>They build a light rail here, a high speed train there, at great expense but without any kind of systems thinking. This isn't exactly true. It's true if you

>They build a light rail here, a high speed train there, at great expense but without any kind of systems thinking. This isn't exactly true. It's true if you take the "high speed" out; we don't actually have any high-speed trains in America, not really. We have some pretty lame and slow trains, and that's about it. But that's a nit-pick; your post is mostly spot-on about Americans. I've been to Munich, BTW, and the public transit there is fantastic. All the elevated bike lanes are really nice too. Why on earth would you leave such a nice city for LA anyway? If I had to get a new job tomorrow, and I had my choice of working in LA or Munich, I sure as hell wouldn't pick LA!