I'd love to think they'd do it better but you're right, they'd probably do it the same or even worse. They'd more likely make LA the first place in the country where all the roads are private toll roads that require subscriptions to a multitude of services to use

[–] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

soypoint-1 "We're going to disrupt traffic!"

Six months later, the toll company goes bust, their servers shut down, and the whole city is gridlocked

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago

And then they'll blame the city for holding an event

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago

The fire in Altadena is where this used to be:

The railway, originally incorporated by Thaddeus S. C. Lowe as the Pasadena and Mt. Wilson Railroad Co.,[1] existed from 1893 until its official abandonment in 1938, and was the only scenic mountain, electric traction (overhead electric trolley) railroad ever built in the United States.