Meet RTP's founder and webmaster.
Page Created 6/21/2004
Page Updated 7/18/2009
I am 30 years old and I graduated from Cal State Los Angeles with a BA degree in Geography (2003). From August 2001 to December 2003 I also worked at Cal State LA until state budget cuts eliminated my position. With my work and school I spent 7+ years of my life at Cal State LA. Since May 2005 I have been working for a charter bus company in Southern California, and I am currently a reservations supervisor.
Why am I interested in transit?
Well I have always been interested in trains, I have a picture of me at age 2 on the Virginia & Truckee in Nevada. I was hooked from then on, probably helped that my dad and grandfather also liked trains. I grew up with trains and transportation all around me. I grade school I became interested in RTD buses and collected schedules from the library in the city of Bell. I would also pick up discarded transfers at school. Early bus rides for me included the 111 to Huntington Park and also the Mini-Bus in Downtown Los Angeles. I also remember riding an San Diego Transit MAN artic in 1986. As time went on I began to lose interest in buses and I did not ride that many buses as a teenager. My sister and I did go from High School to home a couple times on the bus, but most of the time we got rides. In college I my interest in Transit grew. I began reading books on MUNI and PCCs in the Cal State LA library and I began to get involved the transit fan scene. I started riding the bus home from Cal State on a regular basis in 1998 and I have not looked back. Thanks to the internet I meet a whole group of bus fans. Our core group goes on trips on a regular basis.
Click here to read the history of Rapid Transit Press.
Groups and Organizations I am a member of:
Southern California Transit Advocates (SOCATA)
Pacific Bus Museum (PBM)
Pacific Railroad Society (PRS)
Orange Empire Railway Museum (OERM)
Western Transit Society
Motor Bus Society (MBS)
Personal Credits
(Aside from my own publications I have been published in other magazines and newsletters.)
My Photographs have been published in:
Rail News (August 1998 Issue)
Motor Coach Age (Motor Bus Society)
- April-June 2004 Long Beach Transit
- April-June 2006 Norwalk Transit
The Transit Advocate (Southern California Transit Advocates) (Various Issues)
Western Transit (Various Issues)
Stories and Information Contributions:
Pacific Transit Review
The Paddle (Pacific Bus Museum)
Western Transit
"Transit Advocate" (SOCATA)
Norcal Express (Norcal Bus Fans)
Currently I am the editor of the "Transit Advocate" the publication of the Southern California Transit Advocates.
I have also been quoted in two newspapers:
Los Angeles Times 9/8/2003 "MTA May End or Reduce Serive on 21 Routes..." by Caitlin Liu and Kurt Streeter.
San Bernardino County Sun 10/22/2006 "Refurbished Omnitrans bus gives ride into past." by Andrew Silva.
A sample of my best photographs, both transportation and non-transportion
Check out my You Tube page.
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Please email comments and questions to: rtd1121@yahoo.com