More Expo Line art installed
Nice shot from the Expo Line Construction Authority’s Flickr page of art being installed at the 23rd Street station.
Transportation headlines, Thursday, June 9
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Google maps get live transit updates (Google blog) The race to get more real-time bus arrival information to more customers is now [continue reading]
The art of transit
photo by Friend of Expo Line, via submission The future is almost now, eh? The photo was taken recently at the intersection of Vermont and Exposition. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet it to @metrolosangeles [continue reading]
Metro officials talk planning at TOD conference
The Los Angeles Chapter of the Urban Land Institute held a conference in Pasadena on Thursday to discuss transit-oriented development in the greater-L.A. area. The aim of the conference was to figure out a way to put more development around transit hubs. It’s a strategy embraced in many places to [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Friday, June 3
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. The wheels start moving on Expo Line construction (Lookout Santa Monica) This story offers a helpful step-by-step description of the Expo Phase [continue reading]
The art of transit
photo by Friend of Expo Line, via Flickr Nope, it’s not abandoned tracks through, say, rural Maine. It’s the abandoned tracks through West L.A. that will soon be home to phase two of the Expo Line Line between Culver City and Santa Monica. The shot shows the stretch of track [continue reading]
Expo Line phase one construction activities for June
Here’s the notice from the Expo Line Construction Authority, the agency building the line that Metro will eventually operate:
Expo Line train testing moves east this week
Here’s the latest from the Expo Line Construction Authority:
Is transit connecting people to jobs in America?
A fascinating study was released by the Brookings Institution today that details how transit connects Americans to their jobs. The overall conclusion: not so well in many parts of the country and the reason that Brookings calls the study “Missed Opportunity: Transit and Jobs in Metropolitan America.” To quote the [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Wednesday, May 11
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. America’s biggest (and least) gas-guzzling cities (Forbes) Using data from the Center for Neighborhood Technology (a think tank based in Chicago) Forbes [continue reading]