[SGVLUG] Ride to SCALE tomorrow morning?

[Dustin Laurence]

On 02/21/2014 10:53 AM, Henry B Hotz wrote:

> Don't get me wrong, I'm glad *a* public transit system exists, but how
> long does all this take?

Public transit in LA has always taken me far longer than a car trip, 
even with parking and logistics on the end. Maybe twice the time if you 
can use the train directly, and three or four times if you take a bus? 
Not sure. I avoid it except for situations like avoiding parking a car 
for a long period at the airport when I don't have a ride to get there.

> (Also, why doesn't Metrorail get you all the way to the airport?

I once observed the same thing--logic would dictate a train station 
built into the airport itself. believe I was told that the reason is 
protection for the vanpool industry. Governments don't make decisions 
based on the utility of you little people, the make decisions based on 
the utility of businesses big enough or well-connected enough to lobby 
effectively, and local politics seems to have dictated the particular 
situation in LA.

Dustin