Nobody Drives in LA's co-hosts and hall-of-famers—Eric Brightwell, Ivy Kwok, Kyle Rebar, and Rogelio Pardo—upzoned LA Comic-Con with our panel LA Transit in Pop Culture. Their discussion touches upon the song "Walking in LA" and the (tired) trope that no one (and only nobodies) walk; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; L.A. Noire; reframing the discussion in Hollywood and pop culture around public transit; and how transit in film reflects our collective hopes  and fears about the future. 

Special thanks to our videographer and favorite Atomic Polar Bear ⁠Alex Denney⁠.

Nobody Drives in LA's co-hosts and hall-of-famers—Eric Brightwell, Ivy Kwok, Kyle Rebar, and Rogelio Pardo—upzoned LA Comic-Con with our panel LA Transit in Pop Culture. Their discussion touches upon the song "Walking in LA" and the (tired) trope that no one (and only nobodies) walk; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; L.A. Noire; reframing the discussion in Hollywood and pop culture around public transit; and how transit in film reflects our collective hopes  and fears about the future. 

Special thanks to our videographer and favorite Atomic Polar Bear Alex Denney.

Kyle's been getting around: K-Town, Atwater, Anaheim. Not just via the beloved E-Line, mind you. We're talking bike, bus, Metrolink, and motorscooter. Links to many of our topics below!

LA Stuff

Westside Repair Cafe

Park Tool HCRW5 Ciclavia

WeHo Pick Up

Metro 460 Disneyland Bus Metrolink Contracts Metrolink Schedules OCTA Bus Schedules

CA Motorcycle Safety Course

National Stuff

SEPTA Funding Crisis

Fun Stuff

Bridging the Expanse: There Are No Small Roles (WonderCon)Diwata KomiksEric on Marketplace: “Is a Car-Free Guy a Care-Free Guy?” Kyle’s Jeff the Mantis Cartoon

Listen as we get our socialism on with transit advocates Anne Marie & Shelby—Lyft is trying to muscle its way in to Metro's bikeshare program and our guests tell us why that's a terrible idea. We touch on Zohran Mamdani's primary victory, bike maintenance, and how to get involved with leftist causes in LA.

@StopLyft

@DSA_LA

DSA-LA's Event Calendar

Metro Board's July 24th Meeting

Metro's Event Calendar

In this special mini-episode, we sit down with labor activist Anne Marie, and transit activist Shelby, for a discussion about the dos and don’ts of protesting during the current regime’s war on public space and the public itself.

How to Stay Safe at a Protest - DSA

Kyle and Eric sit down in the Koreatown Media Lab with Phyllis Ling and Eric Adams — two activists from the Stop the Gondola campaign. They talk about why the Aerial Rapid Transit Technology (ARTT) isn't the mass transit solution it's being pitched as but, upon examination, an enormously costly gadgetbahn and, frankly, more of a Shelbyville idea.

Stop the Gondola's Linktree

L.A.’s Cornfield Row: How Activists Prevailed

PBS Socal Railyard

Oral History

Memo on 3S Gondola Systems

PBS Socal Cornfield

Hollywood Bowl Park & Ride

Kyle and Eric sit down with City Council District 13's Senior Transportation & Infrastructure Deputy, Rogelio Pardo. The conversation touches upon activism, Al Fresco dining, Access to Hollywood, the Department of Transportation, and much more. Plus, Rogelio answers listener questions.

CD 13's Newsletter

FINAL Silver Lake Walk!

Environmental Activism in Final Fantasy VII LA Comic Con Panel

CD 13  (https://cd13.lacity.gov/)

Silver Lake Neighborhood Council Transportation & Mobility Committee (https://www.silverlakenc.org/transportation-and-safety)

MyLA311 -- https://lacity.gov/myla311

Streets are for Everyone (https://www.streetsareforeveryone.org/)

Walkin' About Podcast (https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/walkin-about/)

Linear Parks -- Coulée Verte René-Dumont (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coul%C3%A9e_verte_Ren%C3%A9-Dumont) 

Seoullo 7017 (https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%9C%EC%9A%B8%EB%A1%9C_7017)
Trash Clubs (https://www.echoparktrash.club/, https://www.instagram.com/losfeliztrashbusters/, https://www.instagram.com/silverlake_trash_club/, and https://www.instagram.com/trash_humans_of_silverlake/)

Los Angeles Comic Con (https://www.comicconla.com/)

West Hollywood Pick-Up Line (https://www.wehopickup.com/)

You know that one friend who's not car-free, but is abnormally willing to go along with all of your ridiculous transit schemes? That's Alex Denney, our guest today. Alex is an actor and musician—who you may have seen on Pam & Tommy and who you will see in the upcoming live-action Lilo & Stitch—who was car free in Hawaii & Los Angeles for a while.

Alex talks about his experiences busking car-free, what prompts him to take the train to auditions, and what could tempt him to take transit more often.

We close this episode with our first ever bus(k) stop performance where Alex plays his new song "Books, Bicycles, and Trains" in the K-Town Pio Pico Library's media lab.

Books, Bicycles, & Trains

Alex's IMDB

Angels Walk of Boyle Heights

Extension of Bus Lanes on Lincoln Blvd Feasibility Survey

PCH Master Plan Feasibility Study

r/LAmetro "Sepulveda Meetings Cancelled - Voice Your Anger" Post⁠

Use ⁠this⁠ to find your representative

Email the Metro board ⁠[email protected]⁠

⁠Email Mayor Bass

Kyle and Eric sit down in the Koreatown Media with mass transit enthusiast, Ivy Kwok. s a PhD Student in Environmental Engineering and member of the Society of Women Engineers. Their conversation touches upon riding Metrolink to dates, pogo-sticking, and her upcoming trip to Hong Kong and Macau.

Ivy's IG | @iykwyk - Ivy's Dance Cardio w/o the "Car" events and "Guess the Science Behind..." series with @science.and.kshit + @soham_rayy

Ivy's BF's Transit & Lab Sounds Music IG | @gabri3lgeoff_

Iy's UCLA Graduate Student Orientation transit trips | @ucla_gsrc

Eric's Silver Lake Walks Eventbright Sign Up

xe đò hoàng "bánh mì bus"

r/LAmetro "Sepulveda Meetings Cancelled - Voice Your Anger" Post

Use this to find your representative

Email the Metro board [email protected]

Email Mayor Bass

"THIS IS OUR VAIL!"

Listen as we tear up the hills of Echo Park with special guest Danny Vega! Danny hosts AITApod and recently kicked his car. We touch on all things Onewheel, car-free dating, and seeing through the Car Matrix.

AITA 687 "AITA for not filling up my gas tank on a long drive?"

Danny's Patreon

Eric's Silverlake Walks

Kyle's Music

NDLA's IG