Work to install fare gates at three Expo Line stations begins on Monday, August 1. The stations are Expo/La Brea, La Cienega/Jefferson and Culver City. Rail service will not be impacted. Preparation work began on Monday, July 18, and will continue until April 2017. Work has been scheduled from 7 a.m. to [continue reading]
Things to listen to on transit: The New Yorker offers high praise for the second season of NPR’s Invisibilia podcast. I heard some of season one (and liked it) and season two — about how norms can eventually change — sounds intriguing. Seems to me that one of the things [continue reading]
Hey readers: yeah, I know the graphics are small! We recently switched servers and are working the bugs out. Please click on the graphics to see larger version. Tx! We’ve [continue reading]
Good morning, Source readers. I’ve been out of town but am now ensconced back at Source World Headquarters in DTLA. When I moved to the L.A. area back in days [continue reading]
Catch of the Day: Took the @metrolosangeles today: $25 less than my @Uber, avoided #LA traffic & not disgusting. Honestly a great experience. — Sydney N. Fulkerson (@snfulkerson) June 27, 2016 Art of Transit: View this post on Instagram The @mayorofla took a look at what's happening beneath Crenshaw Boulevard…that [continue reading]
7:45 a.m.: Power was restored to both tracks and regular service resumed. The incident began about 4:30 a.m. with a loss of electrical power delivered to the Expo Line between Clarington and Sepulveda in the city of Los Angeles. Two trains were stranded without power and were safely evacuated. Service [continue reading]
It’s a scorcher. As a result, Metro is taking some precautions to keep trains running. Among those: •There will be some speed restrictions on sections of the Gold Line, Expo Line and Green Line where power zones are strained or under extreme heat. Speed restrictions are precautionary measures during extreme [continue reading]
Happy Almost Summer! A little summer music about hitting the highway… Yes, once upon a time, that’s what TV looked like. It’s still a great song. And from sort-of-Gold-Line-adjacent-Bradbury: And [continue reading]
One in a series of posts that will look at projects and programs that would receive funding from the Measure M sales tax ballot measure on the Nov. 8 ballot. What [continue reading]
Art of Transit or Whatever: Metro officials hope to pass half-cent sales tax that would not expire (LAT) Metro seeks permanent transit tax to raise billions to fix gridlock (Daily [continue reading]
