MetroRiderLA

• The high price of gas has to be the fault of some greedy corporation or overzealous government, right?
• The United States is stuck in oil based stasis as the rest of the world moves on.
• Transit agencies face increased ridership and increased fuel costs.
• Planners transforming Sepulveda and Lincoln Boulevard in Westchester into pedestrian friendly thoroughfares.
• Starting in July, it may be a lot easier to catch a cab in Downtown and Hollywood.
• Questioning the solvency of the Gold Line in spite of increased ridership.

• Rail, racialism, and L.A.’s eternal struggle with both.
• In case you still didn’t know, the gas-tax holiday is stupid.
• How much for that subway to the sea? $6.5 billion baby.
• Most Powerfullest Nation In The Universe has a baby-dick of rail system.  Other well-endowed countries laugh.
• The real Miss Traffic is a Metro public relations MILF.  But what about Stefanie?

• Public transportation takes 800,000 cars off California roads.
• Long Beach Press Telegram fails to see the connection between these three things: global climate, local traffic, and air pollution.  Laughable article, a must read.
• The little bus line that could. Bus 108,serving Marina del Rey, has been saved!
• California Progress Report tries to teach Dan Walters a lesson about High Speed Rail.

• The Palmdale Flyer begins service today.
• DASH now offering monthly passes in response to Metro ending pass reimbursement.
• Sidetrack the subsidies for high speed rail!
• It seems that even environmentalists are not immune to car-culture, Grist offers a reminder.

• Bus travel making a comeback? Megabus faces new competition with Bolt Bus (on the East Coast).
• CalPIRG students take an extended spring break with a bike tour from San Francisco to LA to promote high speed rail.
• By removing landscaping (who needs it), Dodger Stadium adds 1,000 more parking spaces, but fans are still aprehensive about traffic.
• Livable Places is hosting a Community Workshop to make the Chinatown Gold Line station more pedestrain/bicyclist friendly.

Image courtesy of Fire Monkey Fish.

• Transit Oriented Development in North Hollywood is almost done. Ignore the 700-space parking lot plz.
• Art students in Santa Monica join forces with the Big Blue Bus to promote a greener lifestyle.
• Cabo this is not: students gather in San Francisco for spring break in support of California High Speed Rail.
• Here’s an idea: if you want to go green, don’t get a “green car”, just don’t get a car.