‘Why I Ride‘ is a series where Metro employees share their transit routines – read more about the concept here. Name: Timothy Porter Position: Gold Line Maintenance Supervisor How often do you take transit? Tuesday through Saturday. What lines/routes? I ride Metrolink from Rialto to Union Station and ride a [continue reading]
‘Why I Ride‘ is a series where Metro employees share their transit routines – read more about the concept here. Name: Marc Littman Position: Public Relations Manager How often do you take transit? Every weekday I ride the bus and subway to work and back. I often take my special [continue reading]
‘Why I Ride‘ is a series where Metro employees share their transit routines – read more about the concept here. Name: Nathan Baird Position: Bike Program Intern How often do you take transit? Six to seven days a week. What lines/routes? The Gold Line the most often, but also the [continue reading]
‘Why I Ride‘ is a series where Metro employees share their transit routines – read more about the concept here. Name: Zipporah Yamamoto Position: Senior Public Arts Officer, Creative Services How often do you take transit? Almost every day. I rarely drive unless I expect a late day at work. [continue reading]
‘Why I Ride‘ is a series where Metro employees share their transit routines – read more about the concept here. Name: Dennis Lytton Position: Train Controller, Rail Operations Control Center (aka the ROC) How often do you take transit? About four days a week. If so, what lines/routes? I take [continue reading]
‘Why I Ride‘ is a series where Metro employees share their transit routines – read more about the concept here. Name: David Gutel Position: Operations Instructor How often do you take transit? Five days a week, except for an occasional day when my wife lets me have the car (every [continue reading]
‘Why I Ride‘ is a series where Metro employees share their transit routines – read more about the concept here. Name: Paula Faust Position: TAP Adminstrator How often do you take transit? Five days a week. On rare occasions I do have to drive my car. Not very happy about [continue reading]
‘Why I Ride‘ is a series where Metro employees share their transit routines – read more about the concept here. Name: Priscilla Jimenez Position: Graphic Design How often do you take transit? Five days a week. If so, what lines/routes? The Silver Line. Are you car-free? If so, why? If [continue reading]
‘Why I Ride‘ is a series where Metro employees share their transit routines – read more about the concept here. Name: Dave Sotero Position: Public Relations How often do you take transit? Five days per week If so, what lines/routes? Antelope Valley Line [Metrolink], Metro Rapid 734. I also regularly [continue reading]
Inspired by feedback from my post earlier this month on how to go car-free in L.A. I’ve taken it upon myself to find Metro employees who take transit regularly and find out why they do it and how it plays into the job they do for the agency. The goal [continue reading]
