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.
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Rants:
loveandhatela @metrolosangeles #MTA u let a bus leave the yard without any working air conditioning? that is just mean- i #hate saunas fyi metro 66 #9418
GraphikDeziner Major @metrolosangeles #Fail on the Redline comin down today. It was the 405 meets subway stop & go 50 times. 35mins 2 h/h + nausea & no a/c
SimonOh @metrolosangeles Transit TV onboard buses are very annoying.
ghostgirl13 Sometimes I really do hate @metrolosangeles. Trains are running late & now the rapid bus is 10 minutes late.
Dianasauries Sometimes I want to stop using @metrolosangeles when they can’t keep stations w/a basic level of sanitation. Gross. #notworthit #gettingsick.
kapope @metrolosangeles, I wish the 108 ran more regularly in the morning (from Marina).
afrikantraveler @metrolosangeles is killing me right bow. 1 bus in 30 min that was stuffed and unboardable. No chance of getting to class in time now.
gbrey @metrolosangeles unhappy 733 w/plenty standing rm passed us on Fairfax/Venice. Ever heard of telling folks to move 2 the back 2 make room?!
Props:
trekntravel @metrolosangeles thank you for the redline alert tonight as it did more to explain problem than your station monitors.
RobertMoranLA I am riding on the Foothill Transit Silver Streak and laughing at all the people who are stuck in their cars in the rain. #metrolosangeles.
falling_icarus @metrolosangeles its rainy days like this, when the frwys are a mess, that I am glad I take the train in to LA.
Kythera Today was an excellent transit day! 😀 #metrolosangeles
After the jump, tweets from CicLAvia, some good ideas and one GREAT idea.
CicLAvia:
hnjohnso Back from @CicLAvia. It was awesome! Macho (my dog) and I walked from @macarthurparkLA to Hollenbeck Park and took @metrolosangeles back.
hnjohnso Also @metrolosangeles should have had more cars on the Gold Line for @ciclavia. It was super packed.
SimonOh Briefly spoke with a nice couple onboard a @metrolosangeles Gold Line train, both coming back from #cicLAvia. I need to learn to ride soon.
chuljin ‘don’t crowd!’ announcement at gold line stations, directed explicitly at cyclists. glad to see #cyclavia has @metrolosangeles‘ ‘support’.
Good ideas:
PeltFrelken LA Rapid needs this: NYC now has a rapid bus w/ streetside fare collection. http://bit.ly/9oLWcP Please, someone at #metrolosangeles c this!
helenbedd2 @abc7 Downtown LA bars & restaurants need to convince @metrolosangeles to stay open later!!
kapope @metrolosangeles, we need more places to replenish TAP cards using credit cards. Seriously.
GREAT idea:
trekntravel Hey @metrolosangeles please consider sending your twitter feeds directly into your metro rail station monitors and promoting twitter handle
Observations in transit:
tykejohnson Gotta love when #metrolosangeles 1st timers get a lunatic screamer to accost the bus and clear everyone off. Hope they give it another try.
RecessionistaLA A forthcoming column to our premiere @RecessionistaLA website/blog will be one on discovering LA by @MetroLosAngeles. Go Green, Go Metro!
Waltarrrrr You know you ride @metrolosangeles a lot when the day you’re driving around LA, see familiar buses and want to ditch the car and jump on.
kenyaw Continuing the @metrolosangeles transit tour. Today: #BlueLine to #RedLine to #GoldLine to #Pasadena
anahr ticket inspection this morning by @metrolosangeles police…kinda makes it feel more like a mass transit system
AnarchyGarden Sitting in LA trafficc for over an hour. @EpitaphSynchs has the right idea. He takes @metrolosangeles
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