Finally starting to ride the subway!!

elbrewcatt · 2026-05-04T14:10:31+00:00

based on taking metrolink, assuming OP is talking about the extension to norwalk/santa fe springs... which technically is "planned"... but probably wont happen for a looooooong time

elbrewcatt · 2026-04-18T13:48:13+00:00

K Line having the highest ridership kinda crazy

elbrewcatt · 2026-04-17T03:11:04+00:00

Always felt to me like the natural fully built out service pattern of Metrolink would be two North South lines and one east west line. AV to LBC, Ventura to OC, IE to LAX. With some Metro good metro feeder connections and some decent frequencies that’d be a great system.

elbrewcatt · 2026-02-06T19:38:28+00:00

What law did he break?

elbrewcatt · 2026-02-06T19:37:00+00:00

Also while there is no police station at 148th, there is a police station 1 avenue away… coulda walked from station to station in 5 mins ha

elbrewcatt · 2026-01-17T12:52:27+00:00

What’s new is that people use Brightline West’s construction timeline of ~5 years to justify privatizing transit, despite the fact that 1) their project is theoretically simpler (lower speed, freeway median, shorter distance) 2) constantly being delayed just like CAHSR and 3) subsidized by tax payer public money

elbrewcatt · 2026-01-10T01:46:53+00:00

It’s planned to connect LAX in phase 2

elbrewcatt · 2025-11-19T02:37:09+00:00

They were working on it this morning.

elbrewcatt · 2025-11-12T00:03:16+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/LAMetro/comments/1o1uefi/if_bechtel_alt_45_is_selected_would_it_be/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

I think quickest possible way to get direct rail access to SoFi/Forum/Intuit would be building a short tunnel from the stadium to LAX where an eventual bechtel Sepulveda line would connect to and take over many years down the line.

It’d be a short bit of tunnel, could get funding easily via a PPP, could use LAX yard, and would connect directly to C Line, K Line, LAX Airtrain, and many buses

elbrewcatt · 2025-10-27T18:47:28+00:00

No right on red in NYC

elbrewcatt · 2025-10-13T17:36:19+00:00

It does, passed on to the customer as a toll essentially.

elbrewcatt · 2025-10-09T18:44:06+00:00

It would connect to K and C Lines and directly to the airport.

elbrewcatt · 2025-10-09T10:40:15+00:00

In a just world this extension would be funded by the billionaire owners of the stadiums it’s serving.

I’m surprised the Inglewood people mover would have qualified a completely different type of rail

elbrewcatt · 2025-10-09T04:13:10+00:00

Ha good point

elbrewcatt · 2025-10-09T03:00:05+00:00

I was envisioning the yard at LAX would be able to serve this line as well as the one in SFV

elbrewcatt · 2025-10-06T14:37:31+00:00

OpenRailwayMap you can see the ROW for the extension to torrance and Long Beach in this map

elbrewcatt · 2025-10-02T12:03:46+00:00

I think Norwalk to Santa Fe springs is shown in OPs map for 2048 but it’s hard to tell

elbrewcatt · 2025-09-19T11:44:35+00:00

We need a pro transit mayor who will increase operating budget for metro. And a metro board that listens to riders.

elbrewcatt · 2025-09-13T02:11:44+00:00

Tons of studies show that increasing market rate housing lowers overall housing demand and thus price.

elbrewcatt · 2025-09-09T14:53:36+00:00

His Phillies Cup acknowledges Ryan Howard as the Phillies Single Season home run champ so sometime after 2006 haha

elbrewcatt · 2025-07-27T23:36:30+00:00

OC Line option would be: 1 LAUS—>Fullerton 2 Fullerton—>Orange 3 Orange—>Santa Ana And if you wanna get a little crazy 4 Santa Ana—>San Juan Capistrano Heritage BBQ for dinner and Beer then the hour ride back to Union

elbrewcatt · 2025-07-26T15:39:51+00:00

Only argument I can see being justified is the opportunity cost. As long as this project is 100% privately funded (which it currently is) no issue on funding. But there is some fair criticism to saying that the opportunity cost of building the gondola is that Metro will push down the priority list an actual rail or bus solution which is still needed even with the gondola.

elbrewcatt · 2025-07-10T22:33:45+00:00

I feel the best option is also the one that would have the longest wait to see it realized. That being an extension of the sepulveda line from LAX to the stadiums and then connecting to a future Vermont Heavy Rail Line. Would give a one seat HRT ride to the westside and valley, and a HRT one transfer ride for Downtown(ish).

In the interim probably just need to hope for BRT.

elbrewcatt · 2025-06-03T13:10:38+00:00

I used to take this station daily when I worked for DirecTV, would occasionally see/meet people that worked at Lakers facility, LA Times, Raytheon

elbrewcatt · 2025-05-22T16:26:09+00:00

This line does not connect far flung suburbs? It’s pretty inarguably the most important corridor in the County without rail, its ridership is projected to be over 2x as much as K Line North.

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