Reader email – Crenshaw station edition
Posted by Fred Camino on March 12, 2010 at 8:50 a.m.
Last week we posed the question: should the Westside subway have a Crenshaw station? Emails poured in from readers eager to share their opinion, hence this special edition of our reader email roundup. Remember, Metro is holding a community meeting on March 17th about this very issue. If you can’t ...
Go Metro Weekends, March 12th – March 14th
Posted by Fred Camino on March 12, 2010 at 7:39 a.m.
We’ve listed a lot of free events this weekend including indie music performances in downtown Los Angeles, spirited human rights discussions in East L.A. and the story of Chinese food in the West over at the Central Library. Have an event you'd like us to include? Shoot us an email ...
Transportation headlines, Thursday, March 11
Posted by Fred Camino on March 11, 2010 at 9:54 a.m.
Now you can follow Amtrak on Twitter and find out what’s up with our nation’s passenger rail service in 140 character snippets. Amtrak joins a growing number of transportation providers (Metro included) that are embracing social media as a way to connect with customers. Like most large organizations hopping on ...
The Mayor’s 30/10 plan
Posted by Steve Hymon on March 11, 2010 at 8:55 a.m.
When voters approved Measure R in 2008, they were voting for a plan that proposed to raise sales taxes in Los Angeles County by a half-cent for 30 years. In return, voters would get about $40 billion in transit, road and other transportation improvements. But not $40 billion of fixes ...
From the archives: Pass perfect
Posted by Kim Upton on March 11, 2010 at 8:30 a.m.
Thousands of visual reminders of history are stored on the Metro Library Flickr site. Tucked among the historic photos is a shot of a few weekly passes from the 1930s, showing that many Los Angeles Railway tickets were small works of art. Some simply reminded riders not to forget Mother’s ...
ExpressLanes public hearing streams live tonight
Posted by Steve Hymon on March 10, 2010 at 4:23 p.m.
There is a public hearing tonight in El Monte to discuss the environmental study of the ExpressLanes project, which will convert the carpool lane on parts of the 10 and 110 freeways into a lane single-occupant vehicles can use for a toll (most carpoolers will continue to travel for free). ...
Google adds biking directions and overlays to Google Maps
Posted by Fred Camino on March 10, 2010 at 12:57 p.m.
Google announced today that it’s offering yet another transportation mode to its robust Google Maps tool set. Now bicyclists will be able to get turn-by-turn directions in the familiar Google style that drivers, pedestrians and transit users have grown accustomed to. In addition, a new graphical layer has been added ...
Transportation headlines, Wednesday, March 10
Posted by Steve Hymon on March 10, 2010 at 9:16 a.m.
It’s no secret that train platforms built in the middle of freeways are not exactly quiet places. Neon Tommy has a smart story about attempts to provide some relief to patrons of the Gold Line, which has three stations parked in the middle of an extremely busy stretch of the ...
Subway project launches new Facebook page
Posted by Steve Hymon on March 10, 2010 at 9:06 a.m.
The Westside Subway Extension launched a new Facebook page last week — a good way for Facebookers to easily get information about the project mixed in with status updates from friends and others. Think of it this way: At the same time it’s possible to learn your best buddy just ...
From the archives: With smog, without buildings
Posted by Kim Upton on March 9, 2010 at 2:45 p.m.
Okay, we know from the photo ID that this bus is coming in from a turnout at Vermont, heading west/north on a Hollywood Freeway shockingly free of cars and structures. What we don’t know is when. Anyone have a guess? (The cars should be a clue.) The only thing that ...
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