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We need more Cities in LA County. Start by making Brentwood and Bel Air it’s own city.

Just a little nostalgia: I remember Dutton’s bookstore; a wonderful place. I lived in Brentwood 1960-68). A beautiful place to grow up in..

@rr22: Well said. Flawed, but workable is an apt description.

HP1230</a>: <a href='#comment-1502973'>Snarkygal: I hear you both but something seems to be wrong with both your assumptions. The prices in WEHO keep going higher according to the data not just assumptions, look at the chart and click on condo and house tabs:

http://www.redfin.com/city/20771/CA/West-Hollywood

$900 sq foot for single family homes that used to get $600 sq foot in early 2013. Condo’s at $500 a sq foot rival Brentwood and Beverly Hills condo prices. So people are saying they would like to live in WEHO as much as Brentwood and Beverly Hills even with all you say. WEHO also has two very highly ranked elementary schools, so what you say does not add up. People could easily sell and move elsewhere with a nice profit but they stay and developers all want to build in WEHO. They only build were they think people want to live.

@bzcat: You are right, but that still doesn’t mean it’s excusable. There is a ton of obvious, low hanging fruit that the Flyaway service misses and I’ve been told that it’s largely the result of LAWA’s inaction & apathy.

The simple fact is that having convenient, cost effective transportation to/from a major international airport drives tourism & business travel dollars for the local economy. LAX lags way behind its international competitors in this regard and that hurts everyone. That LAWA can’t make the effort/doesn’t have the vision to adequately provide a service that would benefit its constituents speaks volumes about its incompetence and the generally lackadaisical attitude that permeates LA.

@Brentwood 4 Life: You have to remember LAWA is not operating FlyAway to help people get to/from LAX. They are doing it because of a court order. And the court order doesn’t say LAWA has to shuttle x number of people to LAX. It say LAWA has to have 9 service locations by 2015.

It is emblematic of transit planning by court decree that we have been living under in LA… FlyAway is not being planned nor does it operate like an express bus service ought to. It’s existence is to satisfy the court order. So little thought is paid to things like frequency or destinations that make sense.

@Fallopia Simms: That’s what makes it work. 30 minutes is the maximum acceptable interval for service like this during normal business/travel hours. However, most of the other locations run on the hour at best which essentially defeats the purpose of the service.

This is a step in the right direction, but the Flyaway service needs to vastly improve its service level on its existing routes in addition to expanding. It’s great going to LAX, but returning from LAX is a monument to uncertainty and inefficiency.

Brentwood

Brentwood is the best in all of LA. Unmatched