Contributed by
Fred Camino on June 11th, 2006 at 2:33 am
So I’ve implemented a new calendar feature on this site where all Metro related events can be posted. Events can be anything related to the “public transit lifestyle”, ranging from Transit Coalition Meetings to local events like Downtown’s Grand Performances that are easily accessible by public transit. Be sure to include as much pertinent information as possible, especially rail or bus lines that serve the event. Also include a link to the refering website if at all possible. Events will be highlighted (in orange) on the calendar on the sidebar, and a list of upcoming events can also be viewed by clicking “events” in the top navigation.
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ScottMercer on June 10th, 2006 at 11:37 pm
This blog is about the “public transit lifestyle.” So where better to talk about such a thing than in Los Angeles?
Huh? Isn’t that utterly wrong? Isn’t L.A. where the car is king? Where you roll unemcumbered at 65 mph down endless empty freeways in your 1960’s convertible, your hair blowing in breeze, as you ride into the sunset with The Beach Boys playing on your AM radio? No. It isn’t. You’ve been watching too many Frankie and Annette movies, my friend.
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Fred Camino on June 10th, 2006 at 11:46 am
According to the Daily News, the Orange Line is reaching capacity due to it’s surging popularity as of late. The article states that ridership in May was 22,000 per day, surpassing the expected 5,000 to 7,000 per day initially forecasted by MTA, and exceeding the ridership of the nearly three year old Gold Line light rail. Rising gas prices are cited as a major reason for the stunning increase in ridership. Read the entire article here.
Having ridden the Orange Line for the first time last weekend (I took it from North Hollywood to Warner Center and back), I am a bit curious as to how the MTA gets its ridership numbers for the “bus that acts like a train”.
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Contributed by
Fred Camino on June 9th, 2006 at 3:49 pm
Go ahead and register for MetroRiderLA to automatically join the blogging team. By registering you will be upgraded to contributor level, which means you can write draft articles which can then be approved and published by the administrators. If we really like you then we’ll upgrade you to author level, where you can bypass the approval process and get your very important articles out to the world instantly. Thanks for the support, and we look forward to your stories!
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Contributed by
Matt Walsh on June 9th, 2006 at 1:43 pm
I ride the red line to Koreatown every morning, changing at Wilshire/Vermont for the final leg. Any of the thousands of people who do this daily know that it involves a madcap dash down a long flight of stairs, all too often to find your train pulling away just as you reach the bottom.
Well the other day, I was only a 1/4 of the way down and saw the train there. I knew i wouldn’t make it. It was clearly impossible. But thats when I saw the hero of the day, a crazy bearded smiling dirty dude standing in front of the doors, wildly waving us in.
I felt such joy as I ran down those steps. But as I got closer, I began to question his motives. Was this hirsute man helping us out of a sense of altruism? Or did he have an ulterior motive? DID HE WANT MY POCKET CHANGE?!!?!
I made sure to get onto the train a few cars away from him.
Contributed by
tykejohnson on June 9th, 2006 at 12:36 pm
Here at MetroRiderLA we believe that to truly participate and support a public transit lifestyle we must have a forum for things other than news and events about LACTMA. That’s why we’ve created the MetroLit category. MetroLit is a place to post your personal experiences with metro through more literary means including, but not limited to: short stories, essays, poetry and images. A press release and news conference can only tell so much, but it’s from the rider that we can learn so much more.
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