RtS: IMAX at GardenWalk, Anaheim

[Alex]

If you're going to have that many busses running, why not just install omnimovers or moving sidewalks (someone has to implement Heinlein's dream) throughout the county?

[The Original OC Adventure]

Originally Posted by Alex

If you're going to have that many busses running, why not just install omnimovers or moving sidewalks (someone has to implement Heinlein's dream) throughout the county?

The cost would be incredibly high, plus OC is anti-rail (google Center Line).

All they need to get started is more buses and money to build center divider stations.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by The Original OC Adventure

The cost would be incredibly high, plus OC is anti-rail (google Center Line).

All they need to get started is more buses and money to build center divider stations.

And a fairy godmother to make that money appear. And another to widen streets like Bristol or Fairview that are already only 2 lanes in key stretches that would be nightmares if you dedicate one of those lanes to buses.

Sure, if we could wave a wand and start everything from scratch, a working system could be created. But we're talking about an enormously sprawling expanse of streets that has, over the span of a century or so, been designed without public transit in mind. There is no "easily" about any step of what you describe. Every little piece requires decades-long modification work, no matter how much money you throw at it. All of which would be delayed even further as resources will need to be diverted during the process to create temporary solutions for the real problems that exist today.

L.A. is doing it right. Start small, create a few hubs that serve a specific need (getting over the hill from the valley, getting east and west through the city, etc.). By focusing on solving a local transportation headache you ensure that 1) you'll have ridership as you will be meeting their needs and 2) demonstrate the viability of the system to create support for further funding. Once you've got a few local hubs running and efficient, then you can start expanding from there, connecting hubs and getting people not near those hubs more efficient ways of getting to them.