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This Timelapse Turns LA’s Nightmarish Traffic Into The City’s Most Beautiful Feature
Video: Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Santa Monica; all great reasons to visit Los Angeles that are unfortunately overshadowed by the city’s overwhelming traffic and perpetually-gridlocked highways. But through the lens of Ralph & Randy’s timelapse cameras, LA’s traffic nightmare somehow looks like best reason to head to the US West Coast.
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Humans Probably Caused Historic Earthquakes In Los Angeles
Human-induced earthquakes are on the rise in the United States and Canada, likely as a result of oil and gas industry practices. New research suggests this isn’t a new phenomenon, and that several quakes felt in Los Angeles during the early 20th century were likely caused by human activity.
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LA’s Futuristic Torpedo Cars Were Supposed To Fix The Traffic Problem
According to the LA Times in 1923, it took trams 30 minutes to move just six blocks in downtown LA that summer. The automobile had invaded the city, and the trams were owned by private companies that didn’t want to spend any money on improvements. The dream? Elevating mass transit, like in the 1923 model…
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These Transit Safety Videos Are So Gruesome They Just Might Work
What would convince transit riders to pay attention to an oncoming train instead of Instagram? Apparently, a graphic depiction of certain dismemberment.