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…
Public Transit in L.A.: an older-but-wiser look back
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…