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Mass Transit Systems

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    U.S. Senator Inouye Puts Villaraigosa, MTA on Notice

    U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii has sent a letter to the MTA regarding a pet project of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, "strongly" urging the transportation agency to "be responsive to the concerns and ideas of both residents and businesses located in Little Tokyo." Local community acti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    MTA Orders More Handicapped Training After Channel 7 Report

    Metropolitan Transit Authority workers are about to receive more training on how to handle handicapped bus riders -- some of whom had been thrown out of improperly secured wheelchairs during sudden traffic stops. The MTA action taken Thursday came in response to a two-month ABC Channel 7 undercov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    The Thin Blue Line Strikes Again

    LAist reports that an MTA Blue Line train collided with a car or truck earlier this afternoon at Washington Boulevard and Main Street, sending one person to the hospital. A later blog post by the L.A. Times claims a total of three people were injured, with one woman trapped in the vehicle. Only last ... More >>

  • LA Life

    April 23, 2009

    LA People 2009: No More Mr. Nice Guy — Damien Goodmon

    LAist reports that an MTA Blue Line train collided with a car or truck earlier this afternoon at Washington Boulevard and Main Street, sending one person to the hospital. A later blog post by the L.A. Times claims a total of three people were injured, with one woman trapped in the vehicle. Only last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2009

    What's My (MTA) Line? A Tale of Two Names

    L.A. County Supervisor Gloria Molina's proposal to christen the stretch of the Gold Line that cuts through the mostly Latino Eastside  "Linea de Oro" met with the reality of all cultural politics in this city and emerged with a cumbersome, but bilingual moniker. The Metropolitan Transportation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2009

    Is N.Y. Times' 'Freaknomics' Falling in Love With L.A.?

    Talk about your truth and reconciliation commissions -- South Africa's have had nothing on the New York Times, lately. Or at least, that paper's Freakonomics blog, which has been running a six-part series written by UCLA's Eric A. Morris, alluringly called "Los Angeles Transportation Facts and Ficti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    Two Trains Running -- Or Maybe Not

    MTA Headquarters: Have the deciders decided?Photo: Dave Parker/WikipediaDamien Goodmon, South L.A.'s indefatigable public transportation activist, is sounding an alarm about the possible shelving of rail projects in his heavily African American community. Goodmon's group, the Citizens' Campaign to F ... More >>

  • News

    March 13, 2008

    Did Subway Cheaters Put Egg On L.A.'s Face?

    MTA is dismantling the honor system, jacking up construction costs and lying about why

  • News

    July 6, 2006

    Shooting Down Trains

    LAX director is no big fan of the Green Line

  • News

    November 24, 2005

    Low-Quality Promise

    Mayor stretches his word on commission appointment

  • News

    November 17, 2005

    Go, Henry, Go

    Light at the end of the Red Line tunnel

  • News

    September 1, 2005

    Letters

    Light at the end of the Red Line tunnel

  • News

    August 18, 2005

    The Subway Mayor

    How a bus-only politician — and a car-obsessed city — are learning to love the underground

  • News

    August 18, 2005

    Highs and Lows of L.A. Rail

    How a bus-only politician — and a car-obsessed city — are learning to love the underground

  • News

    July 28, 2005

    Summer of Power

    Antonio and his pursuit of a new L.A.

  • News

    March 3, 2005

    Red Line to Somewhere

    Henry Waxman is onboard — sort of

  • News

    March 3, 2005

    Dennis Zine, City Council District 3

    Henry Waxman is onboard — sort of

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    Mass Transit in L.A.

    Henry Waxman is onboard — sort of

  • News

    November 27, 2003

    Let Them Pick Up Garbage

    A plan for avoiding transit strikes in Los Angeles

  • News

    November 20, 2003

    Back in the Room

    Exposing the power play that had silenced four labor-friendly MTA members

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    All A-Bored

    The MTA’s mechanics aren’t the striking janitors of 2000

  • News

    October 30, 2003

    Stuck in Idle

    Political reasons for the sluggish MTA contract talks

  • News

    August 28, 2003

    CitySweep

    Political reasons for the sluggish MTA contract talks

  • News

    April 25, 2002

    Letters

    Political reasons for the sluggish MTA contract talks

  • News

    April 4, 2002

    Derailed Dreams

    Bus Riders Union is bad for L.A.'s transit future

  • News

    July 26, 2001

    Letters

    Bus Riders Union is bad for L.A.'s transit future

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    Almost Aboard

    Eastside L.A. ponders its transit future

  • News

    March 15, 2001

    A Vision for the City

    A Weekly roundtable on the issues, movements and prospects for a progressive Los Angeles

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    The Part-Time Machine

    Sometimes it’s enough to save full-time jobs

  • Calendar

    October 26, 2000

    Tale of Two Strikes

    Why the SEIU caved and the UTU hung tough

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    Mechanical Decency

    Ignoring their president and the governor, the MTA’s mechanics stick by the drivers

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    Tensions on Board

    Many Latino bus riders at odds with drivers and MTA strike

  • Calendar

    October 5, 2000

    MTA Game Plan

    The poor walk, so that the middle class can shrink

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    Smelly Buses

    Audit finds sloppy procedures and interest conflicts in bus contract

  • News

    October 21, 1999

    Money for a Whistle Blower

    MTA reaches out-of-court settlement with fired worker who alleged kickback

  • News

    May 13, 1999

    Los Dos Richards

    Does Alatorre have a future?

  • News

    May 6, 1999

    No Fun To Stay at the MTA

    The price of truth-telling

  • News

    April 29, 1999

    Alatorre Takes the Fifth — 108 Times

    A federal suit may connect the dots on the doings of L.A.’s sleaziest councilman

  • News

    April 1, 1999

    The Arroyo Special

    The Blue Line is a damned good idea — that costs too damned much

  • News

    January 28, 1999

    Letters

    The Blue Line is a damned good idea — that costs too damned much

  • News

    January 14, 1999

    Fast Track

    I got railroaded and now I’m hooked

  • Supplement

    November 26, 1998

    1997 Timeline

    I got railroaded and now I’m hooked

  • News

    November 5, 1998

    Dig No More

    But is this anyway to kill a subway?

  • News

    October 22, 1998

    Letters

    ...Some MTA officials have had the audacity to refer to the new coaches as "clean diesel." There is no such thing as "clean diesel," only dirty diesel and less dirty diesel. Both produce cancer-causing emissions...

  • News

    September 24, 1998

    Clean Air Takes Back Seat

    ...Some MTA officials have had the audacity to refer to the new coaches as "clean diesel." There is no such thing as "clean diesel," only dirty diesel and less dirty diesel. Both produce cancer-causing emissions...

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    Upgrades on the Gravy Train

    We got laws for jokers like these

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    Truth Has Consequences at the MTA

    Top cop blows Earnest case, bids for good press anyway

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    Gridlock

    A Weekly roundtable discussion on the future of transportation in Los Angeles (that is, on the future of Los Angeles)

  • News

    March 5, 1998

    Checchi on the Cheap

    A Weekly roundtable discussion on the future of transportation in Los Angeles (that is, on the future of Los Angeles)

  • News

    February 5, 1998

    Limited Access

    Ramps and attitudes need fixing on L.A. public transit

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