The New York Times has a story that will delight auto-based gadget fiends and strike fear in the hearts of pedestrians everywhere. Car companies and technology giants are in the process of creating the ultimate Web 2.0 mash-up: internet on the dashboard. These “infotainment systems” will allow drivers to search [continue reading]
Ask almost anyone what the best part of living in Los Angeles is and you’re bound to hear one answer: The weather. It’s hard to deny when you consider that so far this month — in the dead of winter — day-time temps have struggled to dip below 70°. Now [continue reading]
At approx. 7:19 am, an automobile collided with a Blue Line train at the intersection of Washington and Olive in Los Angeles. No injuries are reported at this time. There were no gates at this intersection, as it is a street running portion of the line. Trains single-tracked between San [continue reading]
The Red Line subway stop at Universal has reopened after being shut down about 4:38 a.m. while the Los Angeles Police Department investigated a possible pipe bomb in a vehicle near one of the station’s elevators, according to Metro officials. The station reopened before 7 a.m. The LAPD apparently believed [continue reading]
Go Metro Weekends is The Source’s weekly guide to having a great weekend in L.A. without a car. All events are easily accessible (within a half mile walk) by Metro bus and rail lines. Have an event you’d like us to include? Shoot us an email at thesource@metro.net. Time and [continue reading]
State officials are still announcing details of the proposed state budget to close a $19.9-billion deficit in the current and next year’s budget. Here’s what the L.A. Times is reporting about the budget’s impact on public transportation: One of the proposed budget’s biggest losers is public transit — and its [continue reading]
Several media outlets are already reporting that public transit funds will be slashed as part of the state budget that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will announce later this morning. Here’s a link to a story posted online by the L.A. Times today. The story says mass transit will face cuts, but [continue reading]
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood doesn’t disagree with the selection of “distracted driving” as the word of the year for 2009 by the Webster’s New College Dictionary. And he wants 2010 to be the year that problem is put to rest. I appreciate his optimism but I think it’s going [continue reading]
Planning for the extension of the subway to Westwood takes a small step forward next week when that truck at the right — the minivb — will begin seismic testing for the subway project. The subway extension is set to receive more than $4 billion from the Measure R sales [continue reading]
Caltrans put out a press release Thursday with revised hours and locations for the night-time closures next week on the 405 freeway as part of the project to build a carpool lane between the Santa Monica Freeway and the Ventura Freeway. The release: CORRECTION Northbound I-405 FULL FREEWAY CLOSURES TO [continue reading]
