https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/episode-6-first-woman-everything?in=metrolosangeles/sets/off-peak On our season finale episode of Off Peak, we interview a singular woman in transit history. In 1971 Leilia Bailey-Leahy was the first woman hired as a bus operator [continue reading]
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/episode-5-the-bus-olympics Every year, a handful out of the city’s thousands bus operators compete to choose the best of the best. That’s right, bus operators have their very own Olympics, or [continue reading]
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/episode-4-the-pink-line Only in the 1970s could two teenagers, sick of being the last to get picked up while hitchhiking to the beach, start their very own bus line. In 1971, [continue reading]
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/off-peak-episode-3-night-owl Every night, Metro runs 24-hour service on 29 lines from roughly midnight to 5 a.m. It’s called The Owl, and the service is a lifeline for restaurant workers, security [continue reading]
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/episode-1-true-tales-from-bus-drivers Here’s the podcast description from Metro: Did you know that bus operators occasionally get lost? Also, that they are all freaked out beyond belief on their first day? And [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Hines repealed (Santa Monica Daily Press) The development approvals for a massive residential and commercial project near the future Expo Line were rescinded by the [continue reading]
