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Big Blue Bus Breakthrough

Written by cph on September 6, 2011 — 7 Comments

The Big Blue Breakthrough In the early morning hours of August 29, 2011, a bus pulled up to the intersection of Wilshire and Western, loaded a few passengers, and continued on its route. But this was not one of Metro’s orange Local or red Rapid buses. Nor was it a LADOT DASH shuttle. Instead, this […]

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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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