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Art of Transit: View this post on Instagram We’re almost through the week (and the storms…) ◽️ photo 📸 @ssjr__13 ◽️ #losangeles #GoMetro #larain #greyscale A post shared by LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) on Jan 16, 2019 at 6:03pm PST Dept. of All the Transit News Fit to Print, Courtesy [continue reading]
Seattle has more construction cranes than any other U.S. city — again. Here's how the city stacks up against others. https://t.co/yIwpwMGHrp pic.twitter.com/RGNq0cAA3s — The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) January 16, 2019 L.A. gets a Silver Medal! A lot of them, as far as I can tell, are near transit lines. See: [continue reading]
In the news… LAUSD teachers could strike beginning Monday — the date has been pushed back. Metro on Tuesday announced it was offering free rides to LAUSD students should a strike occur. Interesting mix of reactions on the comment board and several suggestions that student fares should always be free. [continue reading]
Metro Chief Communications Officer (CCO) Pauletta Tonilas has announced that she has accepted the position of Assistant General Manager, Communications, at the Regional Transportation District (RTD) in Denver. Metro CEO Phil Washington will name an interim CCO and said that a national search for Pauletta’s replacement will soon commence. Pauletta [continue reading]
And so it begins…2019. Among the transpo-related news in the first week of the new year: •LAUSD teachers could go on strike beginning Thursday. The district says that schools will [continue reading]
A 51-year-old Commerce man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the stabbing death of Xuezhong Bao, 62, on the Gold Line on Tuesday. According to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, police were first called when the southbound train was at Irwindale Station and police met the [continue reading]
Dept. of Local Governmenting The deadly Camp Fire has also caused brutal air conditions in Northern California. Some transit agencies in the Bay Area responded wisely: Today, @VTA will offer [continue reading]
The last week has certainly been a long one. Among some of the transpo news that I’ve been saving… Very moving scene as we drive on 101 freeway in Thousand [continue reading]
Check out Metro’s new “Join the Movement” ad, which you may also see on television this week. The spot is part of a broader campaign designed to get people thinking [continue reading]
On the biggest sports day in LA history it's faster to get from Staples Center to the Coliseum on @metrolosangeles than it is to drive. And the games have just begun… #LASportsEquinox pic.twitter.com/ifLvzcgvup — Alissa Walker (@awalkerinLA) October 28, 2018 This should not be shocking: there was more hype going [continue reading]
