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Have a ticket to ride? Metro starts locking subway turnstiles
Sorry subway riders, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is no longer operating on the honor system. The turnstile gates for the Purple and Red lines at Union Station will be latched today and riders will need a TAP card...
Tags: Travel, Transportation, Maryland Transit Administration, Subway Transportation, Zev Yaroslavsky
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L.A. mayor-elect Eric Garcetti favors low-key over glitz
When it comes to glitz and showmanship, L.A.'s next mayor is taking things down a notch. Since his victory last month, Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti has made few major announcements. He abandoned the idea of a transition team studded with big civic names....
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Lawyers, Justice System, Eric Garcetti, Entertainment
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Groups call on CTA to require new rail car makers to detail future local jobs
Tribune reporterChicago labor and community groups on Monday called on the Chicago Transit Authority to require bidders on future rail car manufacturing contracts to submit detailed plans for creating local jobs. In a letter to CTA president Forrest Claypool, leaders...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Mayor, Forrest Claypool, Employment Opportunities, Rahm Emanuel
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Some L.A. County bus drivers say pesticides are making them ill
Los Angeles County bus drivers say they are regularly becoming ill — sometimes while behind the wheel — from pesticides sprayed inside their vehicles by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. At least 14 Metro drivers are pursuing...
Tags: Flu, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Environmental Politics, Social Security, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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MTA bus driver killed in crash 'looked after everyone else first'
Olivia Gamboa began her route through downtown Los Angeles in the pre-dawn darkness. After 13 years as a bus driver with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, she could have chosen any shift. She opted to drive at 5 a.m., as most of the city slept,...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Accidental Death, Motorvehicle Accidents, Heart Attack, Disasters and Accidents
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Letters: A transit fallacy in West L.A.
Re "Growing pains," June 10 Transit-oriented development is one thing when you have a clean slate to work on; it is another when you are inserting a light-rail line into an existing (and thriving) community like West Los Angeles. You can't just plop a...
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Bus driver killed in downtown L.A. crash mourned outside 7-Eleven
A Metro bus driver was mourned Thursday at a makeshift memorial in downtown L.A. after her death in a head-on crash with a speeding tow truck driver. It was around 5 a.m. Wednesday when Matt Mattu, the owner of the 7-Eleven at corner the 5th Street...
Tags: 2 Chainz, Los Angeles International Airport
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Santa Monica hotel that shunned the ocean to be replaced
With ocean views selling at a premium throughout Southern California, it can be dumbfounding to encounter a prominent downtown Santa Monica hotel that deliberately averts its gaze from the water. The boxy former Holiday Inn near the Third Street...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Architecture, FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Tour Operations Industry
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Santa Monica hotel to have ocean views after proposed makeover
With ocean views selling at a pricey premium throughout Southern California, it can be dumbfounding to encounter a prominent downtown Santa Monica hotel that deliberately averts its gaze from the water. The boxy former Holiday Inn near the Third...
Tags: Architecture, Tour Operations Industry, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated, Nursing
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Bus driver killed in downtown crash from a family of bus operators
Olivia Gamboa was just beginning her shift on Metro Line 18 in downtown L.A. when a tow truck smashed head-on into her bus early Wednesday. The 13-year veteran, who was steering an otherwise unoccupied bus near 5th Street and Broadway, died after the...
Tags: Michael Jackson, Disasters and Accidents, AEG
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Metro bus driver dies after collision with tow truck downtown
The driver of a Metro bus died Wednesday morning after an apparently speeding tow truck smashed into it at 5th and Broadway downtown, authorities said. "Metro is saddened to learn of the passing of one of our family members this morning as a result of a...
Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Los Angeles Fire Department
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Metro bus, tow truck collide in downtown L.A.; drivers injured
A Metro bus and tow truck collided in downtown Los Angeles early Wednesday, seriously injuring both drivers and sending the truck careening into a convenience store. The crash occurred about 5:10 a.m. at 5th Street and Broadway. TV news video showed the...
Tags: Los Angeles Fire Department
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