Now is The Best and Worse of Times
Commentary, April 1st, 2008
Editorial by Noel T. Braymer
Ridership on Amtrak, commuter and transit trains is growing and reaching all time records. Los Angeles will see the extension of the Gold Line from LAUS out to East Los Angeles by late next year and the start up of the Expo Line to Culver City by 2010. Metrolink will be running trains in Orange County every half hour by late 2009 and is working on extending service to Perris in Riverside County by 2011. We are very close to seeing the Coast Daylight running with the first direct service between Los Angeles and San Francisco in over 30 years. With gasoline prices going higher almost every day people are looking for economic alternatives to their dependence on oil and the automobile.
