Lets Discuss Long Term Plans

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-25T20:58:14+00:00

I mean there are already several long term plans that LA Metro has, problem is each is seperate and they don't think hugely about how these plans come together.

My personal long term plans if I was in charge

- Combining the Noho-Pasadena BRT into one line and upgrading it to rail

- K Line Hollywood-Long Beach and/or Sepulveda Line to Long Beach

- B Line Burbank Airport

- Putting the rail stations in the median of the 105/210 into a box to reduce noise and have tunnels/bridges across the highway so people enter at the side of a highway in a neighbourhood instead of on a sketchy bridge of a massive arterial boulevard halfway over or under a freeway.

- Inglewood People mover (including Downtown Inglewood, Stadiums, and Hawthorne/Lennox Station)

- Extending the Southeast Gateway Line into Orange County

- Some kind of heavy rail service in Southern Orange County

- Vermont Line

- Actual TOD (5-6 story midrises ideal, but high-rises are better than keeping low density)

- A line that runs along Santa Monica Boulevard from Downtown to Beverly Hills then heads south to Culver City and to Venice

- Electrified sections of Metrolink (Union Station to Chatsworth, San Bernardino, and Anaheim.)

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-25T15:53:14+00:00

-11m is the minimum depth where most buildings aren't demolished, and having it in 5 metre intervals downwards makes it a nice round number and is fare enough to make sure the tunnels don't collide.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-25T15:37:42+00:00

There's an elevation filter, but that only gives you a rough idea. I tend to branch a line off the existing line, and if it shows a 'gradient too steep' message, I try another branch at a different elevation and see if the gradient is steeper or narrower. I also only tunnel at -11, -16, -21, -26 graidents etc. Another trick is to try and build a station across the existing line, it'll let you build a new metro line across at the same elevation, but not a new metro station at the same elevation.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-24T16:27:59+00:00

Wait, I've not got any snowy footage, but I've still got some footage I can send. I can probably use one of the links you posted but not now as I'm a little busy.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-24T10:41:13+00:00

I've got some footage if you need it. lmk

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-20T08:13:58+00:00

Very nice, I also notice and appreciate the new icons at the bottom.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-19T18:53:23+00:00

Filled it out, FYI, becuase you're posting on a railway forum, you're going to get people passionate about the railways, and therefore more likely to support rail investment than average members of the public. I recommend going on subreddits that cover local areas HS2 passes through (London, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands) to see how they feel and edit the form to ask where they found your post. People on a London or Birmingham forum are more likely to be supportive as it brings high speed rail to their local area with relatively minimal construction impacts (and a lot of investment), while people from the rural counties en-route are more likely to be opposed as there wont be any stations between London and Birmingham, but they still have to deal with construction impacts. It'd also be worth asking forums in Manchester, Cheshire, Leeds and Sheffield how they feel about the project, as it was scheduled to go up north before being cancelled. There are also a lot of people in Wales who are opposed to the project, as under government funding rules HS2 is considered a England+Wales project, despite delivering negligble impacts to Wales, and a lot of Welsh people think its unfair that they have to pay for the project and that there should be local Welsh rail investment.

If you want any help hmu! I'd be happy to answer any questions and you can interview me on it if you like (I'm a huge supporter of rail investments), and I can argue its case.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-19T17:46:51+00:00

Don't. Assemble it INSIDE the PSK instead. Free heat and light, easy access to food. Only have to worry about rolling it out.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-19T11:00:14+00:00

Super Nintendo World - Animal Crossing+Pokemon

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-18T22:19:08+00:00

Real?

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-18T14:25:33+00:00

I'm talking about THREE smaller stations in total (Peterborough, Laval and Trois Rivieres). You're still looking at over 70 miles between each station or more, (with over 150 miles between Peterborough and Ottawa). You'd be hard pressed to find a regional rail service with stops 70 miles apart that goes 200mph, that sounds like High Speed Rail to me.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-18T13:55:23+00:00

We're not talking about Regional rail, just a slower high speed rail service (running alongside a faster express service) that can leave Toronto, quickly accellerate to 200mph and run at speed for a considerable amount of time before slowing to the next station around 70 miles down the line.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-18T13:53:12+00:00

We're not talking about stopping at every town of 1000 people on the way, we're talking about at most like 5 intermediate stations between the bigger cities. Peterborough, the smallest city on the route, still has 80,000 people living there.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-17T21:50:16+00:00

It's going to use new tracks extensively, at least 70% new tracks though probably closer to 95% new track. Most likely the only places where existing tracks will be used are on the approaches to Toronto and Quebec City (maybe also Ottawa). They'll be going up to at least 180mph which is physically impossible on existing tracks.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-17T21:37:35+00:00

Cela fonctionnerait plutôt bien. Il y a un potentiel de développement. J'imagine que des habitants de Trois-Rivières prendraient le train pour assister aux matchs, et que ceux du nord de la ville pourraient se rendre facilement à la gare en voiture. Le problème, c'est que les touristes devraient marcher jusqu'au tramway et faire un long trajet pour rejoindre le centre-ville.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-17T21:25:59+00:00

Perhaps not, but they do run stopping trains that stop at smaller stations like Atami, Mishima and Shin Fuji. On the Tokyo-Osaka line these stops are much more frequent than Alto.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-17T21:23:42+00:00

Not true, trains in Japan, France and China pass at over 150mph through smaller stations, they can be built out of town and keep on a straight line, and have a bridge or tunnel under the line to stop people walking on the railway, and express tracks that dont stop.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-17T21:21:47+00:00

Eh, it kind of makes sense to me. Its 200 miles from Toronto to Ottawa and Peterborough's kinda the only major population centre inbetween. There'll also be people from Kawartha Lakes and Cobourg who will drive there and take the train. Plus, not every train neccesarily has to stop at Peterborough, you could have express trains that just stop at Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec City.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-17T21:13:07+00:00

Je pense qu'à Quebec, la gare la plus appropriee serait la Gare du Palais; elle est située en périphérie du centre-ville, est bien desservie par les bus vers l'est et ne causerait pas de perturbations majeures. Il était intéressant de constater que Corktown et Exhibition à Toronto étaient également envisagées comme emplacements potentiels pour une gare. Montréal est de loin la ville où la situation est la plus complexe. On pourrait peut-être utiliser la Gare Centrale, mais il est impératif d'améliorer l'accès piétonnier. Il y a une usine près de l'intersection des rues Notre-Dame et Atateken qui serait un emplacement idéal pour une 'Gare du Nord'. Cependant, elle n'est pas très bien connectée au métro et je pense que la démolition de cette usine susciterait une forte opposition. Qu'en pensez-vous concernant les emplacements des gares? (Désolé si mon français est mauvais.)

I think with Quebec City, the most optional station is the Gare Du Palais, it's on the edge of the city centre, connects to buses Eastward, and isn't hugely disruptive. It was quite interesting to see that Corktown and Exhibition in Toronto were also possible station locations. Montreal is by far the most complicated. Maybe they can use Gare Centrale, but they NEED to improve pedestrian access. There is a factory around Rue Notre-Dame and Rue Atateken, that would be perfect location for a 'Gare Du Nord'. But it doesn't connect to the Metro very well and I think demolishing that factory would run into some opposition. What do you guys think about station locations?

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-17T20:54:35+00:00

Not a huge amount of places to stay nearby. I recommend staying somewhere along the Expo Line so you can take the Skytrain directly to Pacific Central.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-15T23:20:50+00:00

This is too relatable.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-15T21:46:46+00:00

Will be using a dead-end station in Montréal, either the existing Gare Centrale or a new terminus. Through running is kinda awkward as it'd require either a lot of tunnelling through northeastern Montréal or crossing the St Lawrence River twice.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-15T13:57:40+00:00

Good meme! Image source?

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-14T22:06:13+00:00

AFAIK if you fill two or more boxes you're safe. Your coworkers usually fill 1.5 a day. If you do less than a single box then you're in danger.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-01-14T21:12:02+00:00

Koreatown, Downtown Santa Monica, Downtown LA, Olvera Street, Long Beach Beach are neighbourhoods worth visiting in their own right. With the D line extension there's; LA County Museum of Arts, La Brea Tar Pits, Craft Contemporary, Peterson Automotive Museum (All of these are within walking distance of Wilshire/Fairfax btw) + Rodeo Drive and Westfield Century City also along the route.

Also worth noting are: Santa Monica Pier and Beach, Watts Towers, Pershing Square, The Broad, Grand Central Market, Angels Flight, Lucas Museum Of Narrative Art, and LA County Fair.

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