Tomorrow is National Dump the Pump Day – a day set aside to encourage people to try public transit instead of driving. The idea, one we like to promote around here on a daily basis, is that switching to transit can save you money and reduce your oil consumption. Of [continue reading]
In Vancouver this past weekend the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) held its annual Rail Conference – an event which includes the International Rail Rodeo. The Rail Rodeo is a competition that puts rail operators and maintainers to the test, and shines the spotlight on these hard working men and [continue reading]
Metro is among several local transit agencies sponsoring a contest to see who can produce the best short video promoting mass transit. The grand prize is a one-year EZ transit pass. Please spread the word. This is a good chance for aspiring videographers, filmmakers and actors to add something worthwhile [continue reading]
Recently we asked readers to choose their favorite color name for the Expo Line. While Aqua received the bulk of the votes, many readers suggested that maybe it was time to move away from color names to a naming convention that used numbers or letters instead. It’s a logical suggestion, [continue reading]
Metro CEO Art Leahy announced today that Martha Welborne has been hired as the new chief planning officer for Metro. Welborne is an architect who has been working with the Zimmer Gunsul Frasca firm in Los Angeles (here’s the firm’s bio of her) and also has been serving as the [continue reading]
Metro CEO Art Leahy announced today that Lonnie Mitchell has been hired as Metro’s chief operating officer. Mitchell has been serving in that role since December. “Lonnie performed exceptionally well during that time period,” Leahy wrote in a memo to Metro staff. “I look forward to him working quickly to [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]
Metro has launched another blog to satiate your hunger for transportation related reading. Primary Resources is what the Metro Library is calling their newest online venture – a blog that taps into the library’s vast collection of resources to provide images, videos and documents along with insightful commentary from Metro’s [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]
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]
