At the Dodger Stadium blogger meetup back in April, one of the questions raised with owner Frank McCourt was bringing public transportation back to Dodger Stadium. He seemed genuinely interested at the time, though he made it clear he didn’t see it as a problem the Dodgers organization needed to solve by itself.
This past weekend brought news that the Dodgers and the city of LA are going to resume shuttle service from Union Station for all home games, beginning in July. And it sounds as if the two entities have divided up the costs as well.
The shuttles would run from Union Station, with two stops along Sunset Boulevard, enabling fans to connect from Amtrak, Metrolink, the downtown DASH shuttle and several city bus lines. The estimated ride time from Union Station would be 16 to 19 minutes, according to city documents.
From the Times story, the Dodgers are treating this as an “interim solution,” so look for more info some time in the not-so-distant future.
No word on if you can bring a bicycle along on the shuttle. ;) But if you’re at Union Station already, it’s not that far if you don’t mind the hills. In fact, you can check out the terrain, along with a 3D model of Dodger Stadium in the latest version of Google Earth.
Just in case you might be tempted to wallow in schadenfreude at the car drivers, it’s not just the freeways that are screwed up, and our bicycles and buses roll over those same roads.
Cyclelicious has a post today pointing to The annual car vs bike vs transit challenge. I wonder if anybody’s done the equivalent in LA recently. Of course, this was on a nice, sunny day in NYC — their strange weather season named, if I recall correctly, “winter,” might make the outcome a bit different. ;)
“Transportation Alternatives in New York City held its 7th annual Commuter Challenge yesterday. Streetfilms had cameras on each of the car driver, cyclist and public transit user and Elizabeth Press stayed up all night to create the video of the challenge in less than 24 hours!
Not ending pavement, but ending the car — a step in the right direction, so to speak. ;) The Good Human decides to go carless in Los Angeles.
9 days ago, my wife and I sold one of our cars…which left me carless. We had been contemplating this change for a few months, and after many discussions about the consequences, we decided that it was totally worth it to go down to having only one car….
