Monthly Archives: April, 2011
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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