Comments on: LA Metro: Fast, Cheap, Clean and Green

By: arika

arika — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:03:18 +0000

Great suggestions here. I think this a good alternative for other modes of transportation. You were able to save time and money..not bad at all.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:07:52 +0000

You could add Atlanta to your list. It’s possible to use MARTA to get from downtown (and other points) to Hartsfield-Jackson. Check this link out.

By: Melanie Swan

Melanie Swan — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:15:12 +0000

You can take an airport shuttle bus to the Orange County airport (John Wayne) from LAX, not sure about other more direct to destination bus routes.

Its great to see public transport options as an option in Google Maps Driving Directions; much better in the Bay Area than 511.org. CalTrain seems packed whenever I take it.

Also echoing above comments re: Chicago O’hare & Midway airports to downtown via train, very easy, low-cost, safe and fine even in early AM and late PM.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:24:57 +0000

my guess is they don’t do longish trips yet. for instance san diego (MTS) and orange county (OCTA) are both participating, but it won’t tell you how to get from one to the other.

here’s their list of participating regions. i don’t see los angeles on there yet, either.

go google, tho. it seems practically every month they give their maps a noticeable upgrade.

By: ryanne

ryanne — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:41:38 +0000

yes! i just found Google Transit the other day as well.
though there are only a few cities right now, hopefully they will expand soon. i tried to see how to get from Orange County to LAX and it didn’t tell me. maybe because there isn’t a way?

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:17:27 +0000

Another great resource is Google Transit.

By: jay

jay — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:05:48 +0000

riding the CalTrain into downtown SF last night, it’s obvious that gasoline prices need to hit $5.00 a gallon before americans really scream for good public transportation. It’s still just too easy and cheap to drive regardless of how much trouble internal combustion engines cause.

By: ryanne

ryanne — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:32:01 +0000

when i was living in new england, i would often take the amtrak from Boston to NYC (and they operate the MBTA commuter rail in Boston). almost every time, i would see flyers from the amtrak unions that the federal government was cutting funding in order to continue to help subsidize the airline industry (and the big 3 as well). so yeah i believe it, the gov’t does not see a future in the rail system and that’s too bad.

By: Jonny Goldstein

Jonny Goldstein — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:27:57 +0000

I heard we spend around 40 billion in Federal funds on roads and 1 billion and change on mass transit.

By: jay

jay — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:34:17 +0000

yeah, we need more awareness around how public transportation works in our local communities. I’m flying to Dayton, OH next month and had the hardest time trying to figure out how to get to town on public transportation. Most urban areas have decent buss/train systems but are under-promoted.

By: Pat Cook

Pat Cook — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:21:01 +0000

Here in Dener, we have Light Rail, which will no doubt be in use HEAVY use during the DNC convention next year. Right now there are about six lines and two corridors, but plans call for that to be expanded by the time the DNC rolls around.

For more info. on this you might wanna bookmark these websites…

RTD (The official mass transit authority) - http://www.rtd-denver.com/
RTD Light Rail - http://www.rtd-denver.com/LightRail/index.html
RTD FasTracks - http://www.rtd-fastracks.com/
RTD on WikiPedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTD
Denver Regional Council Of Governments (Official website) - http://www.drcog.org/
Denver Regional Council Of governments on WikiPedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Regional_Council_of_Governments

If that doesn’t get you started on making plans for bein in town the week of the DNC, I don’t know what will. In case this post gets buried (Which it eventually will), I will have the above links on BOTH of the “Pat Cook Show” websites as you guys will undoubtedly need to start making plans now before its too late.

By: Clintus McGintus

Clintus McGintus — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:51:32 +0000

When I was in San Jose I rode their light rail and loved it. I can’t wait for ours to be finished here in AZ. Every time I drive by the construction I get all excited.

By: Sharuk

Sharuk — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:20:13 +0000

Hey Ryan! great video
I live in Chicago so my recommendation is these sites
http://transitchicago.com/ (Chicago Local/Downtown)
-$2 for one ride -$5 pass for unlimited rides in 24hrs[Sweet]
*rite now CTA is in bit trouble, check out this website to read more..

http://www.metrarail.com/ (Chicago and surrounding counties)
I haven/t traveled in metra yet!

By: jay

jay — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:48:41 +0000

That’s a great site, Beth. President Bush is talking about regulating flight paths in the US because there are too many planes in the air. Be better if the US just had a decent rail system, especially between regional cities. Europe has it…but we don’t since everyone flies or drives.

By: Beth Tilston

Beth Tilston — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:12:26 +0000

To stay out of cars and even planes even more often, have a look at http://www.seat61.com/ It’s a UK based site, but it’s still quite useful for worldwide information.