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David Salper is a true Los Angeleno: He loves his car. After 6 years' commuting in NYC, he found freedom as a bus/train/vanpool fool. David now tracks L.A.’s public transit progress with a booster’s zeal.

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Casual Fridays: How to reduce your commute by 89% - 20% of the time

Last Friday I traveled from my apartment in Santa Monica to my job in Burbank. It took me 5 minutes. That's right....
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Prius Envy, part 2: Yearning for the features of the 3rd-generation Prius

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(continued from Prius Envy, part 1) David, a 2nd-generation Prius owner, confesses to Dr. Gasol his desire for the new 2010 Prius, unable to put his...
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Prius envy: The driver of a 2nd-generation hybrid drools over the 3rd

David, a 2nd-generation Prius owner, confesses to Dr. Gasol his desire for the new 2010 Prius, unable to put his finger on the feature that is driving...
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'Build me a FREEWAY': L.A.'s 1958 master plan, part deux

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We now continue our intra-city infra-structure travelogue following the old routes of the Chumash. As reimagined by white folks with a lot of...
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SFV Sierra Club meeting 8/18: L.A. transit-project progress

There are plenty of transit options in the planning stages for Los Angeles and the state. Traffic may not get better, but there are "green...
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'Build me a FREEWAY': Improving flow without adding lanes

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My friend Mike sent in the following very thorough response to my post about Idiot brain and our knee-jerk desire for more lanes as an answer for...
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'Build me a FREEWAY': The irrational exuberance of L.A.'s 1958 master plan

If We Had Our Way When last we wrote, I discussed the common L.A. driver syndrome of "Idiot brain", which leads to declarations like...
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'You know what they should do? Build me a FREEWAY'

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In discussing the "gravity of the freeway situation" in L.A., my friend Joey made a joke about "straightening out" the 405 in the...
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UPDATE: More Pasadena - Golden State freeway SmartStud pictures

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Get your mind out of the shoulder, folks -- these stud pictures are not lurid, but they are luminous. ...Something Like the Sun Of course, whereas...
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Green Line LAX station: City Council pays Park N Ride, puts down a parking lot

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As if to head off my upcoming pet peeve about the Green Line and its terminus interruptus 2 miles south of LAX, city and airport officials have made...
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