It's funny this shows up now because a friend (who works in construction/architecture) and I were kvetching about how slowly we're building out the system in LA

It's funny this shows up now because a friend (who works in construction/architecture) and I were kvetching about how slowly we're building out the system in LA (like the 3 mi. Phase 2 of the purple line taking 7 yrs to come online. Metro is making good efforts to build out a system but it's going to take a long time and too often depends on raising sales taxes (which adversely affects poor folks who are then also the ones that tend to take mass transit). Stations are the most expensive parts to build but I personally think it's what we need more of. More stops to service more people with more frequent trains. Ideally, also lines that get away from the hub and spoke model. Here's an article about digging the tunnels for the Regional Connector: http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-metro-tunneling/ http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-metro-tunneling/