Blogroll, Links

El Ingenioso Metro Mole De Los Angeles

Contributed by Fred Camino on April 18th, 2007 at 8:07 pm

[tags]lacmta, metro mole, los angeles, don quixote[/tags]

To fight the impossible fight… Metro Mole vs. the LACMTA.
To fight the impossible fight… Metro Mole vs. the LACMTA.
Photo of MTA Headquarters courtesy of ericrichardson via Flickr. Illustration by FredCamino.

L.A.’s resident Don Quixtote, the Los Angeles Metro Mole, is back at it, chivalrously fighting the good fight versus the giant windmills that are the MTA. Noble, devoted, and relentless… the Metro Mole won’t stop until the beast has been slayed. But is his battle futile? And what of his Dulcinea*?

His most recent battles:

  • Attacks the consistently broken fare boxes on Metro buses. Why can’t they be more like Coinstar?
  • Attempts to take down the Metro Trip Planner. Although this battle may truly be a quixotic illusion, the Trip Planner failure was unrepeatable in my tests.
  • Tries to right an unrightable wrong by proposing signage changes for the Green Line.
  • Dreams the impossible dream. In this case, the dream of receiving a “thank you” letter and free bus pass from Beach Cities Transit for heeding his advice regarding their signage. Fat chance, Mole.

*In his October 21st, 2006 post, the Metro Mole waxes poetic about meeting a lovely and chaste (”she wore appropriate attire – no “belly shirt”, etc. - a real lady”) young woman who would become his transit Dulcinea. Since then, I have regarded him as the defender of decent transit and traditional values, thus this Don Quixote themed post.

Email It
Blog > Links > Blog article: El Ingenioso Metro Mole De Los Angeles | MetroRiderLA

Discussion

Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Please keep discussions civil: exercise Troll Controll.

There are 2 Responses to “El Ingenioso Metro Mole De Los Angeles”:

  1. [...] the arrival of spring, L.A. transit bloggers are coming out of hibernation, first the Metro Mole and now the L.A. Straphanger!  The Straphanger disappeared from transit blogging [...]

    Comment by MetroRiderLA » The L.A. Straphanger Returns on April 19th, 2007 at 7:56 pm »Reply« resta suma

  2. Dear LA Straphanger,
    I am glad you are back. I was very
    impressed after reading a very perceptive and article of yours on October 14, 2006. I have a very long
    and unusual story and have been
    trying to research the busway now for over a year. My findiongs are very
    different from what DOT claims.
    I have had only one person who
    has been interested and is trying to help me with this situation. You
    have been brave enough to print the truth so if you are interested
    let me know. Noone can stand up
    against this alone……
    Sincerely,
    DD

    Comment by dd on November 15th, 2007 at 2:42 pm »Reply« resta suma