Go Metro to live music: The Book of Mormon
“Hello!” the opening number from The Book of Mormon. Avoid the Hollywood parking hassle and Go Metro to the Tony Award-winning musical The Book of Mormon at The Pantages Theatre [continue reading]
About 8,000 people rode Expo Line to USC game on Saturday
The ridership numbers from Metro are in and here’s the skinny: an estimated 8,000 people rode the Expo Line on Saturday to and from USC’s home opener against the University of Hawaii at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. In addition, Metro estimates that 4,000 to 6,000 of those fans reached [continue reading]
Your playbook for taking Metro to USC football
Tomorrow is a big — no make that huge — day for the Expo Line. The University of Southern California is opening its football season at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum as the number one ranked team in the country and the game against Hawaii is the first chance for Expo [continue reading]
Go Metro to USC Football this season
The first USC home game is this Saturday and Metro and USC are hoping lots of potential drivers abandon their cars and take the new Expo Line (via other Metro bus and rail) to this game and others. Not only is it the green way to travel, it will [continue reading]
Take Metrolink to the Los Angeles County Fair
Here's the news release from Metrolink, the regional commuter rail agency funded in part by Metro: LOS ANGELES – For the 20th consecutive year, Metrolink will offer safe, affordable service directly to the Los Angeles County Fair. On Saturdays and Sundays throughout the month of September, Metrolink's San Bernardino Line [continue reading]
Announcing Artmageddon — a nice alternative to sitting in the worst traffic jam in the history of the universe
If you’re looking for something to do on Carmageddon II weekend, Sept. 29-30, look no further:
If you didn’t Go Metro to Jack White at Mariachi Plaza this afternoon, here are a few pics
[UPDATED Aug 13, 4:00pm] Two videos added after the jump. Enjoy! Much to everyone’s surprise, Jack White played an impromptu 20-minute show at Mariachi Plaza — above the Gold Line station — on this sweltering Friday afternoon. Here are some pics, courtesy of Mark Clifford:
Go Metro to live music: Fun.
Fun – “Some Nights” Go Metro to see one of the summer’s hottest bands, Fun., performing live at the historic Wiltern Theatre on three consecutive nights beginning Friday, August 17th! It’s the perfect event to use Metro — the Wiltern is across the street from the Wilshire/Western Purple Line station and adjacent [continue reading]
Date set for Space Shuttle Endeavour arrival at California Science Center … just steps from Expo
We finally have a date for arrival and transfer of Space Shuttle Endeavour to the California Science Center, just steps from the Expo Park/USC station. Endeavour will be flown in to LAX Sept. 20, weather permitting, on top of a NASA Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier. It then will be transferred to a United Airlines hangar where it [continue reading]
Paris to Metro customers: stop acting like animals!
One of the more common gripes I often hear about Metro isn't directly related to Metro. Rather, it's a complaint about other Metro customers and their sometimes annoying or — let's face it — odd behavior. Of course, it's hardly a complaint unique to Metro. Take, for example, Paris. As [continue reading]