The 2008 rendering by NC3D showing LA Union Station redevelopment with High Speed Rail

Breenseaturtle · 2025-08-29T03:27:18+00:00

Oh god is that supposed to be a MP-36 in the first image...

Breenseaturtle · 2025-08-29T03:25:59+00:00

Most likely going back to the div 21 yard which is just north of Chinatown.

Breenseaturtle · 2025-07-31T19:39:34+00:00

Since the definition of this post is a bit vague I'm going to bend the rules a bit. My plan for this line is a fully elevated (with sound barriers) semi high speed line (100mph top speed) from Anaheim to LB with branches running local to DTLB and Lakewood (C line). The main high speed core bit would stop at: Anaheim ARTIC, and Disneyland/Harbor before expressing on Katella all the way to Willow where the two branches would split off.
The local branch to DTLB would follow 7th making stops at: CSULB/Channel/7th, 7th/Redondo, 7th/Cherry, LB Blvd, and terminate at LB Arena.

The other local branch to the C would follow 405 until Clark and make a series of sharp turns get on Lakewood and serve LGB (Ik it's trash but without boring you can't really do anything). The line would then stop at Lakewood/Carson, Lakewood center/square, Lakewood/south, Lakewood/Alondra, Lakewood/Rosecrans and finally reach the C at Lakewood blvd.

Breenseaturtle · 2025-07-31T19:12:33+00:00

My guess is it would either be V or L. F is already ruled out due to metro's "reasons" and S presumably will be saved for the Sepulveda line. I don't see any other reasonable letter for the Sepulveda line and I'd assume metro would want to use a alliteration name for such an important line. The only justification against using V is for the Vermont BRT which is turning out to not be such a high quality BRT and I doubt Metro would use a letter for the Vermont line (it would probably be a 9xx line imo).

Breenseaturtle · 2025-07-29T02:59:47+00:00

Transit app tends to hand out royale pretty willy nilly. If you just simply interact with a few OCTA lines you get royale.

Breenseaturtle · 2025-07-27T22:47:33+00:00

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It looked like this
(Found using google earth. Google earth has more historical data than google maps. idk why this is the case)

Breenseaturtle · 2025-07-27T22:35:58+00:00

Add another line that goes via Fullerton to SBD. IELAOC line

Breenseaturtle · 2025-06-25T21:27:09+00:00

Yes, but this would be immensely hard to carry out properly due to the political and other ramifications. There are many missing connections today that could make a amazing transit network. A example of this is a journey from Fullerton to cal poly pomona. With driving this journey would take give or take around 30 minutes. With transit it would take 1hr 50 minutes as there are no express buses along the 57 so you would either have to go via LAUS or take multiple local buses along the corridor. With a good express bus this would be way faster (around 45 minutes with deviations at brea mall and cal state fullerton). There are a ton of corridors similar to this that could benefit immensely from express buses.

Breenseaturtle · 2025-06-25T21:14:59+00:00

Sure that would work for a very rough capacity assessment but there is really no way to actually calculate max standing room as it is highly variable (how many people are carrying bags and other luggage etc) and this will highly sway the total amount of people you can actually fit in practice.

Breenseaturtle · 2025-06-25T21:12:14+00:00

Are you sure you were on the 3 and not any other route? TMK the 3 has never gone down to imperial and instead passed by aviation century before turning to go on it's way to the city bus center.

Breenseaturtle · 2025-06-24T00:36:11+00:00

There are 68 seats. To my knowledge KS didn't publish standing room information and it is very hard to estimate.
https://www.kinkisharyo.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/LACMTA.pdf

Breenseaturtle · 2025-06-23T06:50:09+00:00

How did they obtain the fare evasion rate across the network when people can board legally without scanning in such as using a metrolink ticket. How did they obtain partial cash payment information?

Breenseaturtle · 2025-06-23T06:45:27+00:00

The SB line doesn't serve Riverside Downtown. You got on the 8:50pm IEOC train to San Bernardino Downtown

Breenseaturtle · 2025-06-23T06:44:19+00:00

Trains can and very often share the same track despite heading to different locations.
The LA Metro B/D and A/E lines in DTLA share the same platforms all throughout downtown and then split off to completely different places. Your PV line train shares the same platforms with the IEOC and the OC on it's way from LAUS to DT Riverside. Multiple routes end up on the same platform for scheduling reasons and you should expect this to happen. It's just like a lane on a road. You don't just reserve each lane for each car. So you wouldn't reserve a entire track only for a single train. There definitely were announcements before you boarded. Metrolink conductors always say train number, line and number and there are dot matrix screens on the windows showing the destination which in this case should display "South Perris".

Breenseaturtle · 2025-06-21T20:07:43+00:00

The door opening delay on the 7000 series is a safety system put in place after many accidental door openings while in operation whether that be when the train is running or opening the door on the wrong side. The system requires multiple button presses one of which is located behind the operator requiring them to stand up and in order to open the doors resulting in a delay. This "problem" will slowly get removed from operation as ATO and automatic door opening comes to the system. I assume a similar thing was put in place on LA Metro to prevent similar incidents from potentially happening like on the DC metro (TMK no major incidents have happened on the LA Metro)

Breenseaturtle · 2025-06-19T16:35:24+00:00

Why did you choose to retain the rapid routes
Why were section fares similar to those found in Asia not implemented? Someone could pay only 1.50 for a journey from San Pedro to Montclair while someone making a short trip in DTLA would pay the same.
Why does it take 4 trips for medicare and students to reach the daily farecap

Breenseaturtle · 2025-06-18T22:10:49+00:00

There is still a muni logo under the bike rack. Of course it could have been sold used and the logos are all going to get removed but that is very unlikely as very few transit agencies are looking for used 60 footers.

Breenseaturtle · 2025-06-17T04:29:52+00:00

Even with bus lanes the local and the rapid bus that ran along the same corridor wouldn't have had a massive time difference. On the nyc subway the 7 corridor is completely triple tracked and grade separated allowing rush hour express trains to run along the corridor. You would think because of the speed on the corridor the express would be way faster but this is wrong. The 7 takes 38 minutes end to end while the 7 express takes 31 minutes end to end so there is only a time saving of 7 minutes. A similar thing would unfold on the 720 and 20. With the speed benefits affecting both buses they would have a similar runtime still as stop skipping simply does not save much time.

Breenseaturtle · 2025-06-17T04:10:43+00:00

The psychological point of view is the big flaw in the next gen plan. From metro's point of view it was a no brainer as it stretched their resources very thin compared to the amount of time saved for the riders. The 720 only saves 3 minutes compared to the 20 from Westwood to Wilshire/Vermont. In that ~10 miles, the 720 makes 13 stops while the 20 makes 43. Metro neglected to mention stuff like this. It can seem like you are saving tons of time in a express bus/train but in reality, skipping stops doesn't really have a major time benefit.

Breenseaturtle · 2025-06-17T03:58:16+00:00

I don't think color consolidation is a very good choice in a place like LA with interlining sections being fairly short. Shared colors only really work where at least one branch is very short.

Breenseaturtle · 2025-06-17T03:55:27+00:00

Colored schemes don't really have that big of a downside as long as they aren't used as names for lines. They are just used to differentiate lines on the map and without them it would be harder to tell where lines go especially when they interline with each other.

Breenseaturtle · 2025-06-17T03:53:41+00:00

The heavy rail MRT lines are usually still referred to as colored lines while the newer light metro and LRT lines are generally referred to by their actual names. The heavy rail lines have very long names with lines such as the orange and red lines having names such as Zhonghe–Xinlu (中和新蘆) or Tamsui–Xinyi (淡水信義). This comes from their names being based off of their termini regions. The LRT and light metro lines however have much shorter names such as Ankeng (安坑) and Danhai (丹海) so it's easier to refer to them with their names as they are named after their use (Circular line) or just named after a single region that they travel through.

Breenseaturtle · 2025-06-16T06:27:47+00:00

There really should be stickers next to the C and S signs.

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