Almost overlooked because of the holidays was the 108th birthday last Thursday for Angels Flight, the tiny cable railway opened in 1901 to shuttle passengers from L.A.’s central business district up the steep hill to the posh Bunker Hill residences above. Angels Flight ferried riders between Third and Hill and [continue reading]
If you loathe driving on New Year’s Eve, all Metro buses and trains are offering free fares from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. tonight and early tomorrow morning. Here’s a link to the press release. All Metro rail lines and the Orange Line busway are running all night for the [continue reading]
Here it is, the last day of the year and the decade, and the Metro Library keeps on trucking with their daily roundup of transportation headlines. Today, there’s a few good year-end lists of note. Streetsblog LA’s 2009 Streetsie Awards lists the best of local transportation news from an advocacy [continue reading]
First, a few words of caution: this is something that is very much in the development stage. But it appears that Metro is going to move ahead and seriously begin exploring a way to provide cell phone service to subway passengers now that some security concerns have been addressed. Other [continue reading]
It’s raining outside, I’ve got a full pot of coffee and transportation headlines to keep me warm and cozy…. The L.A. Times has a good story about the Golden Gate Bridge. Popular as it may be, the bridge has chronic budget issues and officials are considering offering behind-the-scenes tours to [continue reading]
The first decade of the 2000’s has been ripe with accomplishments for Metro and transportation improvements in Los Angeles County. What follows is a list of 30 notable achievements and moments in the past decade. Some may be more important to you than others, but most hopefully show a measure [continue reading]
If driving anywhere on Thursday night gives you a case of the willies — and it probably should, quite frankly — please remember that rides on Metro buses and trains are free from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. that evening. I’ll issue another reminder the next couple of days. Plan [continue reading]
Metro is promoting Gold Line service to Pasadena for the Tournament of Roses, the Rose Bowl game on New Year’s Day and the BCS title game on Jan. 7. More frequent service is being added for all three events. Four Gold Line stations are a short walk to the parade [continue reading]
As we creep towards the New Year, the Metro Library keeps on collecting the final transportation headlines of 2009. In the spirit of year end reminiscing, the blog Plus Metro recounts some of the biggest transportation stories in Los Angeles over the past year. TAP, turnstiles and the Gold Line [continue reading]
As you likely know, Metro and Caltrans are working on a project to build a northbound carpool lane on the 405 freeway between the Santa Monica Freeway and the Ventura Freeway. That’s the good news. The bad news: construction impacts will increase big-time starting Jan. 12, according to the press [continue reading]
