‘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 how to make things better – read more about the concept here. Want to share your story? Take the survey here if you ride transit regularly, [continue reading]
The first of two public hearings on the Regional Connector’s draft environmental impact statement/report (DEIS/R) is tomorrow night. Here’s the schedule: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 6:30 – 8pm Japanese American National Museum 369 E. 1st St Los Angeles, CA 90012 Monday, October 4, 2010 11:30am – 1pm Los Angeles Police [continue reading]
photo by Lois Elling, via Flickr A very nice shot of the BART station in San Leandro, taken a couple of years ago. To submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them to Metro’s Flickr group or email them to sourcemetro@gmail.com. The photos we’ve featured can be seen [continue reading]
For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Updates page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter. Today’s Service Alerts Red/Purple Line Due to ongoing inspection of rail cars, some subway trains on the Red and Purple lines may be shorter [continue reading]
For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Updates page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter. Today’s Service Alerts Blue Line Due to Blue Line/Expo Construction, beginning at 8:30pm Friday and through at least 4am Monday morning, trains will operate [continue reading]
For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Updates page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter. Today’s Service Alerts Blue Line Due to Blue Line/Expo Construction, beginning at 8:30pm Friday and through at least 4am Monday morning, trains will operate [continue reading]
Metro Blue Line passengers will experience travel delays of up to 40 minutes for the next two weekends beginning tonight, September 24, due to construction of the Expo light rail line, which will connect with the Metro Blue Line in downtown Los Angeles. Special bus service begins tonight at 9 [continue reading]
The L.A. Weekly on Wednesday published a story headlined “$9 Billion Subway-to-Sea Rip-off.” The story suggests that the Westside Subway Extension project is a ripoff because it won’t fix traffic congestion in the region. I’d like to offer readers some corrections and clarifications, and also provide information omitted from the [continue reading]
Here’s a weekend itinerary if you can’t decide: Feast of San Gennaro in Hollywood on Friday, Glow in Santa Monica on Saturday and the West Hollywood Book Fair on Sunday. Have an event you’d like us to include? Shoot us an email at thesource@metro.net. Time and space constraints limit us [continue reading]
The Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension Light Rail Transit Project has been named the top transportation project in Southern California by California Construction Magazine. Selected by an independent jury of industry experts in design and construction, the Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension was one of 135 projects nominated by industry [continue reading]
