Metro is exploring development opportunities at the future Little Tokyo/Arts District Station site and wants to hear from you! Please visit our online survey to share your thoughts: bit.ly/MetroJD. Please forward [continue reading]
Things to listen to whilst transiting: “Direct eye contract” by John McPhee about his attempts to see a bear in the wild in New Jersey. This is an audio version [continue reading]
A new affordable housing loan program for Los Angeles County begins this month. It was created with $9 million in seed money approved by the Metro Board of Directors last year and will be called the Metro Affordable Transit Connected Housing (MATCH) program. The idea is simple: provide loans to ensure [continue reading]
Art of Transit: View this post on Instagram A post shared by LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) Crenshaw/LAX Line shows transit cuts both ways in housing crisis (KPCC) Good article by reporter Meghan McCarty Carino on gentrification concerns along the Crenshaw/LAX Line that is set to open in 2019 and serve the [continue reading]
Dept. of Delays: The Blue Line and Expo Line delays during today’s morning rush hour was caused by this car getting stuck on the tracks at 12th and Flower in downtown L.A. at about 5:25 a.m. How’d the car get there? Early word is that the driver was allegedly drunk. The problem [continue reading]
First, on behalf of everyone at Metro, a big thank you to Los Angeles County taxpayers and our riders. If you voted for Measure M, we hope you get what [continue reading]
Reminder: The telephone town halls on Metro’s potential ballot measure continue tonight at 6:15 p.m. (Westside and South Bay) and 7:30 p.m. (Southeast L.A. County) Click here for info on [continue reading]
Michael Weinstein might have diagnosed what’s wrong with L.A. But can he fix it? (LA Weekly) The lede of this article by Hillel Aron is a jewel: the head of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation sits in his 21st story office in Hollywood complaining about the new big buildings rising nearby. [continue reading]
In addition to comments on the blog, following Metro’s general Twitter feed is a good way to learn about the system and see what others are saying. Art of Transit: [continue reading]
Things to listen to whilst transiting 1: what if you went online, looked up the guy who bullied you in grade school and discovered he was in Oakland running a motorcycle [continue reading]
