OCTA Citizen Advisory Committe

OCTA’s Citizen Advisory Committe has an ad hoc bike group that
bi-monthly meets before their main meeting. Next one will be 3rd
Tuesday of January from Noon to 1:15 p.m. details by contacting Ryan
Maloney: (714) 560-5451 or rmaloney@octa.net

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Metro’s Citizen Advisory Council Opens Blog

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If it seems like the online transportation community is growing these days, that’s because it is. The newest addition? A blog by Metro’s Citizen Advisory Council was created to announce meeting topics and topics guests and conduct ongoing polls of public opinion on matters coming before the Metro Board of Directors. The blog is a […]

Coming Soon:Take the Bus to the Game?

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Don't Worry, There's Nothing to Dodge These Days Councilmember Ed Reyes and Council President Ed Reyes have stood out recently as advocates for cyclists in recent weeks. If their resolution urging Metro and the Dodgers to work together to (re)create bus access to Dodger Stadium is succesful they may also gain praise from baseball fans. The resolution will be heard by the City Council Transportation Committe at tomorrow's (Tuesday, 2/27) meeting. That we're discussing adding bus service to baseball games is confusing to this east coaster. How can a baseball team that was partially named after a mode of transit (the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers) doesn't have any non-automobile options to get to the stadium? That no transit service of any kind exists for Major League baseball in Los Angeles is just one of many signs of how car culture has taken control of the transportation grid. In other major cities transit is a crucial part of local nine's transportation plan and in some cases transit is spotlighted by the team as the best way to get to the ballpark. Yet in L.A., one of our teams has no transit access at all and the next closest team, the geographically challenged Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, doesn't list transit as an option to travel to the ball park on the official website.

Everything You Wanted to Know about the TAP Cards

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Did you know that Metro is planning to convert all but single ride passes to TAP Cards by the summer?  How about the plan to have every transit line, bus and train, accept TAP Cards in the next couple of months? While the rollout of the "new and improved" TAP system has been in the […]