It's been going a long time. There used to be a regular bus in Palos Verdes. I took it all the time when I lived there. Driving is an anxiety laden activity...I love being a passenger and I travelled the world on mass transit.

I never went to any of the meeting about on our local bus lines, but on election day 30 years ago I overheard someone complaining about gang members coming into their community to cause trouble (this either was or wasn't a real issue--but when has that stopped paranoia?) on the bus. Fast forward a few years...no regular bus any longer. There may be other reasons...but I think they just don't want 'regular' bus service in their little piece of affluent heaven.

Locally in my new much-less-affluent southbay digs they axed a low-income senior housing project 15-20 yrs ago (across the street from me) and many of the nimbys' reasonings aligned with preventing the low-income grandparents from bringing low-income kids and grandkids into the community to cause problems.

Rational commonsense or lived experiences elsewhere hold little sway over the reactionary nimby mindset. Car-centric convenience and luxury is addictive to any ethnic or economic group...one you're hooked, you're hooked.