Photo essay: spotlight on Little Tokyo during Nisei Week
Nisei Week in Little Tokyo is one the nation’s longest running cultural festivals of its kind. From Aug. 19 to 27, take the Gold Line or Metro Bus 30/330 to [continue reading]
Save 10 percent on purchases from Metro Store on Cyber Monday
If you’ve been waiting to purchase that Metro T-shirt, tote bag or mug, Dec. 1 will be the day to buy. Save 10% on all items from the online Metro Store on [continue reading]
Open During Construction: Excel Fashions
Construction continues along Crenshaw Boulevard for the Crenshaw/LAX Line, which means fencing and blocked lanes in order for work to proceed on the underground portion of the rail line. Though the area around the east side of Crenshaw north of Stocker Street may be difficult to navigate, the businesses located there are absolutely open [continue reading]
Fashionable and practical Destinations Tote Bag now on sale at Metro Store
The Destinations Tote Bag is now on sale at the online Metro Store for $13.50. It’s sturdy, cute, perfect for carrying your things while you travel on Metro. Get yours today!
Go Metro and beat holiday shopping traffic!
Thanksgiving is nearly upon us, meaning it’s now officially time to contemplate two holiday traditions: grandma’s green bean casserole and shopping (hopefully in that order!) Metro serves many of the area’s largest shopping malls or districts — helping shoppers avoid overflowing parking lots or finding a parking meter on congested [continue reading]
Is an Expo-adjacent Apple Store bundled with transit incentives coming to Santa Monica?
Curbed LA got the scoop yesterday and the news has spread across the tech blogs: it looks like Apple is planning on building a fancy new retail store on the Third Street Promenade – just one block away from the future Colorado/4th Expo Line Station. It’s not confirmed, but an [continue reading]
Make NoHo your destination for seven great Metro discounts
Regular readers of The Source are familiar with Metro’s Destination Discounts program – our weekly picks spotlight the latest deals offered to Metro riders from our local community partners. This week, in addition to our weekly picks, we’re going to highlight a community that has really embraced Destination Discounts: North [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Wednesday, Jan. 5
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 blog. Businesses fear hikes at L.A. parking garages (Los Angeles Business Journal) A plan to lease city-owned parking garages to private enterprise has [continue reading]
Gold Line adjacent bike shop throws a sale in celebration of the Eastside Extension
Flying Pigeon LA is a local Highland Park bike shop (located two-blocks from the Heritage Square Gold Line station) run by two brothers who also happen to be car-free bicycle activists and Metro riders. In honor the new Gold Line Eastside extension the brothers have decided to throw a sale [continue reading]