The area’s leading news outlet, the Los Angeles Times, thought this was a great idea. Quick fact check: LAX is the nation’s second busiest airport, serving 84.5 million passengers a year. All other traffic in the airport would get squeezed into fewer lanes, and legions of ride-share cars would somehow fit into one parking area. Officials created new lanes for special shuttles that would take Uber and Lyft passengers to a parking lot outside the airport, where they could all join together in texting for drivers, then waiting for them to arrive. It will relieve congestion when it opens sometime in 2023. This Armageddon was brought on by the airport’s need to reduce traffic so construction could begin on a new elevated tram that would circle the airport. ![]() ![]() ![]() Government officials are stunned because, honestly, they had a plan for that. ![]() What used to be a messy process that sometimes required a wait of 20 minutes at Los Angeles International (LAX) is now a scene of complete chaos, with literally hundreds of passengers stranded in a parking lot while underpaid ride-share drivers struggle in gridlock so severe it takes an hour to drive the final half-mile into the airport. Here’s a modest proposal for anyone who believes “Medicare for All” is a good idea: Fly into Los Angeles right now and try to get an Uber.
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