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1. I know that I won’t take this one, but my goal is to make car driving and riding my third most used mode of transportation. I didn’t have an odometer for the bike this year so I’m not sure where I stand this year. I expect that my mode split was probably car-bike-transit. In 2009 I want to move car to the back.

   Comment by Damien Newton on December 18th, 2008 at 2:56 pm »Reply«
   
   

2. I’m going to start riding my bike. I don’t own a car, and I take train/bus or just hitch a ride/or cab everywhere.

   But I haven’t touched my bike since graduating from school and I kind of want to be a cool bike rider like all the cool bike riding kids out there.

   I think it may be covered in spiders, though.

   Comment by Heather on December 18th, 2008 at 4:11 pm »Reply«
   
   

3. This isn’t so much a new resolution, but since I moved to downtown a couple of months ago I’ve been playing a game with myself to see how many days I can go without starting an engine. I’ve got feet, DASH and Metro. My bikes are both racing style –not very useful in the city– so I may get a city bike (folding?) in 2009 to keep the momentum going. Oh yeah, I even picked up a “bag lady” cart so I can go shopping!

   Comment by Mark on December 18th, 2008 at 4:17 pm »Reply«
   
   

4. I sold my car already recently and do nearly all of my travel exclusively by bike mostly, followed by public transit and occasionally joining a car pool with someone else. I do all my shopping on a commuter bike with loaded bags.

   So I guess my resolution is to become more actively engaged in activism, converting hearts and minds, and getting involved in politics in addition to the blogging I started this year. I would like to plan more car free vacations like I did recently with my girlfriend, where we took Amtrak to someplace and then biked to somewhere else or all the way back home. I also want to help plan a display for next years Hollywood Day of The Dead festival to visually display how many Americans die on our roads every year with informational material for people to read.

   Comment by Gary Kavanagh on December 18th, 2008 at 11:04 pm »Reply«
   
   

5. My goal is to complain a lot on the Internet about various issues of transportation.

   Comment by Spokker on December 19th, 2008 at 12:02 am »Reply«
   
   

6. The Militant, who uses all types of land transportation modes to get around, will continue to take advantage of his multimodal choices – not just in 2009, but for the rest of his life! How’s that for dedication?

   Comment by militant angeleno on December 19th, 2008 at 1:55 am »Reply«
   
   

7. I am finally going to get my lazy butt out of bed 10 minutes earlier and try taking the Metro to work at least once a week. I live in Los Feliz and work in Pasadena and the Metro won’t take much longer than the drive, so I’ve really got to try it.

   I also need to finally get a bike helmet so I can wobble around my neighborhood without so much trepidation.

   Comment by Gillian Singletary on December 19th, 2008 at 11:13 am »Reply«
   
   

8. “will continue to take advantage of his multimodal choices – not just in 2009, but for the rest of his life! ” -militant angeleno

   But what about committing to multimodal transit into the afterlife? That’s what all the really hard core transit users who pass away are doing these days…

   Comment by Gary K. on December 19th, 2008 at 11:22 am »Reply«
   
   

9. Since I’m a Metro governance councilmember, I disqualify myself from the prize aspect of this, but I did want to answer the question.

   As the public and legislative affairs director of Southern California Transit Advocates, I resolve to continue advocating for the preservation of existing funds for public transportation, creating new funding sources, and especially for using the Measure R funds approved by the voters to preserve and expand existing service and as leverage for federal funds so that new projects can begin construction before too much time passes.

   A side comment to Spokker: Why can’t you do something positive, rather than continuing your negative ways into the New Year? We can always use voices of advocacy, because there are plenty of critics (most of whom, sadly, comment from uninformed positions) already.

   Comment by Kymberleigh Richards on December 19th, 2008 at 12:24 pm »Reply«
   
   

10. My goal is to finally get my butt onto a bike. I currently walk and ride transit with the occasional car trip. Since I live in San Jose, the transit system is okay but, a bike could really fill in the holes. Butt on a bike in ‘09!

    Comment by Jarrett Mullen on December 19th, 2008 at 12:43 pm »Reply«
    
    

11. I promise to take the #653 to every performance at the Hollywood Bowl that I attend.

    Comment by Rob Dawg on December 19th, 2008 at 12:46 pm »Reply«
    
    

12. My goal is to take transit to work 3 time a week vs. the current average of 2 days a week. Baby steps…

    Comment by bzcat on December 19th, 2008 at 1:04 pm »Reply«
    
    

13. But what about committing to multimodal transit into the afterlife? That’s what all the really hard core transit users who pass away are doing these days…

    They don’t call it “Highway to Hell” fer nuthin’.

    Comment by Rob Dawg on December 19th, 2008 at 2:29 pm »Reply«
    
    

14. “Why can’t you do something positive, rather than continuing your negative ways into the New Year?”

    Advocacy is important but so is not taking yourself so seriously that you turn everybody off to your cause. “Complaining a lot on the Internet” is half-joke, half-truth. I will continue to complain (and praise) about mass transit in SoCal.

    Seriously though, I don’t have a real goal. I mean, I continue to take the train because I like it more than driving. While I will always support more mass transit, I can’t get rid of my car until it gets me everywhere I need to go, instead of just some places.

    Comment by Spokker on December 19th, 2008 at 4:34 pm »Reply«
    
    

15. i plan to get hit on more often on the subway.

    Comment by Mdogg on December 19th, 2008 at 4:41 pm »Reply«
    
    

16. I resolve to go to every local government meeting that’s transit-related, and report on the motions of my local government on my blog. I started this year, but I’m resolving to make it a habit. After what just happened in Riverside to Greyhound, somebody has to keep their eye out.

    Comment by Justin N on December 19th, 2008 at 6:48 pm »Reply«
    
    

17. This coming year, I pledge to blog more frequently — at least once a week — to promote the public transit oriented lifestyle and advocacy in automobile-happy Orange County. I also pledge to stop slobbering over Metro’s sexy marketing.

    Comment by Steven Chan on December 19th, 2008 at 7:12 pm »Reply«
    
    

18. “This coming year, I pledge to blog more frequently — at least once a week — to promote the public transit oriented lifestyle and advocacy in automobile-happy Orange County”

    Ugh, I keep forgetting to bookmark your site. By the way, I pledge to give the OCTA hell if they don’t get that Bravo! rapid bus service up and running soon.

    Comment by Spokker on December 19th, 2008 at 7:20 pm »Reply«
    
    

19. Could I make a transit-oriented New Years resolution this upcoming year? I already commute the full five days from Pacoima to East Hollywood to work on public transit; although with the money I saved taking Metro, I blow it on endless electronic goodies at Fry’s Electronics in Woodland Hills (at the western end of the Orange Line). I do want to get rid of my Honda Accord; that is, until I first get a motorcycle and the license to operate one. I’m noticing new motorcycle spaces are being painted at the NoHo station, unless I’m wrong.

    Comment by TonyW on December 19th, 2008 at 7:53 pm »Reply«
    
    

20. Woo hoo!!! I won?!?

    Comment by bzcat on December 20th, 2008 at 10:27 pm »Reply«
    
    

21. Hey bzcat, I sent you an email yesterday. Let me know if you didn’t receive it, you may want to check if your mail program put it in junk mail.

    Comment by Fred Camino on December 21st, 2008 at 12:50 pm »Reply«
    
    

22. I promise to stop calling the Metro Gold Line the “210 Trolly.”

    Comment by Eric Maundry on December 22nd, 2008 at 4:29 am »Reply«
    
    

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