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Things to read whilst transiting: Ever want to walk across Antarctica? Read this awesome New Yorker article first. Art of Transit: Name that station! Photo 📸 @johnfrancisconway #LoveMetroLA #GoMetro A post shared by Metro (@metrolosangeles) on Feb 13, 2018 at 9:11am PST Building a stronger America (Whitehouse.gov) First, the release [continue reading]
Things to read whilst transiting: “Welcome to the post-text future” in the NYT. Excerpt: Still, we have only just begun to glimpse the deeper, more kinetic possibilities of an online [continue reading]
Art of Transit: L.A. faces skyrocketing costs for lawsuits over bike crashes (LAT) I thought this was an outstanding piece of local journalism. The issue: bad pavement causing severe bicycle crashes in a city trying to become more bike-friendly. The $19.1 million paid in legal settlements in 2017 is four [continue reading]
Attentive Source readers may have noticed I’m not writing quite as much recently. The reason: some other duties, including a photo project that had me out in the field a lot. Of course, the news has been happening at a steady clip and I’m way behind. I’ll start with some [continue reading]
Things to listen to whilst transiting: Good Marc Maron interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates on writing, race and his unique story. Be warned: if adult language or Marc Maron’s podcast bothers you, steer clear. Dept. of Just Sayin’: 1. New California would control the sources of water for LA & SF. 2. [continue reading]
Art of Transit: Some pics from the Crenshaw/LAX Line taken last week. The most expensive mile of subway track on Earth (NYT) Feature: the case for the subway (NYT Magazine) [continue reading]
Check it out: an end of the year list that actually arrives at the very end of the year! Instead of listing every single thing that happened at Metro this [continue reading]
Songs of Transit: No appearances by SF Muni buses in the video but some nice shots of Bernal Heights Park in San Francisco. Great place for views such as this: I was staying near the 24 Line last weekend. The SF Muni app that allows you to buy a bus [continue reading]
Metrolink supporters say: Don’t close Claremont station (Daily Bulletin) A highly readable story on the public meeting was held in Claremont on Monday night to discuss a Metro Board motion calling for a study whether the Claremont Metrolink Station should be eliminated and replaced with a Gold Line station. The [continue reading]
Pipe bomb explodes in New York subway walkway (NYT) Where the Port Authority subway explosion happened https://t.co/V2ZQHRpBWk — The New York Times (@nytimes) December 11, 2017 A man detonated a pipe bomb strapped to himself inside a walkway connecting two Manhattan subway stations at 7:20 .m. Monday, according to authorities. [continue reading]
