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On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:41:41 -0800, Randy MacPherson wrote:

> 
> "Michael Bay's unhealthy fascination with robotic crotches" 
> <goofindoo@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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> On Jan 2, 5:24 pm, ultim...@live.com wrote:
>>I hate Santa Monica blvd.  It takes forever to go just a few blocks.
>>LA needs a good subway system.
> 
> Subways are expensive. L.A. should build elevated systems or monorails.
> 
> An elevated heavy rail system can be built for a tenth the cost of a subway.

A subway makes more sense, unless a monorail can be proven to deliver
higher capacity. Capacity is critical.

In the short term, doing things like having dedicated bike lanes from the
beach to downtown AND making Santa Monica a toll road would both be cheap
and sensible.

That's exactly why neither will ever get done. Why the people of LA don't
demand better from their politicians will forever remain a mystery to me.
I don't live in LA anymore, but I still check this group periodically to
see if anything has changed.

And, nothing ever does change in LA. People seem to be suffocating more
and more in the insanity wrought by stupid politicians and corrupt
developers. 

I've spent time in Sanf Francisco, New York, Chicago, Amsterdam, Berlin
and Paris. LA is by far the worst big city I have ever lived in. The
conditions are atrocious because the majority simply don't care about the
standard of living. 

Sad, but true.

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