The local transit agency in Las Vegas has no interest in helping the bankrupt, privately-operated monorail system that is supposed to get people up and down The Strip but, as critics have often noted, operates largely out of view of the public. The agency proposes to build a bus rapid [continue reading]
Now you can follow Amtrak on Twitter and find out what’s up with our nation’s passenger rail service in 140 character snippets. Amtrak joins a growing number of transportation providers (Metro included) that are embracing social media as a way to connect with customers. Like most large organizations hopping on [continue reading]
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source where 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. This past week was a [continue reading]
The Infrastructurist offers up a list of the 10 most expensive transit projects in the U.S. over the past decade — although the website reserves judgment on whether the cost was worth it. Not surprisingly, all of them are rail lines. The Red Line subway clocked in at No. 5 [continue reading]
In December, Metro postponed its call for volunteers to do an official bike study on the Valley’s Orange Line – the only bus rapid transit line in the county with its own dedicated bike path. Well, spring has arrived, and this study is now scheduled for the end of March. [continue reading]
Jung Gatoona at Plus Metro didn’t like the way pedestrians access the Little Tokyo Gold Line station, believing it wasn’t as safe as it could be (some pedestrians have to cross tracks twice). So he blogged about it at Plus Metro — earning him some attention on The Source — [continue reading]
You might think you have until Sunday to diet into that gown or tux for the Academy Awards but Metro’s already getting ready. The red carpet in front of the Kodak Theatre will be installed tonight, starting at 10 p.m. or so … which means that buses normally cruising Hollywood Boulevard between Highland and LaBrea [continue reading]
Hate traffic? There’s a new 200-horsepower, $35,000 jetpack coming to market via the Martin Aircraft Company of New Zealand. The new jetpacks weigh less than 254 pounds, can travel at 60 miles per hour and do not even require a pilot’s license, according to the Telegraph. It’s also possible to [continue reading]
Looks like the ante may soon be upped in the war on distracted driving: a bill in Sacramento would quintuple the fines for driving-and-texting and also extend the no texting ban to cyclists, reports the Sacramento Bee. Don’t laugh. I’ve actually seen cyclists thumb-tapping away while pedaling down some busy [continue reading]
Posted after the jump are the latest on 405 lane closures as part of the project to build a northbound carpool lane between the Santa Monica and Ventura freeways. Tonight’s feature attraction is a full-lane closure between Getty Center Drive and Greenleaf Street. Just a heads up: the closures on [continue reading]
