Go Metro to ‘Iconic Wilshire Boulevard’ CicLAvia on Sunday
This CicLAvia is a little shorter than some of the recent open streets events. But it’s still a good chance to ride a healthy slice of Wilshire Boulevard with the route [continue reading]
Go Metro: meet Gold Medalist gymnast Julianne McNamara at North Hollywood Station today
With the Rio Games in full swing, Metro’s and LA2024’s efforts to bring the Games closer to home continues tonight when Julianne McNamara — who won a Gold Medal in [continue reading]
How We Roll, July 26: high-speed rail strikes back, bad 101 & Adam Ant
Things Said on Twitter: Today in history, 2003 edition: @metrolosangeles cuts the ribbon on the Pasadena Gold Line. https://t.co/ytAs9dXrRQ pic.twitter.com/bMNKjXGlZY — Laura J. Nelson 🦅 (@laura_nelson) July 26, 2016 Past [continue reading]
How We Roll, July 20: speeding up Orange Line, NYC’s new subway cars, parking & transit
Metro Bike Share news: More than 1,600 people have bought passes for LA County's week-old bike share program https://t.co/7rcqkWPjX6 pic.twitter.com/OmtV2ywTX7 — 89.3 KPCC (@KPCC) July 20, 2016 Bike share is [continue reading]
How We Roll, July 15: clearing the docket on a lazy Friday
The first six months of this year were crazy busy with two rail extension openings and the ballot measure. And now it’s a summer Friday and kind of quiet transpo-wise. [continue reading]
How We Roll, July 12: in praise of Artesia light rail and Paris trams
Things to read whilst transiting: Nice photo essay of the beach and pool scene in Gotham over the years on the New Yorker’s Photo Booth blog. Things to read 2: I just finished “Barbarian Days: a Surfing Life” by William Finnegan. The book won a Pulitzer this past spring and [continue reading]
Heat-related speed restrictions in effect on Metro Rail this afternoon
It’s a scorcher. As a result, Metro is taking some precautions to keep trains running. Among those: •There will be some speed restrictions on sections of the Gold Line, Expo Line and Green Line where power zones are strained or under extreme heat. Speed restrictions are precautionary measures during extreme [continue reading]
Joint Development at North Hollywood set to take a big next step
Attentive Source readers may recall that Metro is working to develop parcels the agency owns around the Red Line and Orange Line stations in North Hollywood. Renderings are above and the Metro [continue reading]
Measure M: bus rapid transit on Vermont Avenue
One in a series of posts that will look at projects and programs that would receive funding from the Measure M sales tax ballot measure on the Nov. 8 ballot. What [continue reading]
Ballot measure: bus rapid transit on Vermont Avenue in L.A.
One in a series of posts that will look at projects and programs that would receive funding from the sales tax ballot measure that the Metro Board has approved to send [continue reading]