...Yup, David, I am aware of that, just lust for Red Cars I guess,' you don't have any retro stuff like MSY, MEM and lots of other cities that had sense enough to never get rid of what they had... Still, on my few trips to LAX, seeing that (mostly) bare strip down Santa Monica Blvd. makes me alternatively pissed off and sad! Also those ex-Pacific Electric overpasses on the road that goes out to Venice. Bryant Petitt Cumming, GA --- David Mueller <dmueller@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bryant Petitt wrote: > > Santa Monica Boulevard would be so enhanced by a > > re-incarnation of Pacific Electric, but then > again, > > California has to have everything new, nothing old > > like the many US cities going back to forms of > ground > > level Electric Rail Transportation (with the > exception > > of existing SFO Muni and San Diego. > > A new light rail system has been built in LA. It's > not as extensive as > the old Red Car system, but it gets around. > Metrolink is also there, > more of a long-haul commuter train system. > > To compare to other California cities, Metro Rail is > comparable to BART > and the San Diego Trolley, and Metrolink is > comparable to Caltrain and > Coaster. > > -- > David Mueller / MRY > dmueller@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.quanterium.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com