•There are 190 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County as of noon Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Those numbers will be updated Thursday afternoon. •We continue to remind everyone that the best defense for everyone includes: –Wash your hands frequently with soap [continue reading]
Dept. of Baseball El Toro stopped by @metrolosangeles to meet with bus drivers and thank them for their commitment to getting fans around Los Angeles. #DodgersLoveLA pic.twitter.com/w2OMXjsD3k — Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) January 21, 2020 Our Dodger Stadium Express signs will be going up soon! Report any suspicious sign [continue reading]
•Metro has apologized after a contractor painted over extensive graffiti that had vandalized and concealed a mural from the 1984 Olympics along the 110 freeway in DTLA, according to LAist. The [continue reading]
Dept. of Twitter Some fresh ideas below on how to keep bus lanes clear for buses, courtesy of UCLA ITS. Check out the entire thread. It’s worth it. Strategy 1: A continuous thread to break through enemy/parked obstacles pic.twitter.com/RILH1W3NgJ — UCLA ITS (@ucla_its) April 1, 2019 Signs we'd like to [continue reading]
Art of Walking I’m sure you heard about the helicopter-landing-in-the-preserve-incident — by incident I mean “hopeful felony conviction.” Type in #antelopevalleypoppyreserve on IG and you can see all sorts of [continue reading]
Art of Transport: How they build bridges in China. https://twitter.com/invisibleman_17/status/970682034917199874 Art of Transit: Real time arrival predictions pic.twitter.com/qnGSPDdqBy — Scott Frazier (@safrazie) March 7, 2018 Connecting the dots by transit [continue reading]
Dept. of Holiday Gifts Some fun items in the online Metro Store that may interest you. I’m kinda digging the Rude Dude shirt — he’s the big fuzzy knucklehead who is vanquished by Superkind in the recent etiquette videos. Art of Transit/Art of Recent Sunsets View this post on Instagram [continue reading]
The Metro Blue Line opened on July 14, 1990. Here’s the link to part one of our big anniversary Q&A. Will Metro Rail ever connect to LAX in some sort of [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! The freeway is the perfect place to protest Ferguson (Zocalo Public Square) So says UCLA professor Eric Avila, citing the segregation caused by freeways dividing [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! Dodger Stadium Express: Metro nightmare or game day savior? (Neon Tommy) One reporter boards the free shuttle bus from Union Station to the ballpark. The [continue reading]
