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People Get Ready: Winter Is Upon Us And Bus Stops Will Not Shelter You
I'll admit I don't take the bus very much.
December 6, 2013
Dodgers Have a Winning Season Promoting Transportation Options
The irony was obvious.
October 11, 2013
Opinion: Metro, Don’t Make the Same Mistake Long Beach Transit Did on Electric Buses
Last week, Metro postponed a decision to procure 30 zero emission buses. Despite my support for electric transit, I regard the vote with mixed feelings. As much as we want to say, "Green is green, that is all," that no matter how we go about doing it, increasing zero emissions vehicle usage is a good thing despite the means...
June 12, 2013
Have You Ever Been Harassed on the Bus?
(Note: When Streetsblog first launched, we were taken to task by the writing team at The Bus Bench for reporting about the dangers of cycling and harassment from drivers, but never the risks taken by transit riders, especially those riding after hours. We've gotten better on this issue, Sahra Sulaiman's piece on THAT GUY and our ongoing coverage of the dangers posed by LASD Sheriffs only touch the issue. In the wake of a story of a group of women being assaulted on a bus in New Delhi, Dana Gabbard wonders how prevalent harassment is on Metro and other transit buses. If you have a story you're willing to share, please do so in the comments section or you can do so privately by emailing me, damien@streetsblog.org. - DN)
April 4, 2013
The BRU Roars: Mr. President, Enforce, Restore, Expand Our Civil Rights
We're the BRU. This is our fight
Mass transportation is a human right
We want 50 cent fares and $20 passes
‘cause mass transportation belongs to the masses
-BRU Chant, heard yesterday.
July 26, 2012
Desperately Seeking Shade: How South L.A. Bus Riders Weather the Elements
It's been hot lately.
July 12, 2012
Small Improvements: Metro Buses Announce Stops Served by Rail Lines
This past Sunday I was out and about, riding Metro's line 20 westbound on Wilshire from the Westlake/MacArthur Park District and was startled as we approached Wilshire/Vermont that besides the usual verbal announcement for the stop a different deep bass voice interrupted to state "Connection to the Red and Purple Lines". Continuing on at Normandie and also Western the same voice announced "Connection to the Purple Line"
June 21, 2012
Plenty of Hurdles Still Remain for Progressive South Figueroa Corridor Project
(Not sure what the My Figueroa project is? Check out this story from last year?)
April 30, 2012
BRU Sets Sights on President Obama. Urges Overruling of FTA Decision on Metro Civil Rights Complaints
The Federal Transit Administration seems pleased with the progress being made by Metro to change the way it does business to be in compliance with federal civil rights statutes. Rather than requiring major changes to the way Metro does business, the FTA seems content with changes to its outreach and reporting methods. The FTA began a Civil Rights Title VI review of Metro last year after complaints from the Bus Riders Union and other civil rights and transit advocacy groups. These groups hoped the FTA would reverse the over 1 million hours of cuts to bus service that Metro has ordered since the end of a judicial consent decree mandating increases in service expired in 2008.
April 25, 2012