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Roads are public transit. Used by the public for transportation. Roads that were open to everyone (the public) were the first major implementation of public tra
by njarboe 8y ago
Roads are public transit. Used by the public for transportation. Roads that were open to everyone (the public) were the first major implementation of public transit. This allowed everyone with a good path for quick walking and carts (horses and carriages, if you were wealthy). Fast, private, point-to-point transportation is what people desire (that is what walking is) and I don't think they are wrong wanting that option. Historically people in LA love their cars and the fact that cars allows most people in LA to own a piece of land (your home is your castle) while still being part of one of the largest cities on earth.
Not every place needs to try and be like all the others. Los Angeles is not like London and should not want to be. Give me something different. How about a LA basin wide measure that supports the building of a huge network of tunnels that can carry electric trains, buses and small vehicles a la "The Boring Company". I bet people would get behind that if the city leaders could, for just a moment, get past the idea that evil "cars" (ie. their constituents) would use those tunnels along with "public" transport.