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ChineseDaily Transit Links Roundup
Contributed by Fred Camino on April 18th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Image courtesy of SoulCookie.
- Cal State Long Beach students love their cars, hate the idea of paying for the damage they cause.
- The Big Blue Bus 10 beats Metro 439 in the Great Bus Race 2008. Gloating ensues.
- Metrolink could be heading to Redlands by 2015.
- Downtown Long Beach pwns Downtown L.A. again. Pedicabs being introduced this weekend.
- Riverside Transit agency is adding electronic panels with real time bus arrival information to 70 bus stops.
- McCain’s Gas Tax Summer Holiday not such a hot idea.
- An ex-New Yorker takes a ride on the Red Line and shares his opinion.
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The only other place where I have seen this is San Diego. Now I am not sure if they have it as a permanent alternative or was it just a pilot program as well. I saw it near Petco Park about 2 years ago.
The pedicabs have been around for years in downtown San Diego, I remember seeing them as a child growing up there. There is actually a controversy right now centered around a lack of proper documentation for many of them. The downtown redevelopment agency there (Centre City Development Corp.) is proposing to limit the number operating within the downtown core and promote their use in other communities (La Jolla, the beach areas). They offer a fantastic alternative to cabs when you are only traveling a few blocks.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080404/news_1m4pedicab.html
In other news, the San Francisco Chronicle ran an article today discussing the behavioral reactions by many bay area residents to rising gas prices (switching to transit, telecommuting, etc).
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/18/MNO4107CO5.DTL
Sorry to divert attention away from southland transit issues by i feel these were interesting articles.
Any mass transit from Torrance to Cal State Long Beach?
Yes, but it would involve a transfer.
Take Torrance Transit 3 (Carson Street) or Metro Line 232 (Pacific Coast Highway) to the Long Beach Transit Mall. At the Mall, transfer to Long Beach Transit line 81, 91-96, or 173 (this one runs near the Pyramid).