https://storify.com/metrolosangeles/reaction-to-foothill-gold-line-announcement Gold Line extension to Azusa will open in March, bringing Metro rail deeper into L.A. suburbs (LAT) A good look at yesterday’s big announcement that the Gold Line to [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. Pope Francis calls for swift action on climate change (New [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. The sins of Angelenos (New York Times) Uh-oh! Another NYT [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. Today’s profile of a Metro rider by Zocalo Public Square: I carry a Bible on the bus, Don Felipe Drive to Pico Boulevard. In between bicycling stats: with Dennis Hindman [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 rider profile at the Zocalo Public Square website. Three months after Metro fare increase, revenues up 7.7 percent and ridership down 4.4 percent (Streetsblog [continue reading]
Metro officials met with representatives from the Federal Transit Administration and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory last week to review promising results of the agency’s first-of-a-kind use of flywheel technology [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! No, Carmageddon is not inevitable (Zocalo Public Square) In advance of tonight’s panel discussion at the Petersen Automotive Museum on “How to Speed Up Traffic [continue reading]
The Los Angeles meeting will take place on July 22. Here’s the press release from Caltrans: With the economic recovery expanding, California’s highways, seaports, and railroads are again teeming with freight being transported across the state and on to the rest of the nation. Caltrans has invested billions of dollars [continue reading]
I thought that posting the above chart would be a nice way to begin Bike Week. As the chart neatly shows, taking transit can be an effective way to reduce greenhouse gases — especially those who bike or walk to and from light rail stations. It makes sense: no fossil [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! A CyclingSavvy instructor explains her objections to bike lanes (Biking in LA) Karen Karabell, of St. Louis, makes a thoughtful, cogent argument against bike lanes, [continue reading]
