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I think you have to start somewhere. Since you can't build an extensive light rail/subway network over night. So, I hope Los Angeles will continue to extend it

• erispoe 10y ago
  In California, tax measures like the bond measures supporting transit investment have to be passed with a 2/3rd majority. Yet Los Angeles County voters have steadily supported them. A ballot measure is likely coming in November, raising $120B for transportation. It includes highway funding, but it's a massive contribution to transit investment. Angelenos are massively in favor of transit investment. Now their motive can be ambiguous, maybe they just want other people off the streets to alleviate their traffic. But still, they support massive investments.
• mayneack 10y ago
  They're slowly making progress towards the purple line extension from Korea Town west as well. Won a lawsuit against Beverly Hills trying to block it in 2015 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Line_Extension https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Line_Extension
  • tehabe 10y ago
    But when I read that taxi companies and parking lot owners prevented the Green line from reaching the LAX airport, I'm like: wow. This is really a weird world, in which we live.
    • mayneack 10y ago
      Uber ran a promo recently when the expo line opened to discount uber pool to or from a station. Uber/Lyft has already beaten the taxis opposition to picking up at LAX. They don't seem to think of these transit options as threat like the taxis do. Maybe more public transit enables more people to ditch personal cars and increase both public transit and uber. I know that my Uber use has increased after moving to more bike commuting.