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Posted by zac on Sun Apr 28 22:18:55 2024, in response to Re: L.A. Metro declares safety emergency, posted by Easy on Sat Apr 27 21:39:27 2024. To the extent that maybe it will be faster than LA's notorious traffic you'll get people on the Westside to ride, but to where? That was the problem I saw when I tried to use it myself. LA is so big and sprawling it will take a century to cover it all the way NYC is covered. If you happen to live near a line what are the chances your destination is near one as well?My one time trying I was staying in Marina Del Rey and wanted to go downtown to the arts center. So I'm thinking that Santa Monica isn't that far, and it doesn't look that far on a map. But this is what happens whenever I go to LA, it doesn't look far but it is very far. I'm a cyclist so I thought I could just take a bikeshare bike, but it cost more than an Uber so I took an Uber instead. When I tried walking I made it as far as Venice. It took an hour to get from Santa Monica to DTLA/Arts, maybe more, the train was full of drug addicts, nobody got on in SM and it was otherwise empty for a ways. I then went from DT to Hollywood to see if I could get in to Jimmy Kimmel, but they only took 6 standbys that day. At least that station was right across the street from the studio, but the train ride over was also full of druggies. I then went back to SM, with a change, and it took an hour and a half. Someone I was talking to on the line for Kimmel told me I'd be better off in an Uber all the way back to Marina, and she was right. The only good thing is I walked from the SM station to Ocean Blvd and sat and had oysters and a cocktail in a nice place. I Uber'ed back to Marina from there. Like a lot of people on this board, I'm a NYer and ride the subways and don't give it a second thought. Sure, we see some of these people too, but not nearly as prevalent as on the LA Metro. |
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