If you’re looking for something cultural, cheap and tasty to do this weekend, check out this last minute Destination Discount for the Taste of the World Festival featuring the dance, food and artistry of Armenia. It’s happening this Saturday May 15th (12 p.m. to 10 p.m.) and Sunday May 16th (12 [continue reading]
Work on tying the Expo Line tracks into the Blue Line tracks continues in downtown this weekend, meaning there will be no Blue Line service between the Washington station and 7th/Metro Center. A bus bridge will carry passengers between Washington and 7th/Metro Center. Construction work begins at 9 p.m. Friday [continue reading]
For the last couple of weeks we’ve been running a poll asking our readers to choose a color name for the Expo Line. In addition to votes we’ve also received a lot of feedback in the form of reader email and comments left on the poll site. While Aqua is [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. Don’t forget you can also follow the Metro Library on Facebook and Twitter. China is pulling ahead in race for high-speed rail (Washington Post) China’s [continue reading]
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is in Washington D.C. today to testify before Congress on the 30/10 Initiative that Metro is pursuing. Attentive readers will recall that the 30/10 plan proposes to build a dozen Measure R transit projects in the next 10 years instead of the next 30. Villaraigosa [continue reading]
On Sunday, May 2nd, over 200 people showed up at Union Station to see two performances of what was essentially a traveling interactive performance piece called Meet Me @ Metro. I was one of those people – and simply put, Meet Me @ Metro was a delightful surprise. I’m not [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. Don’t forget you can also follow the Metro Library on Facebook and Twitter. Car-sharing on steroids? (Reinventing Urban Transport) Tech folk have been using the [continue reading]
With Bike to Work Day coming net week, the city of San Francisco has been increasing its bike infrastructure around town. One of the recently-completed projects was to paint a bike lane on Market Street. Streetsblog San Francisco has a nice post. Excerpt: Papandreou and his team noted that even [continue reading]
Here’s the news from Metro CEO Art Leahy’s daily email to staff: Metro’s Hollywood & Vine transit oriented development will be presented the Green Building Environmental Leadership Award by Global Green USA at ceremonies slated for June 12, 2010. The keynote speaker at the event will be Lisa P. Jackson, [continue reading]
Metro staff released the following legislative alert today about Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s funding requests in next year’s federal budget, which includes $5 million for the Crenshaw Line and $10 million for the Westside Subway Extension and Downtown Regional Connector — money to be used in planning both lines. U.S. Senator [continue reading]
