tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post5421682058466940172..comments2024-03-04T08:09:21.453-08:00Comments on Richard's Real Estate and Urban Economics Blog: USC planning student Alexene Farol writes about why public transit is hard for LARichard Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02161226214739034402noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-19215545125648501852009-12-19T23:32:18.048-08:002009-12-19T23:32:18.048-08:00Can anyone recommend the well-priced MSP software ...Can anyone recommend the well-priced MSP software for a small IT service company like mine? Does anyone use Kaseya.com or GFI.com? How do they compare to these guys I found recently: <a href="http://www.n-able.com" rel="nofollow"> N-able N-central security management<br /> </a>? What is your best take in cost vs performance among those three? I need a good advice please... Thanks in advance!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-72619328155526841582009-10-20T14:16:31.557-07:002009-10-20T14:16:31.557-07:00As a USC student without a car who rides the publi...As a USC student without a car who rides the public transportation several times a week I've got a few comments.<br /><br />1) You say that the poor minorities are not riding the light rail and instead choose the cheaper buses but in LA, the subways as well as the quite nice gold line to pasadena cost the same amount. $1.25 per ride or 5 bucks for a day pass which gets you on both. I'd argue that the poor are riding the trains as much as they can b/c they are quicker and more dependable and come regularly. The problem is that the trains don't go to as many locations and even fewer convenient locations. Furthermore, there are bad connections between trains, most of the time you have to transfer at union station even if that's the opposite direction of where you want to go.<br /><br />2) The Dash (which is 25 Cents and thus more affordable for the poor) is usually quite nice and far nicer than the rapids or the locals of metro. Part of the reason seems to be because it is a smaller bus. With the giant metro buses, all sorts of undesirable activity can take place in the back of the bus without the driver noticing. My girlfriend is a PYT who takes the public transport and has had far fewer bad encounters and experiences on the Dashes and the trains. <br /><br />Maybe we need more small buses in LA along with more rail lines that are better connected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com