http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/transit+washington_post PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/13230 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/13230 L.A., Long Ruled by Cars, Becoming a Transit Leader<br />Evolving Region Pushes for More Rail Lines<p>By John Pomfret<br />Washington Post Staff Writer<br />Sunday, December 17, 2006; Page A03</p><p>LOS ANGELES -- Demeaned as a car-crazed megalopolis where people drive two blocks to valet-park at the dry cleaners, Los Angeles is on the road to fashioning one of the best public transit systems in the nation.</p><br />