But, unlike London, our rail got ripped out by a misguided adoption of the freeway system, the economics of the times, and the desire by GM to make money using buses and selling cars. Just imagine if we had incremental expansion and improvement of our old rail system over the past 90 years. We'd probably have as great a system as London today.

Ah well, never too late to start over, I suppose.

I am optimistic that the next couple of years will really raise Angelenos' awareness about public transit options in the city. Still smarting from the high gas prices, we will see the Gold east open this year, and Expo open next year. Then Expo2 just a few years after that. Things are looking up.

It's a walking city. It has a every kind of transit available -- Heavy Rail ("The Tube"), Light Rail, Trams (streetcars), Ferries, a world class bus system with an extensive night-owl system, bus-only lanes, and a congestion charge in the center of the City. There are several "Union Stations" with comprehensive Commuter Rail going in every direction.

It's one of the greatest privileges of my life that I got to live there.

Like Los Angeles, London is also a sprawl, and living proof that the misguided BRU and another anti-rail advocates are full of caca when they state that Los Angeles too big for anything but buses.