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The author, "a transit-dependent Angeleno" who actually lives in Lakewood, likes that his fellow citizens vote to tax themselves for light rail trains that few of them will ever use. But Waldie urges on the L.A. Times op-ed page that they give it a try when the new Gold Line opens this weekend.
Don't think of the Gold Line as mass transit, because if you do, you'll never ride it, and you'll miss the spectacle and the anonymous-yet-communal contact that makes cities great. Instead, think of the Gold Line as the Grove or Universal CityWalk or the Third Street Promenade in splendid motion.
Earlier post: Riding the bus with D. J. Waldie
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