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They started that 8.5 mile extension in 2013. Eight stations. They were supposed to finish in 2019. As of July 2020, they\u2019re not done at all. I\u2019ve driven a couple thousand miles (!) on Crenshaw watching them in the past months. There\u2019s always one dude working and three or four mfs standing around, watching. Like all construction sites.<\/p>\n
I think I\u2019ve done it all in terms of transportation. I lived with and without a car in France. Same in LA. I commuted on everything from feet to bike to trains to Uber to buses.<\/p>\n
When I arrived in LA of course, I was all up in my European bullshit. \u201chow come there\u2019s no train?\u201d<\/em> Because those don\u2019t really work here, bae.<\/p>\n Public transportation is really great when: <\/p>\n – It\u2019s cold\/rainy outside, most of the year<\/p>\n – You can\u2019t never park whatsoever<\/p>\n – Trains and buses are on time and plentiful (every 5mn)<\/p>\n The first two points don\u2019t exist in Los Angeles. The third one doesn\u2019t really either (buses every 20mn at BEST).<\/p>\n I forgot to mention that it\u2019s hot out here and walking to and from stations isn\u2019t great, especially with how cold it is inside buildings (bitch ass AC, I\u2019ll have a post for you soon). A brutal, temperature swing that screws your body while you\u2019re wondering why you feel weird.<\/p>\n But also the third point is something that can be here, and also can be not here. And that\u2019s super infuriating as a user. After a few years of that, you\u2019re done with it. You buy a car, you move away, whatever. Public transportation randomness is just too much to deal with, especially with the lives we have now. Stress is a killer.<\/p>\n Speaking of, public transportation in the world of deadly viruses is not something I\u2019m looking forward to.<\/p>\n So between earthquakes, COVID-19, a still very poor train network and plenty of $900 cars to buy, I don\u2019t think people will use that train line that much. It might even cost a fortune to maintain. I can\u2019t wait for this Metro line to become a bike path with trees. Crenshaw could definitely use that. Electric bikes, remote work and local life, bitches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" They started that 8.5 mile extension in 2013. Eight stations. They were supposed to finish in 2019. As of July 2020, they\u2019re not done at all. I\u2019ve driven a couple thousand miles (!) on Crenshaw watching them in the past months. There\u2019s always one dude working and three or four mfs standing around, watching. Like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3117,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116\/revisions\/3117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}