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While there seems to be a lot of comments suggesting that no-one uses the LA metro because it's too short and too inconvenient, ridership statistics suggest oth
by fastaguy88 7y ago
While there seems to be a lot of comments suggesting that no-one uses the LA metro because it's too short and too inconvenient, ridership statistics suggest otherwise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_rapid_transit_systems_by_ridership https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_rapid_tr... points out that LA is the 9th most used subway system in the US, with riders/mile of subway beating out both the Washington DC Metro and Chicago's L, which are the 2nd and 3rd most heavily used subway systems. So while most of the commenter's here do not find it useful, about 140,000 people per day do use it, despite it being only 17 miles long.
- bart_spoon 7y agoWell given that LA is the second largest city in the country by population, that seems to support the idea that it’s heavily under utilized.