According to the 2011 Annual Urban Mobility Report (PDF), by the Texas Transportation Institute, Los Angeles traffic congestion has declined from a few years ago; however, some of this is due to the current economic [...]
Let’s crunch some numbers and export them into a data matrix regarding Commuting Statistics for Los Angeles County. The data contained herein is based on information and statistics from the 2010 Census presented at American [...]
Last week I went to the RETHINK LA: PERSPECTIVES ON A FUTURE CITY – Moving Beyond Cars Party, and in addition to the great set of 20 innovative and creative photos (PDF) that were featured, [...]
One of the nation’s busiest freeway’s, Interstate 405, is slated to close to decrease its congestion via necessary construction for about 53 hours. Although, some might find it silly that such a matter would and [...]
In 2010, California spent 11.66 Billion dollars on transportation and all that entails as indicated below. According to a new study by the Pew Center of the States and the Rockefeller Foundation entitled, Measuring Transportation [...]
On Friday, I took LA’s Crenshaw/I-105 Metro Station, aka as the “Green Line,” going west. The last time I took the Green Line, I was traveling to Long Beach. But today, I’m heading to downtown [...]
Now celebrating its 17th year, Bike Week LA (formally Bike to Work Week). is the place and chance for everyone who commutes by car to become familiar with using bicycles to get work–or anywhere else–to [...]
As gas prices get closer and closer to $5.00 a gallon, embracing the idea of using LA Metro gets easier and easier. In fact, in the LA Metro area, bus ridership increased 4.6% in January [...]
As gas prices continue to rise, I’m going to use Metro more often. However, a huge drawback when using Metro is the wait time at a particular bus stop. If I knew in advance, for [...]
At the corner of 1st and Soto Street in Boyle Heights is where the Soto Metro Station is located. Indeed, from the first moment I lied my eyes upon it, I silently said to myself, [...]
More often than not, using the Metro will usually take longer than traveling by car, especially if you live on the Westside. Therefore, successful time management is almost always one of the more important issues [...]
Unlike three other major metropolitan areas, the Los Angeles Metro saw fewer mass transit commuters in 2009 compared to 2008, based on a new study just published by the US Census Bureau. In the survey [...]
Do you live on the Westside? If you do, you know how much of a hassle taking Metro can be. But don’t get me wrong, I really like Metro, but their service to the Westside [...]
The news is out, the Big Blue Bus finally made it to Google maps. Although it’s great news, it’s also about time. After reading this news, I thought I’d play with Google a little bit [...]
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