In this essay, I propose to demonstrate how a light rail system can benefit Los Angeles in social, intellectual, and environmental ways. Though I won’t go into a discussion about it, I believe that these will all have positive implications to the economy as well, thus offsetting any argument about the cost of such a large-scale municipal project. Los Angeles could easily become a more livable city if they would only invest in a light rail system that could move people around this giant subur...