Public transportation in California... (Los Angeles, Pasadena: rent, insurance, earthquakes)

[Thekdog]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

Have you checked the commute in traffic? 37 minutes in no traffic.

I see 38 minutes with tradfic

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

"I just spent a week riding Los Angeles buses and trains, along with 25 broadcast journalists from Germany, all of us in L.A. for a mid-career fellowship program. When I told my local contacts we planned to take public transit to dozens of meetings and events — three to four a day, from the Westside to downtown and beyond — they seemed shocked and offered dire warnings along the lines of “are you out of your mind?”

But their fears of lurking danger, little reliability and less comfort turned out to be wrong, albeit well intentioned.

We rode a big selection of Metro’s 120 bus and six train lines. With surprising ease. Safely. Happily. And on time, despite Southern California’s legendary urban sprawl. Our public transit journeys required a bit of advance planning and lead time but they were a fraction of the cost, to our wallets, to our nerves and above all to the environment, compared with the alternative a few of us sometimes used — Uber."

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...etro-bus-train

It's interesting that the local contacts felt that public transit was less safe than Uber. My guess is, that those local contacts were all male? Uber doesn't have a good record of safety for female customers. Have there been robberies or assaults on LA transit?

[Thekdog]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

It's interesting that the local contacts felt that public transit was less safe than Uber. My guess is, that those local contacts were all male? Uber doesn't have a good record of safety for female customers. Have there been robberies or assaults on LA transit?

I've never heard a female say she wants to use LA public transportation

[vincenze]

Originally Posted by Thekdog

Yes and he said it took an hour to get from Beverly Hills to Skid Row. it should be 30 minutes

Do you really drive to Skid Row and park your fancy car there for hours?

[NORTY FLATZ]

Originally Posted by Thekdog

Yes and he said it took an hour to get from Beverly Hills to Skid Row. it should be 30 minutes

Can you imagine, wasting 30 minutes out of your day? Take out 7 hours for sleeping, 9 hours for work, that leaves 8 hours to live. And to willingly sacrifice 15% of those critical hours for something so benign as "add'l commuting time" is ludicrous. Do this over the course of a 70 year lifetime, and that's 10 YEARS on a smelly bus with diseased people.

[Thekdog]

Originally Posted by vincenze

Do you really drive to Skid Row and park your fancy car there for hours?

No

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by Thekdog

I've never heard a female say she wants to use LA public transportation

They don't announce it. They just use it. Why would they announce it? It's just part of routine life for some women in LA.

[Sand&Salt]

Originally Posted by NORTY FLATZ

Can you imagine, wasting 30 minutes out of your day? Take out 7 hours for sleeping, 9 hours for work, that leaves 8 hours to live. And to willingly sacrifice 15% of those critical hours for something so benign as "add'l commuting time" is ludicrous. Do this over the course of a 70 year lifetime, and that's 10 YEARS on a smelly bus with diseased people.

LOL your last line.

I like the Coaster train. Almost no "iffy" people. But when we tried the Sprinter train, which goes inland, it was pretty iffy re the type of people on board. So we don't use it anymore.

Not gonna try the bus, either, lol.

[Kings Gambit]

Originally Posted by Thekdog

I've never heard a female say she wants to use LA public transportation

I actually agree with you on this. Of all the women I know, if they are not driving themselves, they are absolutely calling on an Uber instead of taking public transportation. Of course, this may be different in certain areas where the metro/subway/train is readily available and going directly to their destinations. But for the most part, I dont know of ANY women who would rather wait at a bus stop for a bus than to call an Uber.

[Luisito80]

It is my understanding the purple D line is being extened west towards santa monica. After this project will LA every build another subway line? Or has the city decided on LRT only going forward?