Gotta Love Metro. The biggest problem with ridership is that for a family even with gas at $4/gallon it is cheaper to drive than go by bus. (Especially if you cars are like mine, old paid for and negligible depreciation each year).

Its a great option for single riders and commuters who want to use it but the problem is they haven’t even made it attractive for the bulk of that group. Ridership down, fares down…you get the picture. That has been the cycle as long as I have been here.

Dk the silver bullet for making it attractive and a viable option for people. What I do know is that the big cities I go to trains and subways are for the long haul and buses only feed into them so its all short runs.

Oh great, that’s just what Los Angeles needs: less public transportation! When is this city going to get a clue? Driving is for suckers.

Is that Mayor Hilarygosa? When’d he blow back into town?

I think its a stock photo that will make as many recycles as possible so he can avoid the bus.

Does a bunch of guys in a limo between city functions count as ridesharing and carpooling? Just asking..will be moot since carpool lanes are rapidly disappearing in favor of toll lanes.

Hilarygosa. Ha! Genius!

[...] Metro is going to take away a lot of bus lines that ordinary, hard-working, and sometimes legal citizens rely on to get to and from work on a [...]

How many people actually take those bus lines? If it’s not enough, it’s reasonable to cancel those lines.