The reading on Transportation Palimpsest centers on how Los Angeles has progressed as an urban city. The author highlights the development that happened to the city and how modernization has changed Los Angeles to what it is today. For example, in the old map of Los Angeles, there are no airports and freeways. But as the years progressed, long-distance airports and even larger road connections were constructed. The transport system of Long Angeles is what makes the city accessible to other cities and makes each place in the city connected. When people think about transport, cars and roads are the first things that come into mind. However, there are many more types of transportation that connect places such as railways and air transport.