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2012: The Year in Transit
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Jan 1, 2012, 3:06:56 AM1/1/12
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The Expo Line was so abysmally built that the Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority has announced Phase II will open
first while Phase I must be completely disassembled and the project
started over from the study phase.
Because the city of Los Angeles cannot afford to repair the lawn
damaged by the Occupy LA protests, the City Council votes to turn the
prime Civic Center land into a surface parking lot but commemorate it
in honor of the protesters.
Metro's policy of aggressive rear-guard goodwill moves in the face of
bad press or regulatory lawsuits will outpace salaries to be the
single-largest line item in its budget.
RobDawg will take more interest in transit, but just to take his
camera on the buses and ask passengers to model for his collection of
cheesecake stock photos on his Exurban Nation blog.
As Montebello faces a crisis of fiscal mismanagement, it becomes the
first city to privatize its bus service by putting up the whole
operation to be bid for on eBay.
San Fernando Valley business leaders, upon learning of Metro's station
renaming policy, urge one of the area's subway or Orange Line stops to
be commemorated after porn legend John Holmes.
Torrance Transit puts its plans to build a transfer center in a
desolate corner of industrial Crenshaw Boulevard on indefinite hold.
City leaders are hoping to take over a hazardously contaminated corner
of an oil refinery that is even further away from homes or businesses
than the Crenshaw site.
Inland Empire real estate professionals put a new twist on transit-
oriented development by promoting houses' proximity to plain-old
Omnitrans and Riverside Transit Agency bus stops. The motivation
behind this was based upon the fact that bus stops now have the
highest land values in San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
County supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and Los Angeles city officials
say only $1 billion for the Crenshaw Line is an insult to the
community, but they'll set aside protests if the project budget
includes rhodium-plated rails and gold leaf station paneling.
It turns out that foes of gay marriage are also vehemently anti-
transit. So, in order to avoid highway projects from facing budget
cuts, they will draft an initiative that defines "freedom" as strictly
between an automobile and the roadway beneath it.
Metrolink will not resume the trains for Angels service at the request
of team owner Arte Moreno. He is counting on everyone to drive to the
stadium and pay much higher parking rates in order to cover Albert
Pujols' salary.
CicLAvia proves to be so popular that it has inconvenienced drivers to
the point where the event needs to be shut down. L.A. leaders work out
a plan for a single CicLAvia, to be held during the L.A. Marathon, and
bicyclists will share the road with runners.
The Orange County Transportation Authority board will make an offer to
Maricopa County, Arizona, sheriff Joe Arpaio to become the system's
CEO should a federal indictment or other scandal force him from his
present office. The board is hoping he will incorporate his law
enforcement techniques on the county's bus riders.
Hollywood residents are furious over L.A.'s "elegant density" plan
because they fear the developments will lead to gentrification.
Residents insist that Selma Avenue and Yucca Street be covered by the
city's first heroin alley preservation overlay zones.
Governor Jerry Brown and Sacramento's Democratic leaders tell Robert
Cruickshank, the state's one and only remaining high-speed rail
supporter, that they will vow to complete the project if he can piss
molasses up a rope.
In a break from past custom, there's no introductory paragraph or post-
prediction jeremiad for 2012.
I did have one planned, one that would top the anger and cynicism that
had accompanied the ones in years past. But, 2011 proved to be a very
challenging year for me and I don't have the energy or mood to vent
over a keyboard or worry about reaching a wider audience. I have other
concerns to tend to.
Thank you for your continued patronage and have a safe, healthy and
happy 2012.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority has announced Phase II will open
first while Phase I must be completely disassembled and the project
started over from the study phase.
Because the city of Los Angeles cannot afford to repair the lawn
damaged by the Occupy LA protests, the City Council votes to turn the
prime Civic Center land into a surface parking lot but commemorate it
in honor of the protesters.
Metro's policy of aggressive rear-guard goodwill moves in the face of
bad press or regulatory lawsuits will outpace salaries to be the
single-largest line item in its budget.
RobDawg will take more interest in transit, but just to take his
camera on the buses and ask passengers to model for his collection of
cheesecake stock photos on his Exurban Nation blog.
As Montebello faces a crisis of fiscal mismanagement, it becomes the
first city to privatize its bus service by putting up the whole
operation to be bid for on eBay.
San Fernando Valley business leaders, upon learning of Metro's station
renaming policy, urge one of the area's subway or Orange Line stops to
be commemorated after porn legend John Holmes.
Torrance Transit puts its plans to build a transfer center in a
desolate corner of industrial Crenshaw Boulevard on indefinite hold.
City leaders are hoping to take over a hazardously contaminated corner
of an oil refinery that is even further away from homes or businesses
than the Crenshaw site.
Inland Empire real estate professionals put a new twist on transit-
oriented development by promoting houses' proximity to plain-old
Omnitrans and Riverside Transit Agency bus stops. The motivation
behind this was based upon the fact that bus stops now have the
highest land values in San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
County supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and Los Angeles city officials
say only $1 billion for the Crenshaw Line is an insult to the
community, but they'll set aside protests if the project budget
includes rhodium-plated rails and gold leaf station paneling.
It turns out that foes of gay marriage are also vehemently anti-
transit. So, in order to avoid highway projects from facing budget
cuts, they will draft an initiative that defines "freedom" as strictly
between an automobile and the roadway beneath it.
Metrolink will not resume the trains for Angels service at the request
of team owner Arte Moreno. He is counting on everyone to drive to the
stadium and pay much higher parking rates in order to cover Albert
Pujols' salary.
CicLAvia proves to be so popular that it has inconvenienced drivers to
the point where the event needs to be shut down. L.A. leaders work out
a plan for a single CicLAvia, to be held during the L.A. Marathon, and
bicyclists will share the road with runners.
The Orange County Transportation Authority board will make an offer to
Maricopa County, Arizona, sheriff Joe Arpaio to become the system's
CEO should a federal indictment or other scandal force him from his
present office. The board is hoping he will incorporate his law
enforcement techniques on the county's bus riders.
Hollywood residents are furious over L.A.'s "elegant density" plan
because they fear the developments will lead to gentrification.
Residents insist that Selma Avenue and Yucca Street be covered by the
city's first heroin alley preservation overlay zones.
Governor Jerry Brown and Sacramento's Democratic leaders tell Robert
Cruickshank, the state's one and only remaining high-speed rail
supporter, that they will vow to complete the project if he can piss
molasses up a rope.
In a break from past custom, there's no introductory paragraph or post-
prediction jeremiad for 2012.
I did have one planned, one that would top the anger and cynicism that
had accompanied the ones in years past. But, 2011 proved to be a very
challenging year for me and I don't have the energy or mood to vent
over a keyboard or worry about reaching a wider audience. I have other
concerns to tend to.
Thank you for your continued patronage and have a safe, healthy and
happy 2012.
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