Not to piss on LA transit, but the API would much more compelling if the services were much more frequent. Here is London's high-frequency services, trains run

Not to piss on LA transit, but the API would much more compelling if the services were much more frequent. Here is London's high-frequency services, trains running >4 per hour: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/high-frequency-services-map.pdf http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/high-frequency-servic... (Almost all of the busses in zones 1, 2, and 3 run at 15 minute headways or better.) Here is LA's high-frequency services, both trains AND busses running every 12 minutes or better: http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/12_min_map.pdf http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/12_min_map.pdf (see the last page) An API for the Metro becomes much more compelling when trains start whooshing along, for example, an elevated right of way down 8-lane Wilshire or Santa Monica, and you don't need 45-second timers for crossing streets.