My SimCity cities were usually nodes of residential/commercial or industrial zones, connected by mass transit. With a major seaport. 
And parks. They did not look like Metro Los Angeles.
However, by way of a couple blogs today, I did find out that we are FINALLY getting the Expo Line to Culver City. It’s finally been approved. Westsiders, rejoice! (For more detail, see links – newly repaired thanks to commenter Julio)
My cities are similiar. Funded by benevolent money from a cheat code powered God, they rarely have roads but instead free public transit and a near police state level of law enforcement.
They’re like how I imagine Scandanavian countries would be.
Correction: this is the website for the the Expo Line
I love SimCity. I liked building the cities then destroying them…. haha…. muhahaha…. HAHAHAHAHA!!