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Ride the Owls with So.CA.TA on Their Annual Day-After-Thanksgiving Tour

By Dana Gabbard | Nov 26, 2014 | 6 Comments

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). This year we are doing something different. We are riding owl service in the L.A. area, Friday evening into Saturday morning. This is service that operates in […]

Electric Bus Company BYD Offers Private Tour with So.CA.TA. on Friday

By Dana Gabbard | Jul 8, 2014 | 1 Comment

(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) Electric bus manufacturer Build Your Dreams (BYD) has kindly offered Southern California Transit Advocates an opportunity to tour their electric bus manufacturing plant in Lancaster this Friday, July 11th. The […]

Ride the New sbX BRT with So.CA.TA. Tomorrow

By Dana Gabbard | May 1, 2014 | 3 Comments

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 […]

Thoughts on Metro’s Fare Restructuring

By Dana Gabbard | Feb 13, 2014 | 25 Comments

(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) Metro staff recently released two options for fare restructuring […]

What’s Going on with the Wilshire BRT? This Weekend’s So.CA.TA Meeting Has the Answers

By Dana Gabbard | Sep 19, 2013 | 2 Comments

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 […]

Metro’s Point Person for Regional Rail Featured Speaker at Saturday’s SO.CA.TA Meeting

By Dana Gabbard | Apr 12, 2013 | No Comments

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 […]

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