Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood will be closed during rush hour today and Metro Local bus 2 will be detoured to make way for a planned protest by the food service workers union Unite Here, Local 11. Traffic diversions will begin at about 4:30 p.m. and end at 9 p.m., or [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. Strangers on a train (New York Times) An American woman believes she has a cabin booked to herself for the overnight train from Moscow to [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. As [D.C.] Metro congestion grows, so does anger at ‘seat hogs’ (Washington Post) This story will hit close to home for any rider of public [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. Photos reveal Himalaya’s shrinking glaciers (New York Times) The film director David Breashears (“Everest”) has a new photo exhibit in Manhattan that vividly shows how [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. Cars at Curbside, Available to Share (N.Y. Times) The city of Hoboken, NJ, has teamed with Hertz to provide “a few dozen” cars for short [continue reading]
Over the last few days, we’ve been transitioning to a new email address for The Source at sourcemetro@gmail.com. We have for some time now been having technical issues with the old email address that made it very difficult for us to retrieve and respond to email. We finally got far [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. Childhood obesity and transportation policy (Welcome to the Fast Lane) On his blog, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says that his agency is implementing and [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. Chicago’s Transit Chief (Governing) This story serves as a good reminder that Los Angeles isn’t alone in the transit challenges it faces – even historically [continue reading]
Metro Blue-Ribbon committee says agency should focus on lines that the most people use (L.A. Streetsblog) A committee convened to look at the agency’s budget has issued its recommendations. The big one is that Metro should focus on providing service on major routes and corridors used by the most people, [continue reading]
In between 1963 and July 1990, there was no mass transit that traveled by rail in Los Angeles County. I do not think it’s a coincidence that it was during this time that L.A. County — and, by extension, the rest of Southern California — cemented its reputation as the [continue reading]
