EDITORIAL SCOOTER CITY SOLUTION TO L.A.'S TRANSPORTATION WOES FOLDS UP, COSTS LESS THAN $100.

NOW we know where the transportation gurus who misdesign Los Angeles transit get their great ideas: the 12-and-under set.

At its first technology and innovation forum last week, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority recommended various future transportation solutions, including motorized scooters, bicycles, high-tech micromachines and - Razors.

Yes, Razors - the fold-up foot-powered scooters that are all the rage among prepubescents with an average commute of 100 feet or less.

We'd like to think the MTA is just being cute and that its officials don't really believe that scooters will provide any - let alone much - relief to future L.A. commuters.

But by all indications, the MTA brain trust is serious about our great Razor future. MTA Project Manager Robin Blair boasts that ``Kids say Razor scooters are more convenient than getting on bikes, and they can fold it up and take it into the house with them.''

They also look great covered with Pokemon stickers.

Who needs more roads, wider freeways or a public-transportation system that people might actually want to use?

The MTA has seen the future, and it's in the fourth grade.

The only trick is for MTA officials to convince adults that they should huff it down Sepulveda Boulevard on a skateboard with handlebars - coffee in one hand, briefcase in the other.

Maybe they could create some incentives, like a scooters-only lane on the San Diego Freeway.

Just don't drive your Big Wheel there - you'll get a $271 fine.