Paul McCool wrote:
> Yes, if they had invested in upgrading the P-E instead of tearing it out,
> L.A. wouldn't have anything like the traffic issues it does now.
>
> A great Red Car story:
>
> In 1943, my father-in-law was 9-years-old and lived with his folks in Costa
> Mesa. One day, his mother gave him some money and told him to go to Sears
> in Santa Ana and buy some new pants for school. Again, he was 9 years old.
> He took the Red Car into Santa Ana, but didn't find any pants he liked, so
> he got back on the Red Car, rode all the way into downtown L.A. and went to
> the big Sears store on Broadway, bought his pants and headed home, without
> his mother knowing where he'd been until she saw the sales receipt. Let a
> 9-year-old try that today....
First they would have to avoid getting mugged on the various buses they
would have to take and then it would be a L O N G day. I used to live
over the hill in the valley and it took me 2 1/2 hours by bus to reach
CBS Television City in LA. I could drive it in 25 minutes. no wonder
people do not take the bus here. At least trains do not get stuck in
traffic. Got to love the subway, though. It is one thing that works in
LA =^-^=
cat
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