As the project that is officially known as the Metro Rail Exposition Corridor (MREC) to Culver City, Phase 1 – informally referred to as the Expo Line – inches towards completion, an important decision still needs to be made: what will the line be called once it’s in operation? Why [continue reading]
In case you missed it, here’s the news from Metrolink about fare hikes and service cuts. The gist of it: as part of approving Metrolink’s annual budget, the agency’s Board of Directors also took steps toward eliminating two midday trains each on the San Bernardino and Ventura lines and toward [continue reading]
Here’s the link to the new web page on the 30/10 Initiative that received the unanimous support of the agency’s Board of Directors earlier today. The page, shown at right, includes the list of 12 transit project that the 30/10 plan hopes to accelerate and/or help fund. Some of these [continue reading]
The monthly meeting of the agency’s Board of Directors will be held Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at Metro headquarters adjacent to Union Station in Los Angeles. Meetings are open to the public. Here’s a quick look at some of the more interesting items on the meeting’s agenda: •(Item 33) The [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. Don’t forget you can also follow the Metro Library on Facebook and Twitter. A tea party for L.A. (Huffington Post) Joel Epstein opines that Los [continue reading]
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source in which we’ll round up the latest Metro related tweets in the Twitterverse. To follow Metro on Twitter just search for @MetroLosAngeles. We recommend adding the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets to get our attention. Twitter Tuesday is back after [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. Don’t forget you can also follow the Metro Library on Facebook and Twitter. High-speed rail line business plan questioned again (San Francisco Chronicle) The newspaper [continue reading]
A 266-space parking garage at the Atlantic station on the Eastside Extension Gold Line is scheduled to open next Friday, April 16. It’s the second station along the line to have parking — the Indiana station has a small lot. There is also paid parking available at Union Station. Parking [continue reading]
Next up in our series of essential transportation links on the web: other transit agencies that are blogging. Although agency blogging is still in its infancy, Metro is not alone in the endeavor. In fact, some of the blogs here served as inspiration for The Source and continue to do [continue reading]
This week Metro, with the help of volunteers, is set to conduct a study of the Metro Orange Line to document the environmental sustainability benefits that the dedicated bus rapid transit line and bikeway have generated since 2005. Here’s a link to a previous post. The study will survey riders [continue reading]
