Lots to cover but hey — HWRs on Fridays need to sate your un-ending appetite for transportation news for 6o hours or more! Olympic leaders recommend both Los Angeles and Paris be awarded Summer Games (LAT) News? Well news-like. This has been widely reported for months but now it appears [continue reading]
The January ridership numbers for Metro are below. The basic breakdown: overall Metro ridership is slightly up compared to Jan. 2012 (1,445,601 avg. weekday boardings compared to 1,408,380), rail ridership is significantly up from Jan. 2012 (358,967 avg. weekday boardings compared to 335,108 boardings last year) and bus ridership is [continue reading]
This week’s thoughts: photo by Bradley Tollison, via Twitter •The more big events in downtown L.A., the better for Metro Rail. Downtown is the hub of the rail system, of course, and events such as the NHL and NBA playoffs I suspect give people a chance to ride a transit [continue reading]
