As I gazed at this morning’s transportation headlines, a question kept bouncing around my head: Which side is the front side of Union Station? The side that faces Alameda or the side with the transit plaza where all the buses go? The story that brought this to mind was one [continue reading]
The Metrolink Board of Directors last month delayed making a decision on a controversial six percent fare increase and instead chose to look at other options to close the commuter rail line’s budget gap. One of those options: service cuts, according to a report to the board available on the [continue reading]
UPDATE as of 12/8/09: Due to weather, Metro’s Bike study on the Orange Line has been postponed. It is currently being rescheduled. Details will be forthcoming on this blog… Metro is looking for volunteers to help study the sustainability benefits of the Metro Orange Line and its integrated bikeway. [continue reading]
First thing that caught my eye today is this post from Streetsblog LA that features a video that’s been making the rounds in transit circles. It shows the growth of rail transit in the last 30 years for six cities – Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Portland, Seattle and Los Angeles. L.A. [continue reading]
In June of this year Metro officially released transit route and schedule data to the public via the Metro developer site (http://developer.metro.net). The announcement brought about some excited chatter on local blogs, mostly in anticipation for Google Transit, but after the Google launch in July it seemed like the Metro [continue reading]
Go Metro Weekends is The Source’s weekly guide to having a great weekend in L.A. without a car. All events are easily accessible (within a half mile walk) by Metro bus and rail lines, and we make sure any night time events listed are served by Metro’s owl service (unless [continue reading]
Eight percent of the bus service in the OC was cut by the Board of the Orange County Transportation Authority on Monday to fill a budget hole. About 20 percent of OCTA’s service has been cut since Sept. 2008, according to the Orange County Register. The problem? State budget cuts. [continue reading]
I recently took a tour of Metro’s Bus Operations Control Center, simply known as the BOC, and discovered a small collection of dedicated men and women who work 24/7 to keep Metro’s massive bus system running as smoothly as possible. Seriously, these guys are like the Spartans from the film [continue reading]
The Metro Library reminds me a lot of the Cincinnati Bengals: the library shows no quit, rounding up headlines much like the Bengals squash the Pittsburgh Steelers. A few headlines caught my eye today. A post on the California High Speed Rail blog takes a look at a dispute that [continue reading]
The Metro Library (become a fan on Facebook) has compiled another extensive list of transportation headlines today. Since Gold Line coverage has been so heavy, I’m going to try and focus on some non-Eastside Extension related stories for my picks today. The Los Angeles Daily News proposes that Metrolink hold [continue reading]
