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Daily Transit Links Roundup for 6/20/08

Added on Friday, June 20th, 2008

Metrolink

The illusion of control: in a car you’ve got control, in a bus you don’t. Or is that really the case?
Angelenos dump the pump with gusto. Not hard with gas prices over $4/gallon.
In Orange County, 10,000 people downloaded a free transit pass offered by OCTA for Dump the Pump Day.
Metrolink hits 50,000 riders on Tueday, its highest single day ridership EVAR.
A freeway is completed and traffic increases.

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Daily Transit Links Roundup - Dump The Pump Edition

Added on Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Dump the Pump

Image courtesy of alburn.binkley.

Giving up everything for gas: more and more people are cutting out “non-essential” items like coffee, dining out, and vacations so they can afford the cost of gasoline, an “essential” item. Me? I’m eating out more than ever.
The shocking truth about exurbia in the age of $4/gallon gasoline: “My fuel costs are more than my mortgage is by a couple hundred bucks”
The brilliance of our national transportation system exposed: as gas prices rise, people are driving a lot less, which means less gas taxes are collected, which means money for infrastructure improvements and alternate modes is scarce. Brillz. Faulkers.
Megabus alternative? California Shuttle Bus to offer rides from L.A. to San Fran starting at $5.
Grade separate Malibu! Apparently the idyllic beach city is #1 in traffic fatalities and injuries.

Posted in Morning Commute | 7 Comments »

Daily-ish Transit Links Roundup For 6/17/08

Added on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Metro Bus Signs

Image courtesy of Marco Siguenza.

Average white guy goes Metro, doesn’t like it, shares some ideas on how to improve the system.
A new report shows that Los Angeles has the worst traffic congestion. Woot.
It’s Dump the Pump Week, or, Save a Whole Buncha Money Week.
Gas prices get peeps onto public transit, even in places like Durham, North Carolina.
Anecdotal evidence proves that high gas prices are thinning out traffic in L.A.

Posted in Morning Commute | 9 Comments »

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