Can you be enticed out of your car for public transit?

Hosted by Steve Chiotakis Oct. 23, 2019 Los Angeles

Metro Blue Line / Expo Line at Pico station. Photo credit: Prayitno (CC BY 2.0).

Today’s show is all about public transit: trains and buses, and how they affect everyday Angelenos, even if you never ride them.

From this Episode:

Sweaty mess, no place to sit: overcrowding on Expo Line

A ride on the Expo Line has become a fist-clenching affair: commuters’ faces and knuckles turn white at the prospect of running into their fellow rider when the train...

6 min

‘Fast, frequent and reliable service is the key,’ says LA transit chief

Fewer people are riding public transportation in LA and that’s a national trend, says Phillip Washington, CEO of LA County’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority....

9 min

Can mass transit be as appealing as cars?

We look at how our transportation system functions -- what works, what doesn’t, and what could improve it. One big issue that plagues public transit is travel time.

11 min

Credits

Host:

Steve Chiotakis

Producers:

Christian Bordal, Jenna Kagel

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