What follows is an informal, incomplete comparison between the experience of riding public transit in Los Angeles and that of a rider in Toronto and Montreal. I offer the comparison because I can. I just returned from two weeks in Toronto and Montreal, and traveled exclusively by train and bus while there. Several…
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Public Transit in L.A.: an older-but-wiser look back
Posted on Author Tim AdamsPosted in Los Angeles MTA mass public transit environmentalism Red Line Purple Line Blue Line Green Line
What follow are some thoughts on public transit that I haven’t read elsewhere and think I should share. This is a “wrapping up” essay for me. I don’t live in L.A. anymore, and doubt I’ll move back. The few Angelenos who knew of my TransitPeople labors probably thought of me more as a…