E Line (Expo Line)
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Experiments in Enhancing the Experience of Public Art Along the Expo Line
Have you ever stood in front of a piece of public art and thought your experience would be all the awesomer if you had some context for the work? Or maybe you passed by a public artwork every day and it didn't register with you until someone engaged you on questions of its value and meaning?
July 9, 2012
First Impressions of the Expo Line
No, this isn't about my first impressions. It's about his.
June 20, 2012
Extra! Extra! Get Your Free Pass to Ride the Expo Line!
Beginning tomorrow at noon, you can board the Expo Line for free at the newly opened Farmdale and Culver City Stations. You'll be handed a voucher for a free return trip at that time.
June 19, 2012
Already 0 for 2, Neighbors for Smart Rail Take Their Case to the CA Supreme Court
The question of how far Neighbors for Smart Rail, a coalition of homeowners and community groups fighting the expansion of the Expo Line into West Los Angeles, were willing to take their legal challenges to the line is now answered. They're willing to take it all the way.
June 4, 2012
A Day in the Life of A Safety Ambassador on the Expo Line
"Ooh -- careful!" I gestured to James McDuffie, a safety ambassador for the Expo Line, as a bicyclist came riding up quickly behind him on the sidewalk.
May 31, 2012
Cheviot Homeowners File Second Suit Against Expo Bikeway
A group of Cheviot Hills residents who's property abuts the proposed Expo Bikeway on the Westside of Los Angeles have filed suit for the second time in two years alleging that environmental clearances given the bikeway were given in error. Their first lawsuit, filed in June 2010, resulted in the City of Los Angeles and Caltrans reversing their original environmental clearance decisions and re-working their studies. The bikeway was granted a second environmental clearance, known as a Categorical Exclusion (CE), in November of 2011.
May 23, 2012
Metro Diary: It’s 9:30 P.M….Do You Know Who’s Riding Metro?
"Can you really take your bike on the train??" one of the two girls at the Expo/Vermont station asked me, incredulous.
May 4, 2012
Celebrating Transit and Remembering Riots: L.A. Moves Forward and Looks Back All in One Weekend
If you were an alien that landed in L.A. this weekend, you could be forgiven if the juxtaposition of the festivities surrounding the opening of the Expo Line and the ceremonies marking the 20th anniversary of the L.A. Riots (Civil Unrest or Rebellion, depending on your perspective) left you a little confused.
May 1, 2012
Touring The Future Expo Line Phase II Bikeway
On Earth Day this past Sunday, the Expo Line Phase II Bicycle Advisory Committee, of which I am a member, was given a tour of the Expo corridor and bikeway proposals with a few of the private consultants and public planners involved in the project. Looking at diagrams is never a sufficient replacement for some on the ground perspective, so I was glad we had this opportunity to scope everything out. It was also exciting to see a few testing trains in operation in preparation for tomorrow's opening. I had not had a chance to get out and see the trains in action previously.
April 27, 2012