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! Metro breaks ground on key downtown L.A. subway link (L.A. Times) Officials break ground on $1.4-billion Regional Connector (Downtown News) Coverage of yesterday’s groundbreaking for the [continue reading]
First, a big thank you to our panelists and everyone who attended yesterday’s “Metro Moves Forward: Engaging Customers of Public Transportation in L.A.” event at Union Station. The presentation and panel discussion were part of Social Media Week. Above is the 49-minute panel discussion. I accidentally deleted a few seconds at [continue reading]
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! Dear MTA: I love your trains…but (Los Angeles Register) Columnist’s David Medzerian’s not-quite-love-letter to my employer begins: Before I get into anything else, let me [continue reading]
Leave your cars in park and join Metro for PARK(ing) Day at Union Station on Friday, September 19. From noon to 5 p.m.artist Alexis Disselkoen will create a temporary park out of a corner of the station’s Alameda-facing parking lot. Swing by anytime PARK(ing) Day afternoon to enjoy the pop-up park and participate [continue reading]
In case you missed it: last Friday, August 29, the Miguel Delgado Dance Foundation staged the first-ever Southern California Mexican Folklorico Flash Mob at Los Angeles Union Station. More than 75 Mexican folk dancers from across the city of Los Angeles and Orange County convened in the waiting room and performed Miguel Delgado’s [continue reading]
Brazilian forró band Môfo shared their intoxicating sound at last week’s Metro Presents at Union Station. And the talented dancers from Forró in LA taught an enthusiastic crowd how to swivel around the dance floor. A big thank you to Môfo and everyone who came to share the forró love! More photos from [continue reading]
Union Station’s has a brand new attraction. T&Y Bakery opened this morning with pastry and cookies and French macaroons and this amazing coconut confection that turned out to be the perfect way to calm a 3 p.m. hunger attack. T&Y stands for Tbilisi & Yerevan (the capitol cities of Georgia [continue reading]
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! Eyes on the street: faulty ped detour for Expo Phase 2 construction (Streetsblog LA) As the photos show, a pedestrian detour sign instructs walkers to cross busy [continue reading]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MxkmeT21EU] Next up in Metro Presents: The California Feetwarmers bring their unique blend of New Orleans jazz, swing and ragtime to Union Station on Friday, August 8. Make sure to mark your calendars so you don’t miss them! The Feetwarmers will perform two 45-minute sets in the Union Station waiting room at [continue reading]
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! L.A. County Sheriff’s Department not meeting Metro’s policing goals (L.A. Times) More coverage of the recent — and critical — audit of Metro and the [continue reading]
