• @[email protected]
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      273 months ago

      And the infrastructure is definitely lacking in LA. You can’t just tell people to use public transport and have like one bus an hour that takes you 3 miles from where you need to be.

      • @pdxfed
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        Well you just transfer 5 or 6 times between municipal bus systems dummy!

        I looked up getting downtown by bus one time from 15 miles away, would have taken 3 municipal system transfers, a long with their crappy wait times. No one is getting out of a car with that.

  • @karpintero
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    That’s great, let’s hope they invest in the infrastructure needed to make it convenient.

    Bass said the city will utilize 3,000 buses loaned to it from around the country to ease traffic congestion. The U.S. government last month pledged $900 million to help improve the city’s rail and bus systems in anticipation of the Games.

      • @[email protected]
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        153 months ago

        That’s interesting, thanks. So just throwing a bunch of buses at the problem and flexible work hours was all it took. You would think you could do this permanently easily day to day, especially with WFH being an option for many.

        • azl
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          103 months ago

          I absolutely agree, but I have a sneaking but unfounded suspicion that many decision makers don’t want to prove out this theory.

          WFH during the pandemic already triggered a panic from those whose income depends on the status quo of urban commute. To them, demonstrating we don’t need offices OR personal automobiles is a dangerous experiment to conduct in one of the largest metro areas in the world.

          My god, what if it works? What would we do with all this pavement and gasoline?!

  • atro_city
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    Make public transport free and make it extensive. I’m sure ridership will skyrocket. If they keep it the way it is or let Musk build another one of his Tesla tunnels, they’re going to have a bad time.

  • @432
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    03 months ago

    I wish this was a thing in Houston for just regular events at NRG. NRG not providing parking would be great!

  • @[email protected]
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    All fun and games until the Danish tourists are robbed at gunpoint on a shitty LA bus.

    • arthurpizza
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      This idea that public transit is more dangerous is completely inaccurate. 330 traffic fatalities in 2023 in LA. That’s almost 1 day.

    • @doingthestuff
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      I mean if they’re saying no cars, then all the athletes and judges and higher up exec types, the news, everyone should be riding the bus. If it doesn’t apply to the “special” people, it shouldn’t apply to anyone.