Have you ever ridden the LA Metro?
If you haven’t, you’re lucky.
If you have, you aren’t imagining it: it’s an absolute disaster.
Riders face rising crime, filthy stations, and unreliable service…all while billions in taxpayer dollars vanish into rail projects no one needs.
It’s a system that fails on every imaginable level.
That’s why Independent Institute’s new Golden Fleece© report exposes the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) for its unacceptable record of waste, mismanagement, and public endangerment.
In his new report, The Los Angeles Metro: Unacceptable Crime, High Costs, and Unnecessary Expansions, transportation expert Baruch Feigenbaum explains how LA Metro’s sprawling bureaucracy and reckless spending have created a transit system that is dangerous, inefficient, and financially unsustainable. More importantly, he outlines practical, proven alternatives—including Bus Rapid Transit Systems—that introduce competitive contracting and innovative technologies to deliver better mobility for far less cost.
The best time to rethink LA’s transit future would have been yesterday. The next best time? Today.
