Eight dead in shooting rampage in Munich, police say (NYT) The hunt for the suspect or suspects in a shooting at a mall has shut down much of Germany’s third-largest city, [continue reading]
UPDATE, 5 A.M. THURSDAY: Work and testing has been completed and there will be regular Expo Line service for Thursday morning’s commute with some speed restrictions around the area of track repaired. Thank you for your patience and good morning! *** UPDATE, 4:30 A.M. THURSDAY: Test trains are now running. [continue reading]
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: https://twitter.com/snfulkerson/status/747578268337897472 Art of Transit: View this post on Instagram A post shared by LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) New Metro safety ads, featuring stick figures, are too graphic for some (Today Show) You’ll get a kick out of Metro’s hilariously macabre safetyville videos (Daily News) Cartoons lose [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]
