Click here to read the kind of blog post no one at Metro wants to read: it’s a first-person account by one of our passengers who last Wednesday literally watched someone steal his $1,300 road bike from the front of a Metro bus in Hollywood. Although bike theft from the [continue reading]
The Bruins kick off their 2013 season on Saturday night at 7 p.m. against Nevada at the Rose Bowl. UCLA fans can take the Gold Line to the Memorial Park station in Old Pasadena. After exiting the station, turn right and walk two blocks east down Holly Street to the [continue reading]
photo by Neil R, via Flickr creative commons In keeping with the news of the day, here’s a photo of a bus. 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. [continue reading]
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]
photo by Gingerman, via Flickr creative commons Good use of blur in a photo taken in London yesterday. The image was captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II with a shutter speed of 1/6 of a second, f/8.0 aperture and a 5000 ISO. To submit a photo for the [continue reading]
photo by Tomfalcon, via Flickr creative commons I have no idea where this was taken — I found it on Flickr while surfing through dozens of boring and bad photos of buses that users had posted. The photo, titled “Bus No 3” was taken with the iPhone’s Instagram app. To [continue reading]
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, our roundup of the latest Metro related tweets. To get out attention, add the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets. For specific complaints and customer service, please use the Customer Comment Form on Metro.net.
Lipski’s 30′ high clock tower will be installed in the entry plaza of the El Monte Transit Center. Rendering by RNL Architects. Artist Donald Lipski, whose monumental works of art dot public environments throughout the United States, was chosen from a pool of 160 artists to create an iconic, landmark [continue reading]
Top performers who operate and maintain Metro’s bus fleet competed Saturday in the 36th annual Metro Bus Roadeo. The event was staged in the massive parking area of the Santa Anita Racetrack in Arcadia. San Gabriel Valley Division Bus Operator Mark Holland, and the downtown L.A. Division 10 mechanics team of [continue reading]
photo by svenwerk, via Flickr I like the shapes in this photo — the geometry is pleasing to the eye. Go ahead and take a guess where the photo was taken — answer is after the jump. Hint: it’s within 15 degrees of latitude of the equator. Second hint: it’s [continue reading]
