Latest from Emerald City, my enviro-blog at LAtimes.com

First, about the AltCarExpo: The before, the pre-party, and the event itself.

Then some Metro stuff:
>> Metro’s first ‘interactive chat’: Not so interactive or chatty. I thought we’d have an online convo with a whole bunch of people going back and forth, but alas, every comment made went through moderation before popping up. It wasn’t so much a chat as a moderated Q and A.

>> Metro Westside meetings: Yes, the Westside wants the subway. I went to one of these “Early Public Scoping Meetings” at the Beverly Hills Public Library, along with 60 to 70 other people. And all of them, except one Sandy from Westwood, wanted the purple line to run along Wilshire all the way to the beach.

>> Bring the Expo Line to Santa Monica. Now that the public meetings about extending the subway to the Westside are over, meetings about bringing the Expo line from Culver City to Santa Monica — a.k.a. Expo Phase 2 — are starting up.

In other news:
>> Bike as sound system — or mini Golden Gate Bridge — or …. Not content with just plain old biking, people are bike hacking — turning bikes into strange machine-art-sound hybrids and such.

>> Lindsey Lohas and killer possums: YouTube meets funny enviro-videos. Tired of doom and gloom films, or worse, just really really boring docu-type programming on TV? Then waste more time on YouTube, because now we’re getting lil short video series that’re more entertaining and funny.

Plus — a couple linky posts:
>> Daily Downers: Disposable undies, flat green noodles and secret pesticides
>> Daily Downers: Asthma, smog, and auto emissions

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