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    Design and Architecture

    How to Make Public Transit Cool in L.A.

    Michael Lejeune is Creative Director at Metro, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, that serves as transportation planner, coordinator, designer, builder and operator for the County of Los Angeles.

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    By Frances Anderton • May 16, 2014 • 1 min read

    Michael Lejeune is Creative Director at Metro, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, that serves as transportation planner, coordinator, designer, builder and operator for the County of Los Angeles. Metro distributes federal, state dollars and local dollars for projects ranging from rapid buses and repurposing a street with bike lanes to building a new train line and stations.

    He is tasked with making public transportation cool in L.A.

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    Putting the 'Cool' Back in LA Mobility
    1. 0:00How to Make Public Transit Cool in L.A. You’re reading this
    2. 0:00Are eBikes the Future of Two-Wheeled Transit?
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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Caroline Chamberlain

      KUOW

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      Michael Lejeune

      Metro

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    The full episode

    1 of 2
    Putting the 'Cool' Back in LA Mobility
    1. 0:00How to Make Public Transit Cool in L.A. You’re reading this
    2. 0:00Are eBikes the Future of Two-Wheeled Transit?
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