In early July we thought one of L.A.’s best news sources (and one of our favorite blogs) for local alternative transportation stories was logging off. But Damien Newton over at Streetsblog Los Angeles managed to save the blog and is throwing a party and fundraiser to celebrate. I checked the [continue reading]
We’ve already received a tremendous response to our ‘Why You Ride (or Don’t Ride)‘ surveys so we’re going to go ahead and start posting the results. ‘Why You Ride (or Don’t Ride)‘ is a series where you, our faithful readers, share your transportation routines in L.A. and your thoughts on [continue reading]
The Daily News on Sunday ran a story about the gates recently installed at some Metro rail stations and TAP cards and now several media outlets are showing some interest. The gist of the Daily News’ story was that Metro spent $46 million on the gates and $154 million to [continue reading]
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source in which we’ll round up the latest Metro related tweets in the Twitterverse. To follow Metro on Twitter just search for @MetroLosAngeles. We recommend adding the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets to get our attention. Rants: Kythera OHAI 9:16 [continue reading]
We want to know: Why Do You Ride? Take this survey if you’re a regular transit rider. Why Don’t You Ride? Take this survey if you don’t take transit regularly. For the last month we’ve been sharing stories of Metro employees who use transit to get to work in our [continue reading]
Know any good restaurants near Metro Rail stations? Send us your suggestions including the restaurant name, the station stop and your favorite food. We’ll share it with the world on our soon-to-debut dining map. If you have a great picture, we may post that, too. Send suggestions to sourcemetro@gmail.com Write [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Boxer renews commitment to Villaraigosa’s 30/10 transit plan (L.A. Times) The L.A. Times covers yesterday’s 30/10 ’roundtable’ by focusing on Sen. Barbara [continue reading]
Photo by Jimi Glide, via Flickr There’s a nice backstory to this photo of a man at an Atlanta bus stop — go to the link at Flickr above and give it a read. If you would like to a submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them [continue reading]
Hussein Farah, an engineer who’s been managing facilities contracts here at Metro, has been appointed to the cabinet of the newly elected president of Somaliland. The Republic of Somaliland, where Hussein was born in 1957, is is the size of Greece, bordering Somalia and Ethiopia with a coastline that stretches some [continue reading]
The key word in the headline is ‘could.’ Here’s the news, from Metro CEO Art Leahy’s daily email to staff: Our contractor for the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project, Kiewit Infrastructure Group, has informed us that the contractor’s Local 12 Operating Engineers Union has called a strike following unsuccessful labor [continue reading]
