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Passengers who empty their pockets to go through security at LAX leave behind a lot of coin in those little bins -- more than $7,400 in change in the last three months, Ian Gregor writes in a Daily Breeze feature. That seems to be more than at other airports, he finds, though no one knows why. "There's no reason to the madness," a Transportation Security Administration type tells him. Every few weeks the coins get turned into a money order that is sent to Washington.
It must be LAX feature day. In the Times, reporters Sharon Bernstein and Kurt Streeter leave her house in Studio City at the same time and try to see who can get to the airport first - her taking the freeway during the morning rush, or him by using public transportation. Spoiler below.
It's L.A., Jake -- the car always rules.
For a laugh you should try the MTA's "Trip Planner" on its website.
http://mtaweb5.mta.net/
Try the "Landmarks" function and see if you can find how to get to the following places: Staples Center, The Music Center, Farmer's Market/The Grove, Hollywood/Highland, or the Kaiser Permanente Hospital on Sunset.
Posted by: Bob Timmermann at February 24, 2004 03:04 PMI think it's pathetic that the loose change is sent to Washington. Like they need any more money to waste. Why couldn't that money be donated to a worthy charity here in LA?
What would the federal government do with $7,400? Give it to the Pentagon to buy a box of paperclips?
Posted by: Dave at February 24, 2004 05:44 PMThe Green Line to LAX is the worst misnomer in LA Transit. For 700 million, LA got a station at the corner of Imperial and Aviation, quite far from any terminal other than the freight loading area. Great. Get me to LAX for heaven's sake, and don't make me drag my luggage from a train to a bus with high stairs.
Grumbling about LAX is easy, since it's such a fiasco. Security, parking, transit... why doesn't the LA Airports Board do their job?
of LA Observed
The Daily News ran the same story (departing from Woodland Hills) when the Red Line opened to the Valley. The car won back then, too!
Posted by: boifromtroy at February 24, 2004 11:11 AM