I encourage everyone to poke around the great Transport Databook site by Yonah Freemark. There are all sorts of great charts that are useful, such as the one below — a nice reminder that Americans are driving at unprecedented levels. US vehicular travel continues to rise—new data for July 2016. [continue reading]
Rams are in first place!: I’ll be posting the ridership estimates for the Rams game on Sunday over at this post, where we have plenty of pics already. Looks like [continue reading]
We knew ridership to the Rams thumping of the Seahawks was big with Metro estimating about 21,000 boardings on the Expo Line and Silver Line after the game. The NFL is saying that [continue reading]
As the report concludes and I think the takaway: •Overall, 70 percent of those surveyed stated that they were new riders, with 44 previously driving and another 23 percent changing [continue reading]
The next round of Metro Board staff reports will include a survey of Expo Line riders done in June. LAT transpo reporter Laura Nelson shares some findings: 44% of new [continue reading]
Reminder: buses and trains run on a Sunday/Holiday schedule on Monday. Reminder 2: have a great Labor Day weekend! If you can, step away from the internet slowly. Reminder 3: here’s how to get to the L.A. County Fair using transit. If you’re going, have a fried salad with dressing [continue reading]
As many of you may know, I’m part of the team that monitors Metro’s Twitter, and I’d recently noticed there were quite a few tweets expressing appreciation for some of our [continue reading]
Yes, I know it was a tough commute on the Blue Line and Expo Line for yesterday’s p.m. commute and on the Gold Line this a.m. due to a pair [continue reading]
From the Dept. of Welcome to My Chocolate Factory: RIP, Gene Wilder. I think “Willy Wonka” was one of the first movies I ever saw in a movie theater. And “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein,” “Silver Streak” and “Stir Crazy” were all fun movies back in my more youthful days of [continue reading]
From the Department of Tweets About Traffic Signal Priority: For those still wondering about Expo Line signal priority, I'm told @metrolosangeles's "Office of Extraordinary Innovation" is studying it. — Laura [continue reading]
