In the early 1900s, Los Angeles built the world's largest and most efficient streetcar network. However, in a shocking reversal, the city scrapped its streetcars by the mid-1960s. Realizing its traffic problems weren't being solved by adding more highway lanes, LA acknowledged its mistake and began rebuilding its train network. With the 2028 Olympics on the horizon, the city's public transit expansion gained even more momentum. Before riding the LA Metro, I would read wildly mixed reviews about it. So when an opportunity came about in the summer of 2024, my wife and I spent three days exploring the city by train - from LAX to Norwalk, from Downtown to North Hollywood, and from Long Beach to Santa Monica.