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A Seattle Perspective On A Hollywood Bus

Contributed by Fred Camino on March 5th, 2008 at 1:05 pm

A bus in Hollywood.

Aus-car the Transit Grouch is a Seattle based transit blogger and family man. It seems that he, much to his wife’s chagrin, enjoys taking his kids on “bus adventures” in Seattle. Whether or not this counts as child abuse these days, I don’t know, but he does it anyways. On a recent trip to Los Angeles though, he did the unthinkable… suggested to his family that they take the bus to see a movie at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood. Not surprisingly, the only person who took him up on his offer was his 5-year old daughter. His story of a ride to Hollywood on a Metro Local 2 with his daughter offers a charming and insightful look at our buses through the eyes of an outsider on an adventure.

Here’s one of my favorite bits:

My wife called via cell phone as we walked — she’d just arrived in line and was hoping and praying that we wouldn’t be too late. Apparently, some of her relatives had been laying side bets on how late we would be. The consensus was that we had no chance to get there by showtime. We got there 10 minutes early. Ha!

Read Aus-car’s story here: “A Bus to Hollywood”

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There are 4 Responses to “A Seattle Perspective On A Hollywood Bus”:

  1. 10 minutes early? If only the same could happen to Tony V.

    Comment by johnny on March 5th, 2008 at 5:39 pm »Reply« resta suma

  2. I was born in Seattle. The bus service is very good.

    The monorail was built from Seattle Center to downtown for the World’s Fair. Unfortunately due to mismanagement the project dragged on for decades and has now been suspended. There was also ongoing, paralyzing disagreement about building a monorail for tourists going to Ballard, or building something for commuters traveling across Puget Sound.

    While a recent transportation bond measure failed, the good news is that light rail is being built to SEA-TAC airport. It is heartening everytime I fly up there to see more progress in construction. There is already limited light rail service in Puget Sound via the Sounder. What really needs to happen after that is East-West from Redmond (a.k.a. Microsoft) to downtown Seattle, followed by a light rail line from Sea-Tac up the eastside.

    It’s slow building, but it is building.

    Comment by Dan W. on March 6th, 2008 at 9:29 am »Reply« resta suma

  3. I’m such a transit geek that I make a point of riding the local transit wherever I visit. I’ve also taken my children on bus adventures — let’s just hop on the bus and see where it takes us!

    Comment by Cyclelicious on March 6th, 2008 at 1:54 pm »Reply« resta suma

  4. I’m with you.

    When I travel, sometimes I ride the transit to get somewhere. Sometimes I ride the transit just to experience it.

    London and Berlin are great for that. I rode every time of transit I could.

    Comment by Dan W. on March 6th, 2008 at 4:31 pm »Reply« resta suma