Monthly Archives: July, 2011

Photo essay: Expo Line cars reach Washington Bl.

Written by cph on July 31, 2011 — 2 Comments

Last September,  took a trip along the under-construction Expo Line, between Downtown LA and Culver City. Now there are test trains running, but up until about a week ago, the trains ran along the Exposition Bl. segment of the route, where I rarely go anymore. Last week, however, I started seeing Expo Line cars (similar […]

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Transit Trip in Trouble: OCTA-NCTD Connection Under Attack

Written by cph on July 25, 2011 — 3 Comments

The Transit Gods both giveth and taketh away, nowadays. It was just a few months ago when transit fans were excited over the possibility of an all-transit trip between Los Angeles and San Francisco. But now another classic all-transit trip is threatened. The connection between the Orange County Transit Agency and the North County Transit […]

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Between the Westside and the Valley; A History of Bus Service through the Sepulveda Pass

Written by cph on July 18, 2011 — 2 Comments

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, […]

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