Things to listen to whilst transiting: “How did the media — how did we — get this so wrong?,” a podcast by three journalists who work on the New York Time’s Run-Up podcast. Recorded about 3 a.m. on Election Night, the trio (mostly) show the kind of humility that is appropriate [continue reading]
Late night Metro Rail & BRT service tonight!: All Metro Rail lines and the Orange Line and Silver Line are running a Friday/Saturday night schedule tonight for you trick-or-treaters (especially [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]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. House passes five-month transportation funding extension (Reuters) Money for highway [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Today’s Zocalo Public Square profile [continue reading]
I know this stuff is Extremely Wonky, so let’s start with this Bottom Line: America Fast Forward is a good way to reduce the cost of building big transit projects [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Just a reminder, there’s a reason they haven’t begun digging the 710 tunnel (Streetsblog L.A.) The foremost reasons are that the environmental review process is [continue reading]
Here’s a news release from the office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on the good news in President Obama’s recently-announced budget for the next fiscal year: GARCETTI ANNOUNCES FEDERAL FUNDING IN PRESIDENT’S BUDGET; URGES CONGRESS TO PASS MULTI-YEAR FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION BILL LOS ANGELES–Mayor Eric Garcetti announced today that President [continue reading]
The above graphic is certainly worth a look. It shows the amount of federal New Starts money received by Metro on an annual basis since 1993. New Starts is a federal program that helps local transit agencies pay for big, expensive projects and most of the money shown above went [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Have bike, will ride train — if only Metro will provide bike lockers (L.A. Times) Good opinion piece by Nicolas Goldberg. His dilemma: he wants [continue reading]
