Category Archives: Local History
Between the Westside and the Valley; A History of Bus Service through the Sepulveda Pass
As “Carmageddon” (the closure of I-405 in the Sepulveda Pass) fades into history for the next eleven months, let us now discuss the history of bus services between West Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley Between the Westside and the Valley – Before the I-405 Before there was a road in the Sepulveda Pass, […]
A Road Fit for a King : Transit Service on Imperial Highway
Since the mid 1910s, agricultural interests in California’s Imperial Valley had proposed a 220-mile highway stretching from Calexico to Los Angeles. 1930 saw the start of construction on this so-called “Imperial Highway,” a new road through southern Los Angeles County, northern Orange County, through the Santa Ana River Canyon into Riverside County, then southeasterly into […]
Main and Los Angeles Streets, Downtown — Worth the Walk
After arriving in downtown Los Angeles, I still had about an hour before my Southern California Transit Advocates meeting. So I decided to do a little urban exploration, on foot. I looked down Spring Street. Didn’t see too many people walking around, so I thought, “A walk down Main would be more rewarding.” So I […]
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