Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source in which we round up the latest Metro related tweets in the Twitterverse. To follow Metro on Twitter just search for @MetroLosAngeles. We recommend adding the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets to get our attention. For specific complaints and customer service, please use the Customer Comment Form on Metro.net.
#ArtOfTransit
#MetroWin
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Thanks for using/crediting my photo on your site, @metrolosangeles – http://t.co/INZc9a9
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source in which we round up the latest Metro related tweets in the Twitterverse. To follow Metro on Twitter just search for @MetroLosAngeles. We recommend adding the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets to get our attention.
For specific complaints and customer service, please use the Customer Comment Form on Metro.net.
#MetroWin
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@metrolosangeles rush snack bar at the Hope st entrance of 7th/Metro is seriously amazing! We need more places like this in LA
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source in which we round up the latest Metro related tweets in the Twitterverse. To follow Metro on Twitter just search for @MetroLosAngeles. We recommend adding the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets to get our attention. For specific complaints and customer service, please use the Customer Comment Form on Metro.net.
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source in which we round up the latest Metro related tweets in the Twitterverse. To follow Metro on Twitter just search for @MetroLosAngeles. We recommend adding the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets to get our attention.
For specific complaints and customer service, please use the Customer Comment Form on Metro.net.
#ArtOfTransit
#MetroWin
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@metrolosangeles Silver Line operator on 7/22 @ 00:15 bus #8360 knew how to take only zone fare when presented with EZ Pass + TAP $ purse
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source in which we’ll round up the latest Metro related tweets in the Twitterverse. To follow Metro on Twitter just search for @MetroLosAngeles. We recommend adding the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets to get our attention.
And when it comes to complaints, the best way to get them addressed is to use the Customer Comment Form on Metro.net. There you can provide all the detail needed so that customer service reps may best address your problems.
Remember to tag your tweet pics with #artoftransit. This one is courtesy of @lowimpactbetty.
the_brein#MTA Blue Line is on point today. Missed one train, but the next one came 2 minutes later. I’m goin places today! @metrolosangeles
militantangleno Dear @Metrolosangeles – Wanna let you know that Orange Line op #18298 is really cool, friendly & professional! Pls give her a raise/bonus!
After the jump, #MetroMusings on #Carmageddon and other issues plus this week’s #MetroFail tweets. Continue reading →
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source in which we’ll round up the latest Metro related tweets in the Twitterverse. To follow Metro on Twitter just search for @MetroLosAngeles. We recommend adding the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets to get our attention.
And when it comes to complaints, the best way to get them addressed is to use the Customer Comment Form on Metro.net. There you can provide all the detail needed so that customer service reps may best address your problems.
#Carmageddon
mindykaling I bet you there’ll be so many babies conceived during Carmageddon
DavidSpade nostradamus predicted carmageddon… and i think mob wives.. and possibly hoarders but i may be wrong
lastreetsblog Why does Streetsblog not cover Carmageddon? Because we don’t think Angelenos are idiots. bit.ly/nHCtgN
MJMcKean I’m tired of “carmageddon“. I’m going with “carmagaddadavida”.
MissLeslieG Harry Potter opens the weekend of Carmageddon. What do I do? My Nimbus 3000 is in the shop! #ITrulyAmADork
therealzooeyd Getting ready for ‘carmageddon‘ just excited it’s not karma-karma-karma-karma-karma-mageddon! because that one comes and goes. #boygeorge
thepatrickwalsh Everyone in LA is freaking out about Carmageddon. What they should be scared of is what will hit a few weeks later: Jeep Impact.
After the jump… #ArtOfTransit, #MetroFail and more.
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source in which we’ll round up the latest Metro related tweets in the Twitterverse. To follow Metro on Twitter just search for @MetroLosAngeles. We recommend adding the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets to get our attention.
And when it comes to complaints, the best way to get them addressed is to use the Customer Comment Form on Metro.net. There you can provide all the detail needed so that customer service reps may best address your problems.
Remember to tag your tweet pics with #artoftransit. This one of San Pedro’s classic Red Car is courtesy of @thedudeabides.
A few weeks back I noticed an interesting chart on the America Public Transportation Association [APTA] website on how long people had been riding transit. The chart was compiled using data provided by local agencies across the U.S.
In particular, I was struck by their numbers showing that a lot of people — about 30 percent of people surveyed nationally — had been riding transit continuously for one year or less. That suggests that for whatever reason(s), people are willing to try transit.
I posted a similar poll on The Source. As of Thursday, there were 364 responses and the results are above. That’s not exactly overwhelming and certainly not scientific.
With those caveats, it’s still intriguing to compare our numbers to the numbers from APTA. In our poll, about 15 percent of those who responded said they had been riding transit continuously for a year or less and 70 percent had been riding continuously for two years or more.
It’s obvious from the commentaries that one reason this story has legs is that it’s a divisive topic that is tangled up with all sorts of other contentious issues. Gentrification, taxation, central planning vs. market forces and generational differences are all mixed up making a cocktail that you either love or hate.
Good points are brought up on both sides of the issue. Urban planning professor Robert Bruegmann notes that while Europe’s dense central cities may be implementing anti-car policies, more Europeans are actually moving to the suburbs and living in American style sprawl.
One of the most interesting takes on the issue comes from Laurie Volk and Todd Zimmerman – two researchers who look at housing market trends and demographics. They think that while most Americans currently flinch at the thought of curbing the car, a cultural change is coming with the Millennial generation.
Millennials, now the largest generation in the nation’s history, are the first generation raised in the auto utopia of the ’70s and ’80s. Many millennials have vowed to spare their offspring a similar auto-oriented childhood. We predict that millennials in much larger percentages than predecessor generations will remain in urban neighborhoods when they become parents, fighting for school excellence and robust transportation alternatives to the private automobile.
Yesterday’s New York Times article on Europe’s efforts to shore up transportation alternatives at the expense of driving stirred up a lot of conversation around the net – including right here on The Source. Our informal poll asking readers whether the agree with European transportation policy racked up over 170 votes since it was posted.
The overall feedback from readers? The majority (72%) agree that it’s worth inconveniencing the private car to encourage more alternatives.
A smaller percentage (26%) think that we should invest in more transportation alternatives – but not at the expense of cars. Of course, that begs the question: is it possible to make alternatives attractive when policy makes driving super convenient?
Only 2% feel that the U.S. way is the automobile, and it’s best to leave it that way.
Of course, our readership is biased – according to our Reader Survey, over 70% of our readers are regular transit riders. Opinions may vary on L.A. hot rod enthusiast blogs.
The poll is still open, so please feel free to add your two cents. And after the jump, a few highlighted comments from readers.
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