Skip to content

Tropics of Meta

historiography for the masses
Main navigation
  • HOME
  • Topics
    • Advice
    • Cities
    • Media
    • Identity
    • Politics
    • Music
    • Sports
    • Foreign Policy
    • Military History
    • Historiography
  • Features
    • Aneurysms
    • Dog Days Classics
    • Unofficial Archives
    • South El Monte Arts Posse
    • Doomed to Repeat
    • Straight Outta Fresno
    • Book Excerpts
    • Book Reviews
  • East of East
  • Career Resources
  • Submissions
  • About

Category Archive: transportation

My American Airlines/Orbitz Hell

T T Read More

So I guess it makes sense to begin at the beginning. Since moving to Atlanta my wife and […]

Alex Sayf Cummings August 19, 2017 airlines, transportation, travel

Birthing Mass Transit in the DMV: WMATA and the Difficulties of Multi-Jurisdictional Transportation Systems

“It’s a system that’s maybe safe, somewhat unreliable, and that is being complained about by everybody,” – Jack […]

Evan Thomas-Arnold April 21, 2016 cities, DC, suburbanization, subways, Transit, transportation, Uncategorized, urban studies, Washington D.C.

The Hateful Fifteen: Dog Meat, Light Rail, Selma, and the Many Textures of Karachi

2015 was a big year for Tropics of Meta – we wrote about subways and parking lots, learned to […]

Guest December 31, 2015 Best of, civil rights, Germany, Greece, Pakistan, South Asia, transportation, travel

Housing, Homeless, and Freeways: Kicking Off SACRPH 2015 with a History of L.A. Social Justice

T T Read More

When you look up the word “plenary,” the dictionary provides the following definition: “(of a meeting) to be […]

Guest November 13, 2015 arts, built environment, California, Chicano, Chicano history, cities, conferences, highways, Los Angeles, Mexican Americans, planning, race, transportation, Urban History, urban studies

A Clear Blue Vision: L.A. Light Rail and Twenty Five Years of the Blue Line

In a 2012 interview with transit scholar Ethan Elkind, Richard Stanger, former Los Angeles County Transit Commission rail […]

Ryan Reft July 14, 2015 1940s, 1980s, 1990s, built environment, California, Los Angeles, transportation, urban studies

The Light Rail Conundrum from Los Angeles to Atlanta: LRT in the 21st Century

T T Read More

In a recent study examining the efficacy of light rail (LRT) and modern bus rapid transit (BRT), University […]

Ryan Reft March 9, 2015 Atlanta, California, gentrification, Los Angeles, race, suburbanization, transportation

Riding the Big Red Car: Work, Leisure, and Community in Multiethnic L.A.

T T Read More

A subway to the sea, new mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, told reporters in 2005, “would be the most utilized […]

Ryan Reft February 23, 2015 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, African American history, built environment, California, Los Angeles, Mexican Americans, race, transportation, urban studies

Building Subways in the Post World War II World: Los Angeles and Washington D.C.

In a September 2014 issue of the Beverly Hills Courier, a front page story declared that the construction […]

Ryan Reft January 28, 2015 1950s, 1960s, 1980s, 1990s, California, DC, gentrification, highways, Los Angeles, subways, transportation, urban studies, Washington D.C.

Posts navigation

Previous1 2 3 Next
Blog at WordPress.com.
Footer navigation
  • HOME
  • Topics
    • Advice
    • Cities
    • Media
    • Identity
    • Politics
    • Music
    • Sports
    • Foreign Policy
    • Military History
    • Historiography
  • Features
    • Aneurysms
    • Dog Days Classics
    • Unofficial Archives
    • South El Monte Arts Posse
    • Doomed to Repeat
    • Straight Outta Fresno
    • Book Excerpts
    • Book Reviews
  • East of East
  • Career Resources
  • Submissions
  • About
Secondary navigation
  • Facebook Profile
  • Twitter Timeline
  • Email To
  • Search

Begin typing your search above and press return to search. Press Esc to cancel.

Cancel