Q&A: 25 years and counting of Metro Rail, part one
It’s time for the big Metro 25th Rail Anniversary Q&A! Here we go… What’s the significance of July 13, 1990? On that day, Los Angeles County had roughly 8.6 million [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Wednesday, March 18
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! Today’s Zocalo Public Square profile [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Day of Earth, April 22
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! Linking the Los Angeles airport (New York Times) The NYT takes a look at Metro’s Airport Metro Connector project, which seeks to connect the LAX [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Tuesday, January 28
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! Rest in Peace, Pete Seeger…. Rail alone can’t reinvent L.A. (L.A. Times) Ethan N. Elkind is pleased to see that three rail transit projects are [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Friday, December 6
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! ART OF TRANSIT: From our Instagram feed. Metro hopes to stop public urination near the Orange Line (L.A. Times) Well that’s certainly a no-nonsense headline! [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Friday, November 8
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 mysterious, invisible opera in L.A.’s Union Station (The Verge) Great coverage of the “Invisible Cities” operate at Union Station via wireless headphones. The operate [continue reading]
Then & Now: 11th and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, i.e. the land that time forgot
The top photo was taken at the intersection of Main and 11th streets in downtown Los Angeles on May 21, 1955, most likely from the front of a streetcar. The bottom photo was taken by yours truly on Friday, who had to quickly shoot and dodge cars turning south onto [continue reading]
Then & Now: a streetcar and a bus in Highland Park, 1955 and 2013
The top photo was taken in the afternoon on May 21, 1955, by Alan Weeks at the corner of Avenue 61 and Monte Vista in Highland Park (or Mount Angelus). I took the bottom photo last Friday, Aug. 16th, in the afternoon trying to match the telephone pole shadow in [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Tuesday, June 25
Obama outlines ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gases (New York Times) President Obama, trying to fulfill a campaign promise, explains executive orders he will issue to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases that are blamed for climate change. It’s a relevant issue here, as greenhouse gases are created [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Wednesday, May 15
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. Brown’s budget sends cap and trade funds to the black hole of the general [continue reading]