Last week we posed the question: should the Westside subway have a Crenshaw station? Emails poured in from readers eager to share their opinion, hence this special edition of our reader email roundup. Remember, Metro is holding a community meeting on March 17th about this very issue. If you can’t [continue reading]
We’ve listed a lot of free events this weekend including indie music performances in downtown Los Angeles, spirited human rights discussions in East L.A. and the story of Chinese food in the West over at the Central Library. Have an event you’d like us to include? Shoot us an email [continue reading]
Now you can follow Amtrak on Twitter and find out what’s up with our nation’s passenger rail service in 140 character snippets. Amtrak joins a growing number of transportation providers (Metro included) that are embracing social media as a way to connect with customers. Like most large organizations hopping on [continue reading]
Google announced today that it’s offering yet another transportation mode to its robust Google Maps tool set. Now bicyclists will be able to get turn-by-turn directions in the familiar Google style that drivers, pedestrians and transit users have grown accustomed to. In addition, a new graphical layer has been added [continue reading]
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source where 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. This past week was a [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]
The Boston Globe has an opinion piece that calls for the end of the anti-urban bias in national politics. For those who doubt such a thing exists, one only has to look at national subsidies of highways, homeownership and suburban school system – all of which lure families out of [continue reading]
Observant readers will have noticed a couple of new items included on today’s Go Metro Weekends roundup: Metro Art Tours. These free tours, put on by the Metro Art Docent Council, celebrated their 10th anniversary last year. Metro says that over 25,000 visitors and Angelenos have gone on the art [continue reading]
There’s so much Metro accessible stuff going on this weekend it’s a wonder anyone thinks they need a car to have fun in L.A. Friday and Saturday are chock full of events, from concerts to pre-Oscars screenings and discussions. Plus, don’t forget to make time on Saturday or Sunday to [continue reading]
Streetsblog LA has a report on the LADOT DASH service change hearings made neccessary because – surprise, surprise – LADOT is facing a major budgetary shortfall. The blog reports that feedback has largely echoed the results of a recent Metro customer survey: riders would rather face fare hikes than service cuts. [continue reading]
