  Titancub Member Username: Titancub Post Number: 120 Registered: 08-2006 |
Interesting article on LA being able to impossibly seeming to put in a good transit system in a mere 7 years. Might rely on some of the LA contingent on here to provide insight on this... http://www.chicagotribune.com/ news/opinion/chi-commute-la-ch icago_thinkjun22,0,5698629.sto ry | ||
Crawford Member Username: Crawford Post Number: 264 Registered: 10-2006 |
LA has crappy public transit. Yes, it has improved, but it still sucks. It's a metro of 18 million with one dinky subway line. There's also a couple of light rail lines and (of course) bus service. For the suburbs, there's a skeletal commuter rail network that has very spotty ridership and frequency and doesn't even run on weekends. Transit in Chicago is five times better; transit in NYC is 50 times better. | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 2558 Registered: 09-2007 |
^Hey, they're way ahead of us.  | ||
Crawford Member Username: Crawford Post Number: 265 Registered: 10-2006 |
Indeed, they're way ahead of Detroit, but I sure as heck wouldn't say they have good transit, as if they were a European city or something. | ||
Pennst8 Member Username: Pennst8 Post Number: 15 Registered: 08-2006 |
Metrolink service to certain suburban areas could use improvement, but I wouldn't go so far to call 388 miles of track 'skeletal'. BTW 4 out of the 7 lines run on Sat and Sunday | ||
Themax Member Username: Themax Post Number: 890 Registered: 09-2005 |
I haven't been in LA in over twenty years and then we sat in the world's biggest parking lot trying to get to downtown from Long Beach. I couldn't imagine what it would take to commute everyday. I think I'd just live at the office. Maybe since then, they've at least put in a lane for busses. |
