WE ARE TRAFFIC

Cars aren't the traffic. We are.

This is about the ride. Our literal and figurative ride in Los Angeles. How 85 years ago, we separated everyone by color and inadvertently separated everyone from each other. And how UBER and Lyft accidentally sewed us back together. There's a blog, a live show and other stuff forthcoming but it's really, a community. There's water back there if you need it. You can charge your phone if you --::looking back:: Hey, seatbelt! ::click:: If there's a route you prefer, let me know. Otherwise, I'll start at the end of 2014 and get us to present day pretty quick. Let's begin with my very first ride: "#Virgins"

Oct 27, 20146 min read

#SororityGirls

Saturday Night, 10:32 pm Driving weekend nights. Making good money. 5 Star Rating. No one’s thrown up in my car. Good stuff. Weekend...

Oct 1, 20146 min read

#Virgins

My first ride and something's wrong already...

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Nov 27, 20144 min read

We're All Lost

“I am not putting the place down, but living here can hollow one out. It is a hungry stranger of a city that fascinates, attracts,...

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Nov 20, 20145 min read

#YakuzaPapaJohns

“Kiko, it’s Jon with UBER.” “Where are you?” Her Japanese accent sounds almost Chinese, it’s so aggressive. “I’m on Club Drive. There’s...

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Nov 13, 20146 min read

#TheValley

“I was walking down the road with two friends when the sun set; suddenly, the sky turned as red as blood. I stopped and leaned against the f

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Oct 27, 20146 min read

#SororityGirls

Saturday Night, 10:32 pm Driving weekend nights. Making good money. 5 Star Rating. No one’s thrown up in my car. Good stuff. Weekend...

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Oct 1, 20146 min read

#Virgins

My first ride and something's wrong already...

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Jonathan Tipton Meyers is a native New Yorker and self-proclaimed "Pizza Rat." A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he’s performed on various-sized stages in NYC and various-sized screens for ABC, NBC, FOX, Lifetime. His solo show "We Are Traffic: an UBER Adventure" was featured on KPCC and hailed by "The Scotsman," "The Guardian" and "The Times of London" at last year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

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In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation--that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Rather, The Color of Law incontrovertibly makes clear that it was de jure segregation--the laws and policy decisions passed by local, state, and federal governments--that actually promoted the discriminatory patterns that continue to this day.

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