Sonntag, 17. Juli 2011

An expedition by public transit - from LA to the beach and back

Waiting for the Silver line (bus rapid transit) in downtown LA.

Cruising in the HOV lane of the 110 highway, heading south.


The end of the line - Artesia Transit Center. It looks like the end of the world..

Passing by the Dominguez Creek on the way from Vermont and 182nd street up to Artesia Blvd.


Back on the Silver line to the Harbor Freeway stop where we changed for the Green line. We are at the ground level of a major highway interchange between the 110 Harbor Freeway and the 105 Imperial Freeway.


Going up two escalators to reach the Green metro line heading west.


Destination Redondo Beach! From there we took a 12-member passenger van, also known as the Beach Cities Transit driven by a dreadlocked driver who blasted 'The Wave' radio station and drove this mini-bus as if it were a BMW.


We arrived to the Redondo Beach Pier and proceeded to walk to the beach...


A gathering for Scion owners with too much time on their hands.


At last - we jumped in the ocean and then walked 2 miles along the beach to Manhattan Beach.


Then repeated our steps in backward order - mini-bus, train, bus rapid transit - all the way back to 7th street metro stop.

And closed our day one of Carmeggedon with dinner in a bustling restaurant.