Photo by Planetgordon.com, via Flickr After reading the New Yorker article on Moscow’s traffic woes over the weekend, I went searching for photos of the city’s bad traffic on Flickr. This is my favorite (from 2008), although here’s another one by the same photographer that shows cars that have been [continue reading]
If possible get your paws on the Aug. 2 edition of the New Yorker magazine for a terrific article on the nightmare that has become traffic in Moscow. Yes, that Moscow — the one where people once had to stand in long lines to buy toilet paper. The above video, [continue reading]
The 30/10 Initiative got some nice coverage this weekend from local AP scribe Daisy Nguyen. Her story hit the wires today and I see it’s already been picked up by the Washington Post. Attentive readers already know that the 30/10 plan proposes to use federal loans, grants and other financing [continue reading]
If you haven’t yet voted, please do so. The Westwood station, by most accounts, promises to be one of the most heavily used in the Metro system and I’m very curious about the issue of location. If you want some more background on the issue, here’s a post from earlier [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the librarys blog. Balloons and an office chair (The Story) This may not be the type of transportation you’re looking for — but it’s a great story [continue reading]
‘Why I Ride‘ is a series where Metro employees share their transit routines – read more about the concept here. Name: Paula Faust Position: TAP Adminstrator How often do you take transit? Five days a week. On rare occasions I do have to drive my car. Not very happy about [continue reading]
Welcome to the weekend – the perfect opportunity to Go Metro. Why? Because of all the Metro accessible events, like the X-Games, free concerts just off the Gold Line, a neighborhood fair in Los Feliz and a collective jam (the kind you put on toast) making session at LACMA. Have [continue reading]
Photo by ipsofatso, via Flickr I had to look close at this shot before I realized it’s actually four different images that were taken with a multi-lens camera. The technique is often referred to as super-sampling and this photographer did a nice job of framing a Gold Line train at [continue reading]
Nine members of the House of Representatives with districts in Los Angeles County have signed a letter supporting the 30/10 Initiative to build a dozen transit projects in the next 10 years instead of the next 30. The letter is to Sen. Barbara Boxer, who chairs a key Senate committee [continue reading]
A new Expo Line station for Farmdale Avenue that is adjacent to Dorsey High School was unanimously approved by the California Public Utilties Commission on Thursday, paving the way for completion of the first phase of the project between downtown Los Angeles and Culver City. It is expected that the [continue reading]
