Text by India Mandelkern. This post originally appeared on Metro’s The Source on January 17, 2024. Where were you during the Northridge Earthquake? If you lived
George Takei is known to most people as Mr. Sulu, helmsman of the fictional starship USS Enterprise on the television series Star Trek. The native
Metro’s Regional Connector opens on June 16, 2023. This project makes it easier to ride across Los Angeles County as passengers can now travel between
The first World War brought with it unprecedented manpower challenges to local transit companies. Our earliest held Pacific Electric employee news magazine was published in
Page content by Danny Seplow Pollution has been a problem that has challenged Los Angeles for over a century. Geographic features make smog prone to
During the early years of the 20th century, Laura L. Whitlock, “the official mapmaker of Los Angeles County” was the first woman cartographer in the
The vision and concept for a universal fare system for Los Angeles County began at the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission in 1990. The agency
Text by India Mandelkern. The B (Red) Line has always been the busiest line in our transit network. On an average weekday, the B Line
There has been plenty of research published about the adoption and rapid growth of automobile use in Los Angeles in the early 1920s. Some notable
1990 July 14: Metro Blue Line opens between downtown Los Angeles and Long Beach (later renamed “A Line”) 1990 September 1: Metro Blue