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The Silver Line debuted on this day in 2009, running seven days a week between the El Monte Station in the San Gabriel Valley, downtown Los Angeles and the Artesia Transit Center in the South Bay. (See the map after the jump). The bus makes that trip in under [continue reading]
Here’s the news release: Leave the Driving to Metro — To promote a safe holiday season, Metro will offer a special holiday free fare program for all Metro Bus and Metro Rail lines operating on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. The free fare program will be in effect [continue reading]
Here’s a fun video from the Path Less Pedaled website on getting from the San Fernando Valley to Leo Carrillo State Beach using the Red Line, a bus and a bike ride up PCH.
Attention holiday shoppers! Unless you’re rising in the dead of night for Black Friday’s ridiculously early sales, it’s a pretty good bet you have a traffic jam or — worse yet — parking lot gridlock in your holiday future. This year avoid the aggravation and let Metro take you where [continue reading]
Trying to save time this holiday season? Here are a couple of suggestions for great pumpkin pie the easy way … via Metro. Sweet Lady Jane is a great place for pumpkin pie, coconut cake, whatever: 8360 Melrose Ave.; West Hollywood; (323) 653-7145. (Call ahead to check on pie availability.) [continue reading]
Given the region’s rich Vietnamese community it’s logicial that there are hundreds (or is it thousands?) of places that serve the rice noodle soup called pho. Not surprisingly, there are a number of good places near Metro in or close to downtown L.A. If you’re in search of cheap meals, Vietnamese pho (pronounced fah) [continue reading]
Editor’s note: This post first appeared on El Pasajero, Metro’s Spanish-language blog, and has been translated. Want a meal that’s a break from the ordinary but with great homemade flavor? Guisados Tacos in Boyle Heights, just steps from the Metro Local 68 stop at the corner of César Chavez Avenue [continue reading]
It’s Friday and a good time to abandon all thoughts of low-cal, low-fat, low-interest food. Why not start by stopping off for a snack on the way home from work with, possibly, something to chase it down? Are sweet potato fries still fashionable enough to eat? Do we care? Who [continue reading]
The California Science Center in Exposition Park this morning welcomed Space Shuttle Endeavor Commander Mark Kelly (husband of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords) and three other mission astronauts at a private ceremony for Endeavor’s title transfer from NASA to the Science Center. Also on hand to celebrate were L.A. Mayor and [continue reading]
Below is the news release from Metro on how to get to Ciclavia. Please note that normal fares apply on Sunday. 12 Metro Rail Stations provide service on/near CicLAvia event route. Metro bus lines impacted by street closures. Go Metro and continue your car-free experience to and from CicLAvia in [continue reading]
