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First phase of Metro Red Line celebrates 20-year anniversary

Posted by Dave Sotero on January 29, 2013 9:00 am
Click to view slideshow. “This day is here…” On January 29, 1993, former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley stood among a swarm of public officials and transit agency staffers on the cramped ...

Signing off for now: a note from your humble transit blogger

Posted by Carter Rubin on June 25, 2012 9:41 am
Here I am at the Expo Line opening. Photo by Steve Bott via flickr. After a year and a half of writing for The Source, I’m sad to say that I’ll be taking a leave. It’s exciting news ...

Darrell Clarke: 22 years advocating for Expo

Posted by goodwindo on April 24, 2012 1:30 pm
Clarke rides Expo for the first time with the Friends 4 Expo Transit. (Photo by Virginia Clarke) With the first phase of the Expo Line scheduled to open later this month, I recently interviewed ...

Transportation headlines, Wednesday, April 11

Posted by Steve Hymon on April 11, 2012 10:05 am
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 ...

On Transportation: April 4 column

Posted by Steve Hymon on April 4, 2012 3:17 pm
Can the high-speed rail project build new tracks over and under Tehachapi Pass in the next decade? HIGH-SPEED RAIL PLAN: The revised plan that was released Monday proposes to build 300 miles of ...

Subway Facts & History: Metro responds to errors in Beverly Hills Courier and allegations by Beverly Hills school district

Posted by Steve Hymon on November 3, 2011 1:15 pm
The above slide is from a presentation given by exerts to the Metro Board Planning Committee on Wednesday. Click above for a larger image. On Oct. 21 and 28, the Beverly Hills Courier published six ...

Subway Facts & History responds to questions from readers

Posted by Steve Hymon on September 7, 2011 11:18 am
We’ve posted three pieces so far in our Subway Facts & History series providing information about topics generating discussion on the Westside Subway Extension. The project is nearing ...

Subway Facts & History, part 3: the Century City station

Posted by Steve Hymon on August 18, 2011 2:54 pm
An aerial view of Century City from Google Maps. The red pins are at Santa Monica Boulevard and Avenue of the Stars (the pin on the left) and Santa Monica Boulevard and Century Park East -- two ...

Subway Facts & History, part 2

Posted by Steve Hymon on August 9, 2011 11:46 am
This is the second part in The Source’s new series called “Subway Facts & History” to address some of the issues generating discussion involving the Westside Subway Extension project. ...

The Westside Subway Extension: Subway Facts & History, part one

Posted by Steve Hymon on August 2, 2011 10:32 am
The Westside Subway Extension is a big, complicated project that has been discussed in Los Angeles in one form or another for the past 50 years. Planning for the current project got underway in 2007 ...

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