CicLAvia — THE VALLEY takes place this Sunday, March 6. The 4-mile course explores Pacoima, Arleta, North Hills East, and Panorama City. Metrolink is providing special service on the Ventura County [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! ART OF TRANSIT: A Metro light rail car gets a tuneup. From our Instagram feed. Garcetti to lobby for people mover other transit improvements at [continue reading]
And a few more photos from yesterday’s event, this time focusing on bikes-on-transit. That’s the Gold Line’s Little Tokyo station below — I was there around 4 p.m. and it was crowded but somehow most everyone managed to get aboard the trainl
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Metrolink passes bike friendly test (Streetsblog Los Angeles) Long time safe streets and bicycle advocate Stephen Box shares a detailed review of bringing bikes [continue reading]
As many of you know, Metro has been working to increase space for cyclists on its subway and light rail cars — and will be taking out a few seats here and there to help. Metrolink is getting in the act, too — and vastly increasing room for bikes on [continue reading]
A nice story was posted today on ZevWeb — Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky’s website — about a new Metro intern program to help explain the agency’s new bike policy to the public. The Metro Board in April changed the agency’s policy to allow bikes on all Metro trains at all times, [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Bike-friendly? Check the city’s mass transit system (NYT Green Blog) When writer Felicity Barringer noticed that the nation’s top biking cities — [continue reading]
As we posted yesterday, the Metro Board of Directors officially lifted — effective immediately — the peak hour prohibition against bringing bikes on Metro Rail. The Board had previously asked for more information about crowds on trains before some seats are removed to accommodate more bikes — and Metro CEO [continue reading]
Metro plans to remove the peak hour restrictions for bikes on Metro trains, and will present a recommendation to the Board of Director’s Operations Subcommittee on April 21. The committee item, available here, recommends the removal of the weekday 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. [continue reading]
