Emerald City: In transit in L.A.

Posted by Siel in de-car-ing, emerald city (Saturday April 19, 2008 at 2:02 pm)

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

>> Big Blue Bus’ 80th anniversary celebration. Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus celebrated its 80th anniversary with music from Blue Notes and cake for all on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica earlier today.

>> Google Transit coming to L.A.. Soon, it’ll be as easy to get public transit directions as it is to get driving directions via Google. By the summer, Angelenos will likely be using Google Transit, a Google Maps-based application that seamlessly links up walking to various public transit modes, to easily plan their bus and train rides in L.A.

>> L.A.’s Bus Rapid Transit system, explained. Curious about Bus Rapid Transit? We’ve had the BRT system in L.A. for a while now, but I’ve actually never used it because the lines aren’t near me. Now, StreetFilms has put together a short video about the BRT system in L.A.!

And a couple linky posts:

>> A.M. Greenlist: Radioactive coconuts.

>> A.M. Greenlist: New bus solutions

>> A.M. Greenlist: Poetry meets environmentalism

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