This hasn't been my experience at all. LA Metro has opened a ton of new rail stations and turned on a ton of new bus routes. The Aviation/Century station just o

This hasn't been my experience at all. LA Metro has opened a ton of new rail stations and turned on a ton of new bus routes. The Aviation/Century station just opened and the LAX Transit Center is slated to open some time between now and Jan 2025 which will cleanly connect the C and K lines and offer a quick connection from LAX to the Metro. The Metro ambassadors and increased police presence has definitely made the Metro feel a lot safer. Metro hit record ridership numbers with the Dodgers game/parade the previous week. Ridership decreased across pretty much every transit system post COVID. Metro is bouncing back to pre-COVID levels. I strongly prefer using Metro when I'm downtown because it's just so much convenient than dealing with the hellish congestion. Waymos might make the drive more comfortable but it won't stop you from sitting in the car at 10 mph because of traffic. I agree that Metro has a long way to go the further you get from DTLA or Santa Monica, but I think the trajectory it's on is great.