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Metro Making Room for Bikes on Their Trains
Just five months ago, I was repeatedly warned by Metro staff members that the agency was considering enforcing its ban on bicycles on trains during rush hour. However, at a committee meeting earlier today, Metro completely reversed course from their rumored plans a couple of a couple of months ago and announced a pilot program to remove a small amount of seating on some trains to make more room for bicycles and wheel chairs.
October 16, 2008
Dana Gabbard: More Reasons to Vote for Measure R
(Dana Gabbard is Executive Secretary of Southern California Transit
Advocates. He is a daily bus rider and lives/works in the Wilshire
corridor/Westlake/Wilshire Center/Koreatown. The Southern California Transit Advocates have their monthly meeting tomorrow and will feature Paul Dyson, president of the Rail Passenger Association
of California (RailPAC). Dyson will be discussing Proposition 1a, the High Speed Rail Bond measure. Both Proposition 1a and Measure R have been endorsed by So.CA.TA.)
October 10, 2008
Streetsblogger Goes to Paris, Rides Velib
For More Pictures of Biking and Bike Sharing in Paris, Visit Anna's Kodak Gallery
September 30, 2008
Metrolink Spokesperson Quits, Agency Under Fire
It's natural that following a crash as devastating as the one last Friday that Metrolink would find itself under intense fire from the media and families of victims. However, in this case the agency seems to have inflicted at least some of the damage on itself. An ill-timed press conference placing the blame on the engineer from a subcontractor created a media feeding frenzy because it appeared that Metrolink was trying to pass the blame for the crash onto someone else.
September 15, 2008