The biggest stupidity in LA is that the train does not reach LAX, but ends a couple miles short of it. This alone would greatly reduce LA traffic. What city planners didn't see that?
it’s even dumber, given the hub-and-spoke model, that one of the first lines wasn’t directly between downtown and LAX. lobbying by LAWA (the org that runs LAX) to protect parking revenue and the taxi industry is apparently to blame.
Interesting, I always thought it was the taxi companies lobbies that stopped that. Never thought about the parking lobbies, but it sure makes sense.