Anti-car in Los Angeles
Bus ridership in Los Angeles is plummeting says the Wall Street Journal, but LA Metro CEO Phil Washington thinks he has the solution.
“It’s too easy to drive in this city,” says Washington. To get people back on the buses, the city needs to be “actually making driving harder.”
The main way he wants to do that is to turn existing street lanes into exclusive bus lanes. The increased congestion, he says, would help “change behavior in a city whose culture is largely built around driving.”
Transit carries less than 2 percent of passenger miles in the Los Angeles urban area, while automobiles carry well over 90 percent. Unfortunately for Washington, those pesky auto drivers for some reason are resisting his efforts to take away their driving lanes.
“Sometimes you have to tell people what’s good for them,” Washington told the Journal...
According to the University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies, the average Los Angelean can reach 50 percent more jobs in a 20-minute auto drive than a 60-minute transit ride. Adding a few exclusive bus lanes isn’t going to change that much.
See also Report: 98% of US Commuters Support Public Transportation for Others.
See also Report: 98% of US Commuters Support Public Transportation for Others.
Labels: Anti-Car, California
posted by Rob Anderson @ 3:32 PM
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Interesting, the quote, “Sometimes you have to tell people what’s good for them,” could just as well have been used in the very next blog entry ("He's getting crazier")--they're the same people, Trump and the anti-car bicycle types. Little difference, "We know what's good for you and we're going to do it whether you like it or not!"
“Sometimes you have to tell people what’s good for them,” Washington told the Journal...
Oh brother!
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