Does anyone at the Metro library ever sleep? I doubt it. Plus, why sleep when there’s an entire Internet that must be scrubbed to find the latest, greatest transportation headlines for your reading pleasure. The great transportation writer Tom Vanderbilt has a story at Slate that asks why the press [continue reading]
I was in Springdale, Utah, over the weekend, visiting nearby Zion National Park. At one point I ducked into a gear store and spied this T-shirt, which made me laugh. Obviously the message is funny — albeit one-sided and I’m not in favor of arming gas pumps — but I [continue reading]
Welcome to November readers, here are today’s transportation headlines to get your month started with lots of tasty transportation tidbits to chew on, courtesy of the Metro library. Not surprisingly, there’s plenty of coverage on the Gold Line Eastside Extension after last Friday’s media preview ride. The LA Eastside Blog [continue reading]
Here are today’s transportation headlines, courtesy of the Metro library. Recommending reading: Mayor Villaraigosa seems to be committed to transit, but what about bicycling? Stephen Box over at City Watch ponders whether things would be different in Los Angeles if the Mayor actually rode a bike to City Hall and [continue reading]
Here are today’s transportation headlines, courtesy of the ever-helpful Metro Library. I think the big story this week is the federal government’s sudden interest in banning texting while driving. A good piece by Wired explains what the feds can and can’t do — basically the best hope is to bribe [continue reading]
Here are today’s transportation headlines, courtesy of the Metro library. There’s a few stories you should definitely check out. Human Transit, a fantastic blog run by a real live transit planner, has a story on transit navigation and the different needs of spatial navigators (map lovers) and narrative navigators (turn-by-turn [continue reading]
Welcome to the second week of The Source! As usual, we’re going to start the day off with transportation headlines compiled by Metro Library chief Matthew Barrett. Stories that caught my eye? A columnist from the Inland Valley Dailly Bulletin offers a candid recap of last weeks Metro Board meeting. [continue reading]
In today’s transportation headlines, compiled by Metro library chief Matthew Barrrett, we find many stories covering the aftermath of the Metro Board’s approval of the Long Range Transportation Plan on Thursday afternoon and what it means for the future of transportation in the Los Angeles region. There’s also a link [continue reading]
