Here’s the news release from Metrolink: Metrolink offers two round-trips on Antelope Valley Line on Labor Day LOS ANGELES – In observance of Labor Day, Metrolink will suspend all service except for two round-trips on the Antelope Valley Line on Monday, Sept. 5. The Antelope Valley Line extends from L.A. [continue reading]
Regular Metro riders: if the first of the month typically means a long wait in line at Union Station or other pass outlets to get your monthly pass – stop! Recent changes mean you have other options. Monthly passes are no longer tied the calendar month, they’re good for 30-days [continue reading]
Here’s all the info from Metrolink, the commuter rail agency partially funded by Metro: Metrolink makes going to the L.A. County Fair easy and affordable Admission and train tickets for only $10 each LOS ANGELES – Southern Californians can save money and reduce hassle by taking a Metrolink train to [continue reading]
In advance of the 900-person Mobility 21 Summit next week, we asked M21 executive director Marnie O’Brien Primmer to speak to us about transportation and traffic in Southern California. The Summit is a gathering of Southern California leaders who meet annually to create solutions to our mobility problems. Primmer’s responses follow. Though most transit riders have not [continue reading]
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source in which we 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. For specific complaints and [continue reading]
The commuter rail agency received $46.3 million from several sources. There is a federal requirement to have the anti-collision system in place by 2015; Metrolink officials are hoping to get their system done well ahead of that deadline. Metrolink last October awarded a $120-million contract to build the GPS-based system [continue reading]
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source in which we 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. For specific complaints and [continue reading]
This week in Arts/Entertainment: Save $1-$2 at the Gourmet Music Carnival at L.A. State Historic Park Save 10% on Merchandise at the Long Beach Funk Festival Catch a Metro dining discount at Hollywood & Highland Center and a free jazz concert This week in Sports: Save $5 on Advanced Purchase [continue reading]
Update, 1:45 p.m. — three Metro Rail lines had record numbers (Gold, Blue and Red/Purple) and more info about how rail ridership is calculated have been added to the below post. Metro has released its ridership statistics for July. Bottom line: systemwide ridership is up over a year ago, [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. Company begins removing bus benches in Los Angeles (L.A. Times) This is first I’ve heard of this: a firm that has about 6,000 benches [continue reading]
