Way up in the sky

Today, on the KTLA morning news that Veronica & I watch daily, I was pleasantly surprised to see Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa doing the traffic news... from the helicopter. This guy is truly tire-less. In addition to some of the policy changes that he is making & pushing to change in transit, he suggested that every resident in Los Angeles take public transit once a week. That would be a revolution in this "I-travel-when-I-want-to" city. I'm going to look into taking the bus to CSULA once a week, since there is a major transit hub on the south-end of campus.

UPDATE: The Tripmaster page on www.mta.net gave me the schedule for Metro Bus 71 to and from CSULA, getting on at Marengo & State and going to the bus hub on campus, just about 3 1/2 miles. It is only a 18-22 minute trip there (and faster back - 17 minutes) and runs about every 35 minutes. I'm taking it tomorrow to campus. I'll tell you how it goes.

2ND UPDATE: Took 71 to campus yesterday. While the bus was 15 minutes behind schedule, the total route only took 15 minutes, and I realized that there is another stop closer to my house. Plus, the bus wasn't crowded (mid-day) and even had a special "TV" program for the ride. One of the trivia questions that got me was: "If someone calls you a 'diglot', that means you are: a)rich, b) stupid, c)bilingual, d) have multiple spouses. Post your answer before you click here