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]
Art of Transit today is from our friends at the National Park Service: View this post on Instagram A post shared by National Park Service (@nationalparkservice) If you’re looking at this photo and you not hearing the same five musical notes repeatedly rattling around your imagination, then you are in dire [continue reading]
With the Rio Games in full swing, Metro’s and LA2024’s efforts to bring the Games closer to home continues today when Mark Spitz — yes, the Mark Spitz, the nine-time Gold Medalist in [continue reading]
Dept. of Funding: I’ve been meaning to post this as it’s a good project. Metro has done pretty well with the federal TIGER grants over the years. One reason: L.A. County has local money via our three existing sales taxes. Those dollars attract federal dollars. Art of Transit: https://twitter.com/ShelleyESPN/status/764557407066271744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Metro [continue reading]
Let’s face it: the Rams are long overdue avenging their losses to the Cowboys in the NFC title games following the ’75 and ’78 seasons. So what if most and/or none [continue reading]
