The L.A. Times has an editorial on Metro’s projected $251-million operating deficit in the next fiscal year and offers a proposal on how to fix it — raise fares. The article notes that L.A.’s fares are significantly lower than most U.S. cities and fares only cover about 26% of operating [continue reading]
One of the goals of The Source is to give readers an idea of what’s happening with mass transit and urban planning outside Los Angeles County. In that vein, a fascinating, and sad, story was recently published in the Financial Times about the thousands of stray dogs roaming Moscow. Many [continue reading]
I really should have been a scientist. Fox News reports that slime mold expands in a way that mimics road and rail networks and that slime mold is perhaps better at building such networks than, say, urban planners. In other words, give me a map and some slime mold and [continue reading]
Due to ongoing rains, night-time construction activity, including full freeway segment closures scheduled for this weekend has been cancelled. Surface conditions will be too wet for restriping work. The contractor will likely proceed with work on the evening of Monday, January 25 from the I-10 Freeway to Santa Monica Blvd. [continue reading]
Gold Line service to all stations has been restored at 1 p.m. Repairs to tracks blocked by a fallen tree have enabled through-service on a single track. Repairs to overhead catenary wires continue until further notice. Until normal service is resumed, which is likely by tomorrow, northbound and southbound trains [continue reading]
At approximately 4 a.m., a tree fell on the overhead power lines of the Gold Line at the Arroyo Verde road crossing just north of the Highland Park Station, blocking both tracks and damaging overhead catenary wires. Repair crews are on the scene and expected to clear the southbound track [continue reading]
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Thursday concluded their investigation of the deadly 2008 Chatsworth Metrolink crash. The L.A. Times reports that federal investigators determined that the crash was caused by the “egregious” text messaging of the engineer, Robert Sanchez. This conclusion has the potential to shift liability and [continue reading]
What better way to spend a gloomy morning than contemplating federal transportation bills? The Hill takes a look at the progress — or lack thereof — of the next massive federal transportation bill. The last such bill, providing $286 billion in funding, was signed into law by President Bush in [continue reading]
The Daily Beast did some research and came up with a list of the 75 worst highways for commuting in America. It should come as no surprise that an L.A. freeway landed in the number one spot. The Hollywood Freeway wins the shameful award with a whopping 686 hours of [continue reading]
It’s hard not to be a grumpy bear when it rains like this, so naturally I started my morning with a story from the San Diego Union-Tribune about the roll-out there of plastic, reusable fare cards that are tapped against machines that read them. Riders don’t seem to like them [continue reading]
