Near the rails but still on the road

Research casts doubt on the region’s strategy of pushing transit-oriented residential projects to get people out of cars.

TV cameras in tow and champagne at the ready, a dozen of the county’s most powerful civic leaders


“People could live here and never use their cars,” declared MTA Chief Executive Roger Snoble at the February event.

It’s a vision expressed frequently by local government officials, who see building large mixed-use developments next to mass transit lines as a key solution for not just the region’s traffic congestion but also its spread-out geography and reputation for being unfriendly to pedestrians.

LA Times