Inspired by Nipsey Hussle, they’re trying to ‘buy back’ South LA
Buying property in Indiana isn’t exactly in keeping with the message Buy Back the Block in LA. I always advise people who are considering buying property out of city/state not to do so because it is difficult and costly to manage from a distance.
The reasons are quite clear:
- the economy is good
- Uber and Lyft are an amazing value
- the city has allowed and encouraged the privatization of our once-public sidewalks, parks, metro stops, etc. by homeless encampments. LA now looks like a slum. Why walk through the filth to get to a metro station when I can take an Uber for a few bucks more.
I don’t know, based on the information at hand, if I had to believe him or you, I would believe him. There is an alarming number of homeless and violent crime on the LA Metro.
When shared AV tech is ready LA will be glad it has all these streets to work with while other cities will seem antiquated with their inconvenient and slow below-grade grids. Who wants to ride in a dark, filthy tunnel when you can get around on our beautiful, sunny streets? Streets keep the buildings further apart, which brings in more light and allows for more trees.
Time to get busy on some dedicated lanes and fixed routes so AVs can be on our roads in 5 years.
It’s pretty clear they are using Uber or Lyft. Metro doesn’t reach most riders. There’s always a first mile and last mile disconnect, which won’t be solved for years or never. LA should do a few things right. Just try to cover the DTLA area first and major points of interest like LAX. Get the Sepulveda to UCLA and LAX and the Crenshaw line to West Hollywood first. Practically everyone else will use their cars. Yay Hoo.
First look: 200 apartments to rise next to Tom Bergin’s in Miracle Mile
Uber is struggling because of the salaries it has to pay drivers. Its headaches are all because of the drivers. Get rid of drivers and the business model improves greatly.
Mobility providers can franchise out their AVs, which may be expensive at the beginning. Cities can replace buses with AV shuttles. I’m sure sewing machines and printing presses were considered "extremely expensive" at one time. Didn’t stop them from replacing people which I’m guessing is what your concern is really about.
LA will be glad it has all these streets to work with while other cities will seem antiquated with their filthy, inconvenient and slow below-grade grid.
Anyway let’s come back to this in 5 years and see.
" The journey, which at that time involved two bus rides and transfers to three separate trains, once took more than five hours."
Bingo. Size and layout of the City are not compatible with a piecemeal transit system. Unless and until the entire wish list of Metro lines are completed, the Metro is not a feasible mode of transportation for the vast majority of people in LA. And sorry people, giving signal priority to shave a few minutes off of the Expo Line isn’t going to solve the problem.