon that include Metro access information. Why? In this car-culture town, when local businesses and community organizations voluntarily go out of their way to include transit information in their ads, it raises awareness and informs people [continue reading]
