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While most of our dedicated followers are of course true transit afficianados, for many Angelenos, public transportation remains an unknown — a sometimes intimidating mode of travel that’s foreign to the “car cultured” among us.
That’s why Angelenos Against Gridlock has produced a handy “Transit 101” guide for people to learn the basics about trying public transportation. View, download, or print the guide below. (Click here to view it directly on Scribd if the embedded version doesn’t appear, or view a basic HTML version), or download a printable PDF, and make a new year’s resolution to try transit!
Already a transit rider? Great! You’re an enlightened Angeleno. Why not tweet out a link to this guide, share it on Facebook, or email your friends and colleagues who aren’t (yet) transit riders.
And want to get an early start on that resolution to take public transportation? Metro is offering free rides on New Years Eve (9 pm - 2 am), and extended (paid) hours, too.
Transit 101 Guide: click here to view a larger, readable, size.
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In the wake of a series of negative headlines on the prospects of high-speed rail, it seemed an apropos time to link again to our November op-ed in the LA Business Journal, “High-Speed Rail Still Fits Bill Despite Higher Cost.” Take a read if you missed it earlier.
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Click here for more photos: Santa Monica Bike Center Grand Opening, on Flickr. What a fantastic addition to the SoCal bike scene!
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How would you like to see Metro, LADOT, Big Blue Bus, and other SoCal transit agencies step up their use of social media?
Should Metro patner with Foursquare, like BART did in the Bay Area?
Would you like to see the @MetroLosAngeles Twitter account have more of a voice? (Right now, it’s can seem pretty duplicative of the @metrolaalerts account.) Think municipal operators need to step up their game, or think they should just focus on service?
Email us or tweet your ideas to @EndingGridlock.
While it’s from 2009, this BART presentation on social media is still informative:
Transit 2.0 at BART.gov View more presentations from Hot Studio, Inc.
And speaking of tech, we’re eagerly awaiting the re-release of the Metro iPhone app (the previous version was pulled from the Apple store).
Via Seattle Bike Blog: Seattle bike / multi-use trails are now on Google Street View, joining some other cities.
Too bad LA doesn’t have more beautiful bike trails that Google Street view could show off!
Here’s a Google video about how the Google Street View trike: