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July 16: This Date in Los Angeles Transportation History

  • Written by Kenn Bicknell

1999:  The LADOT launches Hollywood DASH service.
 
 
2002:  “Metro Motion,” a series of 30-minute television shows, debuts on CityTV in Santa Monica and Channel 36 in Los Angeles.

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The program will fill in the information gaps and encourage viewers to become more involved in the future of transportation in Los Angeles County and to try public transit.

Story topics will include the growing network of LACMTA-funded carpool lanes, the video security system on board Metro buses, the Metro Rapid Bus Program and the EZpass regional transit pass program, among others.

More information can be found in the July 9, 2002 issue of MyMetro employee news publication.

  • Last Updated June 3, 2024

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