Tag: Car Culture
Waze Hijacked L.A. in the Name of Convenience. Can Anyone Put the Genie Back in the Bottle?
Traffic apps turned the city's neighborhoods into "shortcuts." Now furious residents are attempting to take them back, street by street
These Custom Cars Are Like Porn for Porsche Enthusiasts
A "serial car pervert" in Sun Valley is turning old 911s into sex on wheels
How High-Speed Car Chases Became a Citywide Pastime in Los Angeles
Since local news aired the first live police pursuit in 1992, car chases have become a nightly staple—and an international industry
Car Shopping Hacks
If you’re like most people, you walk into a dealership ready to say no to the salesman. You’ve practiced your polite if not firm decline in the parking lot....
CityDig: An E-Z Way to Get Around L.A.
Consider this clever fold-up map an initial iteration of Mapquest
CityDig: The Inaugural Test Drive of L.A.’s First Automobile
At 3 o’clock in the morning on May 30, 1897, J. Philip Erie and Samuel D. Sturgis made local automotive history (but no one was around to see it)
Patton Oswalt Takes Jerry Seinfeld to the Arts District in Downtown
Seinfeld: "Why would anyone ever be downtown?"
Lady Driver: Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Automobiles
A conversation with Joe Molina, President of JMPR.
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Homemade monuments to those we’ve lost are all over town, built by friends and loved ones as reminders to be careful—and as a way of saying good-bye.
Moving Violations
You can look at traffic citations as a punishment for bad driving. Or you can view them like rings on a tree. A writer marks the passage of time through tickets