Fresh pics from CicLAvia: Heart of LA
Thanks to everyone for coming out yesterday for CicLAvia: Heart of LA. There’s one more CicLAvia this year — Dec. 10 from DTLA to Koreatown on Wilshire Boulevard. Metro Bike [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Thursday, January 29
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! Today’s Metro rider profile by Zocalo Public Square: A poet at the Flea Market (Vine Street to Vineland Avenue) Atomic Cafe: Little Tokyo music landmark [continue reading]
This Sunday: CicLAvia explores Broadway and so should you
In anticipation of the October 5 CicLAvia – Heart of LA, CicLAvia will explore one of downtown Los Angeles’ historic neighborhoods on Sunday, September 7. Join CicLAvia for a day of food, free tours and a screening of the movie Mulholland Drive in the Broadway Theater District. The day on Broadway runs from 1 p.m. to [continue reading]
Construction notice: 2nd Street partial closure on Saturday in DTLA for Regional Connector work
It’s just a one-block closure, but please take note if you’re planning on traveling around the Little Tokyo and Civic Center area on Saturday or live/work in the area. The Regional Connector is a 1.9-mile underground light rail line that will connect the Gold Line to the Blue and Expo [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Tuesday, August 5
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! Does hosting the Olympics actually pay off? (New York Times) Probably not, says writer Binyamin Appelbaum. Host cities end up spending far too much on [continue reading]
Construction notice: Broadway closure Saturday between 2nd & 3rd streets in DTLA for Regional Connector work
UPDATE, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1 P.M.: The work has been postponed until further notice.
Transportation headlines, Tuesday, January 28
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! Rest in Peace, Pete Seeger…. Rail alone can’t reinvent L.A. (L.A. Times) Ethan N. Elkind is pleased to see that three rail transit projects are [continue reading]
Then & Now: 11th and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, i.e. the land that time forgot
The top photo was taken at the intersection of Main and 11th streets in downtown Los Angeles on May 21, 1955, most likely from the front of a streetcar. The bottom photo was taken by yours truly on Friday, who had to quickly shoot and dodge cars turning south onto [continue reading]
The art of transit
photo by Steve Hymon/Metro This crowd — finishing up the Tour of California on Sunday on Broadway Hill Street in downtown Los Angeles — moved a little quicker than the CicLAvia ride. As always, it was nice to see downtown streets without cars for a few hours. To submit a [continue reading]
The art of transit
photo by Steven White, via Twitter Self-explanatory and most excellent photo taken in downtown Los Angeles. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet it to @metrolosangeles with an #artoftransit hashtag. Many of the photos we’ve featured [continue reading]