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Not been to LA in years, but as the article says (or have things really changed?):-

>For people who know Los Angeles, this seems overly optimistic

"Overly optimistic" is an overly optimistic statement. As an LA native I laughed out loud when I read that.

LA is the kind of place a small town of under 25k blocks a critical freeway extension for over 40 years until the state gives up. There is no way it's happening.

While thats true its still a place thats increasingly favoring transit or biking investment. Ballot initiatives are popular. More rail is being built here as we speak than anywhere else in the US with a few concurrent projects in varying states of planning or construction. Say what you will about south pasadena and the 710, theres a metro rail stop in their downtown and new bike lanes going up.

They can and I bet they will declare victory on this by moving the goal posts. Like measuring only during the Olympics and for a subset of area or subset of travels, etc.

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