Metro Diaries
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Area Mobility Advocate Exhausted by Bus, Makes Decision to Buy Car
What was I writing about, a woman wanted to know.
October 23, 2015
Metro Diary: When Contractors Don’t Get the “Off-Limits” Memo on Harassment
"Are you riding the train...?" came the voice over my shoulder.
June 2, 2015
Metro Diary: Every Day He’s Hustlin’
The well-dressed and good-looking young man with enormous glasses walked toward where I was standing at the front of the packed Blue Line car, gave me a wink and a smile, then turned around and began delivering his sales pitch for headphones to the passengers.
February 19, 2014
Metro Diary: Three Trains, a Tourist, Some Eager-Beaver Sheriffs, and a Former Foster Child…All in the Space of an Hour
Whenever I travel in and out of LAX, I do my best to Metro my way there.
February 20, 2013
Metro Diary: Planes, Trains, and Confusing Transfers with TAP
“Do you need any help?” I asked the tall Russian guy.
September 26, 2012
Metro Diary: Getting Harassed by THAT Guy
AS A FEMALE WHO tends to move unaccompanied through the city by bike or on foot, I get harassed.
June 7, 2012
Metro Diaries: 6 Stops with Daniel the Candy Man
“I GOT ARRESTED once,” Daniel said, cheerfully.
February 28, 2012