Monthly Archives: January, 2010

Santa Barbara Greyhound station to close

Written by cph on January 16, 2010 — 5 Comments

The story was in the January 12, 2010 Santa Barbara News Press: “Greyhound On The Move.” Greyhound is closing its Santa Barbara terminal, and, at this point in time, doesn’t know where in Santa Barbara it will stop. On a Greyhound enthusiast’s mailing list, a retired Greyhound employe  describes the Santa Barbara Greyhound station as […]

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Dec 12 trip on LADOT #534

Written by cph on January 2, 2010 — Leave a Comment

On December 12, 2009 I took a ride on the LADOT Commuter Express #534. This is a “reverse commute” line that leaves Downtown LA in the morning for Century City and returns to LA in the afternoon. It’s also unique as it runs entirely along surface streets (primarily Olympic Blvd); no freeway travel involved. This […]

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Welcome to More Than Red Cars

Written by cph on January 1, 2010 — 1 Comment

Hello, and welcome to More Than Red Cars I am Charles P. Hobbs (“cph” on most transit blog comments) and have been involved in transit advocacy and transportation history since 1984.  I have also been a research/technical/medical librarian for the past 20 years. The name of this blog is also the working title to a […]

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