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How about stop cutting service first? More security? The busses and trains would just become homeless camps with free fares. $1.75 is nothing.

Fares should be eliminated and that $300 million should just be added as an extra surcharge on all car registrations. With 7,719,000 cars total in LA County, that’s only $38/car per year. Less than a monthly bus pass.

Boom. If you’re paying for it anyways, might as well take the train!

Cars are killing us, the more alternatives we can give to people driving and the lower the barriers of entry are to public transportation, the better.

As a former bus rider, I totally agree the homeless factor is a big part of this.

But Los Angeles politicians refuse to acknowledge this; I’ve filled out numerous LA Metro surveys about why I do (or don’t) take the bus and the pre-written responses that you’re supposed to choose from NEVER give this option. Worse yet, these survey dont allow you to add any comments probably because they know you’re going to vent about how disgusting the mass transit experience is..

lol. Yeah, let’s spend more money on streets and cars, like we have for the last 70 years. Traffic has been made much better by ignoring public transportation in LA!

My favorite dark and light view of LA

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Sorry, but I love this stuff as much as Chandler does

What about LA City Hall?

"…make out-of-reach neighborhoods in LA more affordable to live in."

Unfortunately in the "out-of-reach" neighborhoods of LA, most ADUs are being built as expensive AirBnB rentals. The only people gaining access are rich vacationers and short-term corporate clients. Respondents in your survey are not going to admit that.

I suggest you design a site to help get truly affordable ADUs to market. What would it take to have them in communities where the incomes are lower? Are federal opportunity zone funds needed / available, for example?

Sure we need to build more luxury housing, to keep up with the growing demand from the tech and entertainment sectors, but it shouldn’t be 100% luxury. Your web site would be more useful if it could help add housing to the lower-income zones where new tenants would be less likely to have a car and more likely to use public transportation. That would help with homelessness, and have little impact on traffic, whereas 100% luxury does not.

We are building tons of housing in LA, the problem is it’s the wrong kind.

Hey there! I’m a student researcher working on building a resource site for ADUs – an alternative form of housing that hopefully in a few years will make out-of-reach neighborhoods in LA more affordable to live in.

If you’ve got 5 minutes please fill out this survey that will help design of the ADU site!
https://forms.gle/eLv14qQ2V5BpvRnR8

Hey there! I’m a student researcher working on building a resource site for ADUs – an alternative form of housing that hopefully in a few years will make out-of-reach neighborhoods in LA more affordable to live in.

If you’ve got 5 minutes please fill out this survey that will help design of the ADU site!
https://forms.gle/eLv14qQ2V5BpvRnR8

You’re confusing "ride sharing", which has for years referred to hailing services that are usually single passenger, with "shared autonomous mobility" (SAM). SAM is a newer term and refers to vehicles with multiple passengers, kind of like an Uber Pool. Single-passenger "ridesharing", an oxymoron, increases congestion, SAM reduces it.

Everything you need to know is in the link. This 2019 article, from the McKinsey consulting firm, clearly states that even switching to 10% SAM will reduce traffic, and that’s taking into account the increase coming in population. Obviously the higher the figure goes the more improvement there will be. The article makes the point that cities need to start planning the infrastructure now which will include staging areas for the AVs, curb cutouts and dedicated lanes, things that already exist with the 110 ExpressLanes. LA needs to open those up to a company like Waymo for SAM prove-out.

Key quotes:

"Imagine a future in which fleets of autonomous buses and shuttles effortlessly navigate through city streets to their designated stops. Ridesharing services dispatch shared autonomous vehicles (AVs) to pick up multiple passengers traveling along similar routes. Robo-taxis drop off passengers at subway stops for the next legs of their trips. Some traditional car owners decide that they no longer need personal vehicles because shared-mobility AVs fulfill their needs. Road congestion drops because there are fewer vehicles."

"The greater use of shared AVs won’t just change transportation systems—it could also breathe new life into cities. If transportation officials begin looking into SAM issues now, before AVs become widespread, they can create a future in which traffic flows smoothly and predictably, public transportation operates efficiently, and overall emissions drop. Residents could have more parks, restaurants, and businesses to enjoy in their own neighborhoods, giving them a greater connection to the local community. Risks to bicyclists and pedestrians, which have been growing in recent years, could also fall. The benefits that such changes could bring to society and the environment could be beyond price."

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/capital-projects-and-infrastructure/our-insights/a-new-look-at-autonomous-vehicle-infrastructure