My interest in public transportation started in 1984, when I was commuting between Claremont and Irvine via five buses. While I was doing that, I kept on thinking about how transit service could be improved. Although I am no longer transit-dependent, I am still interested in improving public transportation.
Transit Links
I have been involved with the Southern California Transit Advocates (SO.CA.TA) since 1991. SO.CA.TA is a grass-roots, all-volunteer group dedicated to improving transit (both bus and rail) within the five-county Southern California area.
Transit Projects
Here are some of the projects that I have presented (independently of SO.CA.TA):Transit Trips
Note: Much has changed over the years since I took these trips. Use them as a historical guide. Also, not all of the trips are online yet (some of the files are still on ancient computers somewhere around here) so keep checking back for new articles and pictures.Southern California:
- Santa Clarita 1985
- LA-San Diego 1985 and 1990
- Tijuana 1991
- Whittier 1998
- Great Circle 1999
- LA-Palm Springs 2000
- Owl Service Trip 2001
- Santa Barbara via Coastal Express
- Santa Catalina 2003(writeup coming soon!)
- Ventura-Santa Barbara 2004
- Ventura County 2006
- Bay Area 1991 (Via Delta Air, based in San Jose)
- Bay Area 1992 (Via Greyhound, based in San Jose)
- Bay Area 1993
- Bay Area 1994 (via Amtrak San Joaquin)
- Bay Area 1997 (Metrolink and Caltrain in same day!)
- Bay Area 1999
- Monterey 2000
- Bay Area 2001
- Bay Area and Redwood Country, 2002
- San Luis Obispo/San Francisco via Coast Starlight (writeup coming soon!)
- Sacramento 2004 (writeup coming soon!)
- Bay Area 2005
- Bay Area-Pacific Northwest 1995
- Pacific Northwest 1996
- Pacific Northwest 1997
- Pacific Northwest 2003
- Chicago 1998
- Chicago-New York 2000
- Washington DC 2000
- London-Paris 2001
- San Juan PR 2001
- Washington-Philadelphia-New York 2002
- Dallas 2002
- New York-Baltimore-Washington 2003
- Washington-Alexandria-Annapolis 2004 (writeup coming soon!)
- Washington DC 2005
- Italy 2005
- Washington DC 2006
- Hawaii 2006
- Washington DC 2007
- Atlanta 2007
- Washington DC 2008
Updated 1/14/2014