Named Best? What? Best Public Transit System/Agency in the US? What? LA? Whaaaaaaatttttt? Read On:

MTA Wins Award, Begins Ridership Campaign
(CBS) LOS ANGELES The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is launching a campaign to boost ridership on its bus and trains Thursday.

The MTA was named the nation’s best transportation agency of 2006 by the American Public Transportation Association in San Jose on Tuesday.

Metro employees plan to celebrate the award and campaign at a ceremony this morning that is being held at Metro Bus Division One, the oldest transit yard in Los Angeles.

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how much of this is politics and how much is real numbers?

is this in the whole counrty of united states???

is this in the whole counrty of united states???

Yes, the whole country we call the United States. But what does it really mean? Is LA slowly but surely becoming a transit-oriented city?

how much of this is politics and how much is real numbers?




^^ Can we just savor the victory for a minute......... !

Um, this is old news, isn't it? I remember reading about it in June

It won primarily because of its Rapid Bus program. There are indeed other systems that are already mature and in that sense are "better" but because of the improvements the system has been making incremently it won this award. And yes, of course, some of this is politics but give me an award that isn't?

Despite these awards and publicity, it's still difficult to convince people (both here in LA and outside of LA) that we have a full-functioning public transit system....when gas prices went up we saw an increase in ridership! now that gas prices are going down, it would be interesting to see what the ridership numbers will be...

[QUOTE=klamedia;10139618]It won primarily because of its Rapid Bus program.




^^ I like these buses...... yes, I had to show it again!:yes:
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e124/fnee1901/MetroRapid.jpg

those buses look hightech>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<><><

Yes, like hi-tech eels.

call me bias but i like my discription better

I stil don't know about "America's Best" but I would agree with APTA awarding Metro for being "Most Improved." There were a lot of things done in the past few years that should have happened years ago -- the daypass, bike racks, etc. Metro now has an "image" and a vision, something it sorely lacked in its early days and further back when it was the RTD.

I also think APTA awards every system the award, I mean NYC and Chicago and Washington already got theirs years ago, so I guess it was just our turn :) :) :)

Still a valid honor considering LA's infamous transit system.

So what was your discription(sic) "botox"?