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It's a new record for Los Angeles -- $3.49 a gallon, as of this morning reports KFWB 980 AM. The price of the barrel, also at an all time high, is $105.10.
This comes as Metro is looking to cut bus service across the Los Angeles area. Last night, 12 of the threatened lines were voted upon by the San Fernando Valley Governance Council. "Some schedules and routes will be modified but none will be eliminated. The main route up for discussion, line 154, will not change. The MTA Board of Directors can over ride the vote but that's not expected." That's what FOX11 News says. More regional service sector meetings continue next week.
Meanwhile, Metro is looking into extending the Orange Line with a four-mile connection north to Chatsworth from Canoga Park. It is said that the extension would be popular on the already crowded line that receives 20,875 weekday, which is nearly a thousannd shy of the 15-year projected ridership. However, this extension could take 6 years to complete. With two plans to pick from, both plans call for the widening of Canoga Avenue and the closure of 56 businesses that rent from Metro on a month-to-month lease.
Two public hearings regarding the extension are set for March 19 and 26.
Photo of the Woodman Orange Line Station by Zach Behrens/LAist
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Regarding the closure of 56 business along Canoga Ave.
I don't think many of them will complain. There's plenty of empty retail spaces elsewhere in the valley.
Yes, because cutting back on buses is the answer to the rising prices in fuel question.
I tell you, some days I am so for Metro, and the next they just piss me off. Perhaps the reason why ridership is down on some of their lines is because of chronic unreliability and once an hour problem.
I tried to take the bus to work yesterday. Checked the schedule. Walked to the stop with plenty of time to spare. There was a young couple waiting. Half hour later, no bus. And this was a Rapid, one that is supposed to run every 12 minutes. I had to go home and get my car so I would not be late for work.
Although no lines were cut, it's still disappointing that they thought would even occur.
I hope MTA is ready for standing the crowds they'll get when gas hit $4 a gallon.
On the positive, more lighthearted side, this means more room for cyclists on the super-awesomely paved Orange Line. I can already visualize the script for a futuristic Mad Max remake where cyclists run this stank ass city and the (failed) Orange Line is one of their many stomping grounds!
I know where Delara is coming from. It sucks when the bus doesn't come at 11pm, and when/if it does arrive, the bike rack is full, and then it happens again 15 minutes later, and then you just say fuck it and ride all the way home. And you end up having a ball knowing you were self-reliant. Bike == Freedom, especially in a city that's failing to provide basic services like efficient transport.
Whenever I ride an MTA bus I feel like like I am donating a buck twenty-five. I have rarely been passed by a Rapid bus (Wilshire or Vermont) because their slow asses don't average more than 14mph. And that's slower than a mtn bike. And less fun.