The Transit Coalition has set up a conference with Metropolitan Transportation Authority rail operations officials for Tuesday, October 24 at 6:45 p.m.
The information was taken from the group’s message board.
The monthly Transit Coalition dinner is coming up next Tuesday, July 25th at 6:30pm at Philippes the Original in Downtown LA. I highly recommend every reader of this blog do what they can to attend the meeting and show your continued support and interest in the future of transit in Los Angeles. The meetings are informal but informative, and everyone involved is extremely friendly and welcoming to new members. You’ll pick up a wealth of new information, discuss the most recent events relating to LA transit, and have the opportunity to speak your mind. The Los Angeles Public Transit community is growing everyday online, with new blogs and sites forming every week, but it’s one thing to sit in front of your computer and write a rant or post an opinion, it’s another to get up and really get involved. So hop on your favorite mode of public transportation and make your way Downtown next Tuesday from some tasty french dipped sandwiches and a few hours of transit talk.
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Over at LAist there is a post stating the the Bus Riders Union (BRU) has been visiting various neighborhood councils trying to gain support for extending the consent decree which is due to expire this year. In a video interview posted in the article, BRU organizer Lisa Adler talks about MTA’s actions that led to the consent decree ruling:
“We were able to demonstrate that MTA was stealing bus funds that served a predominately black, latino, and asian population and using those funds to construct and operate a rail system that at the time was serving a predominately white or caucasian population.”
I just found this great blog dedicated to LA’s only subway, the Metro Red Line. The Metro Red Line Blog has very imformative and well written posts “about the future of the Metro Red Line and a candid examination of all consumer issues that will result in improved service to the users.” It seems that the blog is created by the members of The Transit Coalition and has the following goals:
Today I came across the website of the Southern California Transit Advocates (SO.CA.TA), an organization dedicated to the future of public transit in the Southern California region. They support a number of ideals that I agree with (although I also support underground rail, something they are against due to the expense) and overall seem like a very well informed group. Admitedly the website design is somewhat lacking, but this seems to be something of a trend among transit websites in general. But the content is there, which automatically makes it 100 times better than MTA’s aesthetically pleasing but functionally challenged website. I plan on joining and attending some of the meetings, and you should to!
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