Metro Purple Line to open first stop on Wilshire and La Cienega
Los Angeles – The long-awaited Purple Line extension may open on La Cienega/Wilshire instead of the initially planned Fairfax/Wilshire stop due to construction concerns. According to a memo from the...
View ArticlePopularity of LA’s Light-Rail System Growing
Los Angeles – While getting Los Angeles residents out of their cars has proven a tough task, the expansion of the city’s rail transit service in the past two decades shows more Angelenos embracing...
View ArticleExpo Line – Culver City and Farmdale stations opened
Los Angeles, CA – The newly extended Expo line has created a lot of excitement in the Downtown area and surrounding communities. Both the local area and USC have greatly benefitted from this new...
View ArticleLand Use Law & Order
On January 18, 2013, I attended UCLA Extension’s annual Land Use Law and Planning Conference which covered a wide range of current land use and environmental issues. Held at the historic Millennium...
View ArticleStrike 3: Los Angeles Does Not Even Swing–But Does Miss on Transit
From Metro Library and Archive + Add Metro Transportation Library and Archive At one time, Los Angeles had the backbone of a great transit system. Today, it does not! Why not? Background From 1902 to...
View ArticleLos Angeles: 20 Years after Speed
I was watching TV the other night when the movie Speed (1994) came on. For those who have not seen it, Speed is an action film set in Los Angeles that starred Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis...
View ArticleSurveys: Finding Out What People Want
What do people want? What do community members like or dislike? As planners, these are the types of questions we generally ask as part of any planning process. Obviously, one way to find out is by...
View ArticleConnecting the Dots: Shuttle Services for Unincorporated Areas
Whenever “public transit” is mentioned here in Los Angeles, most people immediately think of Metro and the transportation services it offers. This is only logical considering that Metro directly...
View ArticleMetro Purple Line to open first stop on Wilshire and La Cienega
Los Angeles – The long-awaited Purple Line extension may open on La Cienega/Wilshire instead of the initially planned Fairfax/Wilshire stop due to construction concerns. According to a memo from the...
View ArticlePopularity of LA’s Light-Rail System Growing
Los Angeles – While getting Los Angeles residents out of their cars has proven a tough task, the expansion of the city’s rail transit service in the past two decades shows more Angelenos embracing...
View ArticleExpo Line – Culver City and Farmdale stations opened
Los Angeles, CA – The newly extended Expo line has created a lot of excitement in the Downtown area and surrounding communities. Both the local area and USC have greatly benefitted from this new...
View ArticleLand Use Law & Order
On January 18, 2013, I attended UCLA Extension’s annual Land Use Law and Planning Conference which covered a wide range of current land use and environmental issues. Held at the historic Millennium...
View ArticleStrike 3: Los Angeles Does Not Even Swing–But Does Miss on Transit
From Metro Library and Archive + Add Metro Transportation Library and Archive At one time, Los Angeles had the backbone of a great transit system. Today, it does not! Why not? Background From 1902 to...
View ArticleLos Angeles: 20 Years after Speed
I was watching TV the other night when the movie Speed (1994) came on. For those who have not seen it, Speed is an action film set in Los Angeles that starred Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis...
View ArticleSurveys: Finding Out What People Want
What do people want? What do community members like or dislike? As planners, these are the types of questions we generally ask as part of any planning process. Obviously, one way to find out is by...
View ArticleConnecting the Dots: Shuttle Services for Unincorporated Areas
Whenever “public transit” is mentioned here in Los Angeles, most people immediately think of Metro and the transportation services it offers. This is only logical considering that Metro directly...
View ArticleRiding the Bus: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
It has been over two months since I became a regular bus rider. As I shared in my previous article, my office recently moved from Koreatown (where I was able to reach with ease riding the subway) to...
View ArticleMetro Purple Line to open first stop on Wilshire and La Cienega
Los Angeles – The long-awaited Purple Line extension may open on La Cienega/Wilshire instead of the initially planned Fairfax/Wilshire stop due to construction concerns. According to a memo from the...
View ArticlePopularity of LA’s Light-Rail System Growing
Los Angeles – While getting Los Angeles residents out of their cars has proven a tough task, the expansion of the city’s rail transit service in the past two decades shows more Angelenos embracing...
View ArticleExpo Line – Culver City and Farmdale stations opened
Los Angeles, CA – The newly extended Expo line has created a lot of excitement in the Downtown area and surrounding communities. Both the local area and USC have greatly benefitted from this new...
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