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Photos: No Pants Metro Ride 2016 in LA
Pantless party time! Sunday was the annual (and chilly!) No Pants Metro Ride. Cities worldwide participated, but I’d like to think that LA did it best. Loaded Hollywood hosted the after party after the no pants revelers paraded their chonies down Hollywood Blvd. The booze was flowing, and the bands were on point. Check out […]
Realtime Arrival Info for Metro Now on Google Maps
I had a friend ask me this week for help planning his route to work using Metro. His motorcycle was in the shop, and he needed to get to Santa Monica from Downtown LA. I gave him my route of choice (720 all the way!), but suggested he check with Google Maps to see if […]
New Scramble Crosswalk at Hollywood & Highland
The rain couldn’t dampen the celebration at councilmember Mitch O’Farrell and LA Department of Transportation General Manager Seleta Reynolds took a ceremonial first walk on Sunday through the new scramble crosswalk at the intersection of Hollywood & Highland. Councilmember O’Farrell and Manager Reynolds addressed a crowd of business owners and local residents regarding LA’s goal […]
Metro Art Presents: Downtown Los Angelesland
Looking for a fun event tonight in Downtown LA? Well, look no further, because Metro has you covered! Tonight at 7:00, join Ambassador of America, Charles Phoenix, for a free presentation which explores DTLA’s historic landmarks, attractions and treasures. The event will be held in the Historic Ticketing Hall of Union Station. Bring a friend, […]
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension to Open March 5, 2016
Metro CEO Phillip A. Washington announced on Thursday that Phase 1 of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Project will officially open to the public on Saturday, March 5, 2016. This will be the first rail line funded and built with the 2008 Measure R countywide sales tax. The Gold Line Extension will extend nearly […]
Metro to Harassers: “It’s Off Limits”
Metro, in partnership with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and the community organization Peace Over Violence (POV), announced last week that its doubling down their efforts to thwart sexual harassment on the bus and rail system. Last spring, Metro rolled out the initial phase of the “It’s Off Limits” campaign. Metro’s semi-annual Customer […]
Figueroa St. in NELA Needs a Road Diet
My first weekend living in Northeast Los Angeles, I was one of the featured storytellers at BUSted, which was making its NELA debut at Future Studio Gallery in Highland Park. Everyone at the gallery was abuzz about a hit and run accident that happened right outside the night before. Irma Yolanda Espinoza-Lugo was in the […]
Check out East LA Interchange at NUFF 2015
This week kicks off the 3rd annual New Urbanism Film Festival in Los Angeles. NUFF will feature films and performances about urban design, architecture, bicycling, transit,and health. I am really looking forward to the documentary, East LA Interchange. Boyle Heights is one of LA’s most storied neighborhoods with a rich history of cultural diversity. Betsy […]
NELA Welcomes Me Home
This month marks what would be my sixth year living in the same apartment building in Koreatown–would. As I mentioned previously, I moved to Northeast Los Angeles a few weeks ago. It was a spontaneous move, but it was the right one. I lived in a 1930’s block apartment off of 3rd and Normandie. It […]
Has anyone seen these before?
About a week ago, I moved to Northeast LA (more on that later). Of course, I’m now taking new buses and trains to get home. I am fortunate to be able to choose between several different bus lines to get home from work, all of which pick up near Pershing Square at Hill & 5th […]
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