Metro has a trip planner where you enter your start and endpoints and it tells you which bus to take and google has a transit trip planner on its maps website for Los Angeles that also works great. All lines on this map run at least every fifteen minutes during daylight hours. For only five dollars a day or twenty dollars a week you can ride almost any bus or rail line in Los Angeles anywhere you want. According to a US News and World Report from two years ago, LA has the third best public transit in the United States. The only problem is that you have to get on a bus to take it. The LA area does have a rather extensive metro system. I read in a book I had with me at the time that part of the problem is that back in the day there was active lobbying for roads and against any form of mass transit and that railways were actually removed can you shed any more light on the history of that and how it came to pass? It seems like some terrible decision-making so I'd be interested to learn how it happened.Īlso what are the plans for some kind of rail mass transit? Is there a planned map or anything?ĮDIT Bonus question - which cities do you feel offer a good example for LA to follow? I was also struck when using a map to navigate the city how much of it is just criss-crossed by interstates and freeways, madness! It felt like it was a bare minimum service for those who can't afford a car rather than a viable means of getting around a city. And most of all: keep the faith! We CAN fix LA - and indeed, we must.Īs a British person who recently visited LA I started planning the trip just assuming that a massive city like LA would have a good metro system I could use like every other large city I've visted and was amazed to find that I'd have to rent a car to get around because the current metro is so limited. Keep in touch on Twitter ( & ) and sign up for updates on our website. Thanks for the tons of interesting questions, everyone. ( Alt Link: larger size embed, on Slideshare)Įdit 6: Back to answer some final questions before calling it a night. I'll be back later.Įdit 5: Here's the slideshow I promised, comparing LA with other major cities. Sub-edit: And I'm going to give my wrists a bit of a rest. This is no Rampart-style promo (even if Rampart is in LA!) the nonprofit sector is hard, low-budget work, and this grant would really help us move LA forward, so we need your help!Įdit 4: I'm back, answering some more questions. In the mean time, if you hate traffic, vote for our nonprofit project to receive a grant here - we need perhaps at least 50 more votes in the next 20 hours to qualify as a finalist for a $100,000 grant. Just spent a good two hours answering questions, and I'm going to take a moment to catch up on email. Looking forward to it! Bear with me as there are a lot of good questions, and I'm trying to give thoughtful, detailed answers.Įdit 3: Thrilled with the response. David Murphy, President of Angelenos Against GridlockĮdit 2: I'm back to answer the first round of questions. at noon pacific? There's no catch it's just that your vote on the GOOD website ( ) helps us get a Goldhirsh Foundation grant to fight for a fully-built-out transit system.
One request: could you help us win a $100,000 grant in the LA2050 Challenge by taking 30 seconds and voting online before Wed. I'll be back later, this afternoon, to answer questions.
(Yes, we have a good bus system, but buses get stuck in traffic.)ĪMAA about Los Angeles, transportation, traffic, transit, urban planning, the nonprofit world, and what it's like to be a social entrepreneur. If you look at cities around the world, such as Chicago, NYC, DC, London, Paris, Tokyo, etc., you'll see a more complete rail transit / commuter rail system than we have in LA, where many people have no practical choice but to drive. Our efforts have been covered by the LA Times, Curbed LA, and the local NPR, NBC, ABC, & CBS channels, to name a few outlets.
Today, I'm proud to serve as President of Angelenos Against Gridlock ( ), which fights for a fully built out rail system, bike safety improvements, and road/freeway bottleneck fixes.
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I got so frustrated with how bad things are, I decided to quit my day job working for one of LA's leading business groups (and to give up making a steady paycheck!) to work full time trying to make LA a better place to live, by tackling this huge problem. LA is infamous around the world for our traffic, and for our lack of a complete rail transit system. Hi Reddit! Do you hate traffic in LA, or if you've never been here, have you heard stories about how awful it is?
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