As usual, lots of stuff going on this weekend and a lot of it is just steps away from a Metro bus or rail line. Need an itinerary? How about: free jazz at LACMA on Friday night, Lotus Festival in Echo Park on Saturday and L.A.’s Bastille Day in Elysian [continue reading]
This one is hardly a shock, as officials with the California High-Speed Rail Authority had already been on record as saying the agency would study sharing tracks between L.A. and Anaheim with Metrolink and Amtrak. Nonetheless, the Authority’s Board in a meeting in Los Angeles made it official when they [continue reading]
The colors and framing of this photo by Bill Sutton caught my eye. The caption on Flickr: The only way for Haitian locals to get to Labadee is by boat. The mountains surrounding this private beach on Haiti are nearly impenetrable. This shot taken from the deck of the FREEDOM [continue reading]
Here’s a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. What’s your opinion of the Wilshire bus lane (CurbedLA) Hat tip to Curbed LA for picking up the Brentwood Community Council’s new page on Facebook [continue reading]
Last month Metro and local officials encouraged Angelenos to forgo their private autos and give public transit a try for National Dump the Pump Day. While it’s nice to hear our local leaders promoting public transit and its promising future here in Los Angeles, as a transit advocate who dumped [continue reading]
With a train station conveniently located in the parking lot for Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Metrolink officials have added service and cut ticket prices for next Tuesday’s All-Star Game. The game is scheduled to start at 5 p.m., so the extra northbound and southbound service is welcome for those who [continue reading]
This isn’t the easiest issue to get our brains wrapped around — nothing involving transportation funding ever is. But this post involves good news for the Westside Subway Extension, with a letter from Federal Transit Administration chief Peter Rogoff to Rep. Henry Waxman reaffirming his agency’s desire to see the [continue reading]
A Metro Blue Line train and city of Long Beach police vehicle collided in Long Beach about 1 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, sending a police officer to the hospital with unspecified but non-life threatening injures, according to Metro officials and several media reports. Eight passengers on the Blue Line train [continue reading]
I’m a sucker for black-and-white — the preferred language of my high school photography teacher, Mr. Gregory. So it was hard to resist this photo I found on Flickr, taken in the extremely bike-friendly city of Copenhagen. It’s nicely composed and there’s something striking about the woman in the sunglasses. [continue reading]
Here’s a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. 1922 Los Angeles: Unprecedented Growth, Congestion And A Plan For Relief (Primary Resources) The Metro Library unearthed a fascinating 1922 thesis on Los Angeles transportation [continue reading]
