Rude Dude was LADOT’s popular mascot prior to the poop emoji campaign
Before the LADOT introduced its quirky poop emoji campaign aimed at scolding unruly bus passengers, another Los Angeles transit system was already grappling with its own chaos, embodied by a large orange character known as Rude Dude. Yes, you heard that right. Back in 2017, LA Metro launched the “Metro Manor” initiative, which featured a […]
LADOT’s campaign against bus vandalism takes a strange turn
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has decided to pull a video campaign that aimed to discourage passengers from using city buses as restrooms. They deleted six videos from YouTube and their official site, stating that these clips were never meant to be public. A message on the original link claims, “This channel has […]
LADOT’s campaign on buses encourages reporting suspicious activity
Just when devoted users of Los Angeles public transit thought they had seen it all. The buses are already viewed as unreliable, unsafe, and overcrowded, especially with drug users. Now, it turns out they have significant cleanliness problems, too. Things have gotten alarming enough that the city’s transportation department felt compelled to launch a video […]