The issue for Metro is that the White House budget proposal released earlier this week does not include federal funding for section three of the Purple Line Extension subway between Century City and Westwood. Metro needs a federal grant to pair with local funds to build that third section. The [continue reading]
Things to listen to whilst transiting: “How did the media — how did we — get this so wrong?,” a podcast by three journalists who work on the New York Time’s Run-Up podcast. Recorded about 3 a.m. on Election Night, the trio (mostly) show the kind of humility that is appropriate [continue reading]
Love this @NewYorker cartoon from 1925. pic.twitter.com/mXzh49OlYD — Laura J. Nelson 🦅 (@laura_nelson) August 9, 2016 For those of you who, like me, think our species’ paths will still diverge… 2day is IntlDay of the World's Indigenous Peoples', a @UN focus on #humanrights | #WeAreIndigenous @UN4Indigenous pic.twitter.com/H6ETST8mxo — Day'sEdgeProductions (@DaysEdge) [continue reading]
Art of Transit 1:Â The #metro expo line has really been crowded as a clown car. @metrolosangeles #whatsgoingonwithmetro pic.twitter.com/gXs8ltCQ8D — Rob Kuznia (@RobKuznia) April 4, 2016 Art of Transit 2: [continue reading]
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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. Sound Transit to seek new tax, fees to extend light rail (Seattle Times) With traffic growing crunchier in the Seattle Metro area, the agency that runs regional transit says it [continue reading]
The Transit Tourist takes a look at other transit systems across the globe from the first person perspective of a visitor. What can Metro learn from how these other systems treat the uninitiated – and often bumbling – tourist? I recently took a trip to Seattle via the Amtrak Coast [continue reading]
photo by Ilda Licon, via submission Very colorful photo of a Sound Transit light rail yard in Seattle; the Rainier Brewery sign kind of gives the location away. Ilda is an administrative analyst with Metro who is also a shutterbug. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post [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 blog. South Pasadena Council adopts new stance toward 710 extension (Pasadena Star News) The Council last week rescinded its policy to be opposed [continue reading]
If friends ever try that to claim you can’t have a successful transit system without rails in the ground, just nod politely and tell them to visit Seattle. The Emerald City didn’t have an inch of modern rail transit until a starter streetcar line opened in 2007 and a light [continue reading]
