Category Archives: Transit 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 […]

MTA #266: From Pasadena to Lakewood

A More Than Red Cars reader writes:   How about an “analysis” (historical review) of Lines 76 (Valley Blvd. to El Monte from Downtown L.A.), and Line 266 (Sierra Madre Station to Lakewood Center via Rosemead Blvd.? Maybe a review of these two bus lines will draw attention to getting more service on them!   […]