This became glaringly obvious recently, when the CEO of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Phil Washington, reeling from data showing a steady drop of transit riders, decided that the only solution was to make driving worse.
\u201cIt\u2019s too easy to drive in this city,\u201d said Washington. \u201cWe want to reach the riders that left and get to the new ones as well. And part of that has to do with actually making driving harder.\u201d
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And if you listen to the DFL apparatchiks that infest the Met Council, you hear the same thing – just a little quieter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, outside friendly confines, anyway. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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