Nobody Drives in LA

By: Eric Brightwell and Kyle Rebar
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  • The only podcast about the pressures, perils, and yes, pleasures of car-free and car-lite living in pathologically car-brained Los Angeles. Co-hosts Kyle Rebar and Eric Brightwell chat with guests about their transit journeys and where they are now.
    Eric Brightwell and Kyle Rebar
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Episodes
  • Streets for All with Michael Schneider

    Streets for All with Michael Schneider
    Dec 30 2024

    In this episode, Kyle and Eric sit down in the Koreatown Media Lab with Michael Schneider of Streets for All. The discussion touches upon the city’s unrealized Mobility Plan 2035, Measure HLA, biking to LAX, e-cargo bike as an alternative to SUVs, street design — and how individuals can become engaged in civics, activism, and policy making.


    Metro NYE / NYD Free Fares

    Streets For All Membership |

    Streets For All's IG

    Yes, You Can Bike to LAX! Medium Article

    About Measure HLA
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Metro, Maps, & Memes with Jane Ashley

    Metro, Maps, & Memes with Jane Ashley
    Dec 19 2024
    In this episode, we're joined by Jane Ashley at the Octavia Lab. Ashley is a social media content manager at Metro and the co-founder of the Mixed Race — a women-led speed cycling group. Ashley discusses her journey from being a car-dependent resident of the Santa Monica Mountains to discovering the joy of cycling in Chengdu, Metro’s Owl Transit, the Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive, taking public transit to the beach, Move Culver City, Kenny Uong, and more. Jane's LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/transitmemepro/ Metro Los Angeles Instagram (featuring Jane's work) https://www.instagram.com/metrolosangeles/ LA Public Library collab. Map Battles Series: Pt 1 https://www.instagram.com/metrolosangeles/reel/C36S5BCPvle/ Pt 2 https://www.instagram.com/lapubliclibrary/reel/C4eDwqqS1Yj/ Pt 3 https://www.instagram.com/metrolosangeles/reel/C6pQxbGPpWs/ Night Owl dogs meme: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz96PqrvnqR/ Metro Shop https://shop.metro.net/ Metro Library YouTube https://www.youtube.com/metrolibrarian Metro Library Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolibraryarchive/ Metro Art https://art.metro.net/ Metro Go Pass https://www.metro.net/riding/fares/gopass/ Metro's Rail to Rail Project https://www.metro.net/projects/railtorivera/ MOVE Culver City Project https://moveculvercity.com/ Caltrans Pacific Coast Highway Master Plan Feasibility Study https://engage.dot.ca.gov/07-pchmpfeasibilitystudy Los Angeles Critical Mass https://www.instagram.com/lacriticalmass/ Venice Electric Light Parade https://www.instagram.com/veniceelectriclightparade/ Trash Panda Cycling (LA cycling calendar) https://www.instagram.com/trashpandacycling/ L.A. Taco's Guides to Best Tacos Along Transit https://lataco.com/tag/metro Big Blue Bus (https://www.bigbluebus.com) The Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library (https://metroprimaryresources.info/about/our-story/) Earle’s on Crenshaw (https://www.earlesrestaurant.com) Forgotten Madness LA (https://www.instagram.com/forgottenmadness_la) Metro Night Bus (OWL) (https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ox4ss2q0rxhll4fj681um/24-1971_blt_owl_NightServicesMap_44x38_DCR_final.pdf?rlkey=d6g14j46v3e9pa69pupxnaexe&e=1&dl=0) Metrolink https://metrolinktrains.com The Mixed Race (https://www.instagram.com/the.mixed.race/?hl=en)
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Car-free Reporting with Maylin Tu

    Car-free Reporting with Maylin Tu
    Nov 22 2024

    Our guest is Maylin Tu, who joined the podcast at the Koreatown Media Lab. Tu is a car-free freelance reporter who lives in Palms and comes up with many of her story ideas whilst cycling in Los Angeles. MaylinTu grew up in Maine and was introduced to car-free living in Beijing. Maylin discusses the under appreciated joy of being car-free, managing safety concerns, and dreaming of creating the ultimate multi-modal journey across Los Angeles.


    Maylin's latest article

    NDLA's IG


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    1 hr and 19 mins

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