It’s never too early to start celebrations for the Year of the Snake. The Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena will hold a pan-Asian celebration of Lunar New Year on Saturday, February 2. The festival will last from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be food trucks and performances, and visiting [continue reading]
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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Uh oh, Metro now naming stations to honor people (LAObserved) Kevin Roderick has some [continue reading]
Metro will hold three “All Communities Convening” corridor – wide open house meetings as part of the Alternative Analysis of the SR-710 environmental study. The open house meetings will be held on the following dates: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Maranatha High School Student Center, 169 S. Saint John [continue reading]
California’s largest travel show will return to the Long Beach Convention Center on January 12 – 13, 2013. The show will feature prominent travel speakers, interactive family-friendly activities, exhibitors from around the globe and more. Go Metro to the Los Angeles Travel and Adventure Show and receive an exclusive discount. [continue reading]
Metro once again offered plenty of service to both the Tournament of Roses and the Rose Bowl game on New Year’s Day. Ridership was pretty typical and Metro was able to clear lines at the Memorial Park station in Old Pasadena within an hour of the parade ending. Post-game crowds [continue reading]
Photo by Steve Hymon/Metro I caught this photo of a Metro 180 or 181 bus crossing the Arroyo Seco Bridge in Pasadena before sunset on Wednesday. I had been wanting to shoot the bridge from this spot on Arroyo Boulevard that offers a view straight north toward the bridge and [continue reading]
While out of town over the weekend, I missed the public debut of the new Gold Line Bridge over the eastbound lanes of the 210 freeway in Arcadia. The 584-foot bridge will carry the Gold Line Foothill Extension between Pasadena and the Azusa/Glendora border. Here is the news release issed [continue reading]
How well do you know Metro art? Challenge yourself (and your closest friend) on Saturday by joining in on the LA Metro Art Adventure. Hunt for clues through Metro’s system and discover art you may not have noticed before. The race begins at 10 a.m. and will last about 3 [continue reading]
In the latest edition of Metro Motion, the Metro Orange Line extension is off to a great start, improving mobility through the San Fernando Valley and bringing faster travel times, improved bus and rail connections and a chance to discover the rich history and beautiful scenery of Chatsworth. Gene Autry [continue reading]
The State Route 710 project’s technical advisory committee met this morning at Metro headquaters in downtown Los Angeles. The topic of discussion: the performance of the alternatives under review for the Alternatives Analysis phase of the study to improve mobility in the western San Gabriel Valley and surrounding area. A [continue reading]
