Art of Transit: View this post on Instagram A post shared by LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) Crenshaw/LAX Line shows transit cuts both ways in housing crisis (KPCC) Good article by reporter Meghan McCarty Carino on gentrification concerns along the Crenshaw/LAX Line that is set to open in 2019 and serve the [continue reading]
Art of Transit: A couple of views below of construction of the cut-and-cover section of the Crenshaw/LAX Line that will run from Crenshaw Boulevard and 59th Street to just west [continue reading]
The International Olympic Committee today released their evaluations of the L.A. and Paris bids for the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. Both bids are called “outstanding.” As you have probably [continue reading]
I hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day weekend and was able to get in some R&R. Need something to read whilst transiting today? Try this New Yorker story about efforts to bring virtual reality to the office to help workers escape — at least digitally — the tedium of their [continue reading]
Dept. of Sneak Peeks: Dept. of Groundhog’s Day: The Sierra snowpack is at its highest level for this time of the year since the mid-1990s, some of California’s reservoirs are [continue reading]
From the Dept. of Twitter: The feed for BART — the rail system serving parts of the Bay Area — had lots to say this weekend. You can take BART to all kinds of weekend events – also, direct service to SFO is running great right now. — SFBART (@SFBART) [continue reading]
Metro Red Line bomb threat highlights vulnerabilities of rail system to attack (SGV Tribune) How vulnerable are transit systems in the U.S. to a terrorist attack? And is a multi-agency police force — as has been proposed by Metro staff — the best way to safeguard our local system? Those [continue reading]
Art of Transit: check out the fancy new ‘bike hotel’ at a train station in Lillestrøm, Norway. L.A. subway commuters encounter bag searches, heavily armed deputies as city responds to terrorism [continue reading]
Things to listen to whilst transiting: This American Life’s recent episode on the variety of reactions to the presidential election earlier this month. Always good to hear different points of [continue reading]
ICYMI: Here’s our post about the new policing contract scheduled to be considered by the Metro Board on Dec. 1. Surprised there aren’t more comments on this. ICYMI 2: And here’s [continue reading]
