Sure, riding Metro saves you from the stress of traffic, reduces your environmental impact and lowers your monthly transportation costs – but did you know it also entitles you to a bunch of great deals around L.A.? That’s what Destination Discounts is all about – and The Source is here [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. U.S. mayors back 30/10 Initiative (KPCC) The plan to build 30 years of Metro transit projects in 10 years — conceived by L.A. Mayor Antonio [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. Schwarzenegger seeks to create high-speed demonstration train between L.A. and San Diego (L.A. Times) The governor has asked the Feds to consider a high-speed rail [continue reading]
As we reported last year, a regional 511 trip-planning website — along with phone service — has been under development. It’s still not fully baked, but has come far enough along that transit officials in Southern California are officially launching the service this Monday. The Go511 website is still in [continue reading]
It’s been a year since Metro made its route and schedule data public and in that time 14 applications have popped up that make use of the data. You can find the list of third party apps on Metro.net’s new Mobile Resources page. There’s a few web based apps on [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. Here’s this week’s roundup [continue reading]
We recently asked readers to send us your questions about TAP, the electronic fare cards used by Metro and several other transit agencies in Los Angeles County. We received several dozen inquiries, which we boiled down to the questions below. The answers were written by Fred and I, based on [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. It’s been a really [continue reading]
This is sort of a back-to-the-future type post, with the emphasis on “back.” Attentive Source readers will recall the 1990s when electric car charging stations started popping up around California, the hope being that the state was on the verge of an electric car revolution. For a number of reasons [continue reading]
Metro CEO Art Leahy announced today that Martha Welborne has been hired as the new chief planning officer for Metro. Welborne is an architect who has been working with the Zimmer Gunsul Frasca firm in Los Angeles (here’s the firm’s bio of her) and also has been serving as the [continue reading]
