Public Transportation In And Around Los Angeles

A 2GreenEnergy supporter visiting California from Basque Country writes about a trip he and his girl friend took around the state:

During this trip we’ve found several problems moving from one place to another without a car due to the public transport in this country, which is shameful in most places and nonexistent in others. What’s more, although L.A. has a nice metro system, we were surprised how empty it was in comparison with any city we’ve been in. People is overused to take the car for every single thing.  I find this atrocious and believe that enhancing  public transportation and raising people’s awareness about it should be an issue of first priority for government.

I completely agree.  That you can’t take the Metro to Los Angeles International Airport shows that we really don’t care a whit about public transportation in L.A.