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Remembering Dana Gabbard – 1962-2022
Los Angeles lost one of its most knowledgeable, passionate, and persistent transit advocates: Dana Gabbard
January 14, 2022
Ride the Owls with So.CA.TA on Their Annual Day-After-Thanksgiving Tour
Traditionally Southern Caifornia Transit Advocates does a day-after-thanksgiving study tour , usually to explore service in far-flung areas outside urban Los Angeles (Santa Barbara, San Diego, Victorville, Bakersfield).
November 26, 2014
Electric Bus Company BYD Offers Private Tour with So.CA.TA. on Friday
(In the absence of a "Week in Livable" Streets Events, we're going to highlight some of our favorite events coming up this weekend - DN)
July 8, 2014
Ride the New sbX BRT with So.CA.TA. Tomorrow
Tomorrow, Friday May 2nd, Southern California Transit Advocates (SoCATA) is touring of Omnitrans' sbX Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) express service. Omnitrans sbX started operating Monday. Our hope is by highlighting its key attribute, dedicated stations along an exclusive bus lane, that sbX will inspire aspirations in Los Angeles County as Metro studies corridors for a proposed BRT network for possible implementation in the next few years.
May 1, 2014
Thoughts on Metro’s Fare Restructuring
(I want to be explicit this is solely my own opinion, and in no way endorsed by either Streetsblog or Southern California Transit Advocates - DG
But I can't help notice that So.CA.TA. has a special meeting just to discuss the changes this Saturday. - DN)
February 13, 2014
What’s Going on with the Wilshire BRT? This Weekend’s So.CA.TA Meeting Has the Answers
Due to the Yom Kippur holiday the September meeting of Southern California Transit Advocates is this Saturday, the 21st (normally we meet on the second Saturday). The guest speaker will be a representative of Metro making a presentation on the status of the Wilshire bus lane project. This will start at 2:15 pm at Angelus Plaza, 255 S. Hill St. (4th floor). Extensive transit directions are on our website.
September 19, 2013
Metro’s Point Person for Regional Rail Featured Speaker at Saturday’s SO.CA.TA Meeting
In 2011 Don Sepulveda joined Metro as Executive Officer--Regional Rail. This Saturday at 2 p.m. he'll be the guest speaker at the monthly meeting of Southern California Transit Advocates. This is in downtown Los Angeles at the Angelus Plaza senior living complex, 255 S. Hill St. (1/2 block north of Grand Central Market), on the 4th floor. It is free and open to the public. After his remarks there will be a q&a session.
April 12, 2013
Measuring the Odds for Measure R+
The issue of whether or not Measure R+, our temporary name for a proposed ballot initiative to extend the 2008 transportation sales tax, will be on the fall ballot will be much clearer in a couple of days. The Metro Board of Directors will vote on whether or not to place the initative on the fall ballot this Thursday. The initiative still needs the approval of the State Senate and the Governor's office, but if the measure passes muster on Thursday, it will most likely go before the voters.
June 25, 2012
Speaking at This Weekend’s So.CA.T.A Meeting: Stephen Box
Originally Stephen Villavaso of the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition was scheduled to be the guest speaker at the Southern California Transit Advocates May 14th meeting, only to have a conflict force him to request to be rescheduled to our June meeting. As I scrambled to seek a replacement Nick Matonak who handles the Facebook page for SO.CA.TA suggested we have Stephen Box as a speaker. And upon being contacted Box with great enthusiasm said yes.
May 12, 2011