Did LAWA Move to Wyoming?

 

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Photo: Winds of Change Blog

According to the windsochange.net blog, some LAX Flyaway buses are registered in Wyoming.  Why is that do you ask?

The buses are not owned by the City but according to an inside source at LAWA by a private contractor the City has an agreement with to offer the service (quick - check the ethics commission website).

Winds of Change probably has the right answer:

Now it makes a lot of sense to register a commercial vehicle in Wyoming...which costs a flat $60/yr. In California the CVRA fee (assuming a 48,000 pound GVWR) would be $1,161 plus license and registration.

Commercial vehicles with appropriate permits are allowed to operate in California. So I'll wager that we get a few dollars extra; but right now a City-sponsored transit agency is skirting state taxes in a way that would doubtless get a private bus line in trouble.