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Friday Video: Everybody Loves to Ride the D (The New D Train in LA, That Is)

It's Woodstock for NUMTOTs — minus the mud and free love.
Friday Video: Everybody Loves to Ride the D (The New D Train in LA, That Is)
Photo: Hideaki Transit

We hear it all the time: “Americans just love their cars.” But the recent opening of a subway line in Los Angeles proves that Americans are even more crazy for transit — and when new stations open, they turn it into a party.

Check out this dispatch from Los Angeles by Hideaki Transit, where the opening of the new Metro D Line extension turned into nothing short of Woodstock for NUMTOTs. Complete with off-color puns, viral merch, spontaneous group chants, and even a pop-up furry convention, this raucous celebration of shared transportation should inspire leaders across the country to build party-worthy transit projects everywhere. (And yes, we promise: it’s safe for work.)

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