Tuesday night, I took the Blue Line to the Long Beach Plug-in 2009 Conference in 2009.  At first, I was excited to take the Metro Rail once again; earlier that morning, I had visited Pasadena for a meeting using the Gold Line.  I kept wondering, “Why would anyone diss mass transit?”  Well, when I finally [...]

Los Angeles has many issues surrounding its transportation woes, but rail is not, well, a total loss here.  Folks outside of LA are often surprised when I mention that Los Angeles has a few local rail lines and a pretty extensive commuter train system.  The system is not as extensive as we’d like, but as [...]