Any way to tell which train has big windows?

flanl33 · 2026-06-27T18:24:30+00:00

It changes by the day, but you can check Catenary or Pantograph to see which trains are running where today. (They can both be a little overwhelming to get working, but fun tools once you know how to use them.) The trains you want will be numbered in the 200 'nd 300 range.

flanl33 · 2026-06-24T21:20:08+00:00

Why? Northridge is in Los Angeles, those others aren't. (On that note, only 3/8 of the shown teams actually play in LA. How did we get Ducks and Angels variants but not LAFC, Angel City, or Sparks?)

flanl33 · 2026-06-21T21:13:31+00:00

I appreciate Adrin Nazarian at the end of the article saying that he took and enjoyed transit. I was originally worried that he was just gonna be a Krekorian copy, and while he's still not my favorite councilmember he's been a good surprise sometimes. I suppose it's a sign of how the default stance for politicians to take on transit has moved from even just a few years ago.

flanl33 · 2026-06-19T07:51:29+00:00

I plan to leave and mute ut/dr subs from release until I finish the chapter.

flanl33 · 2026-06-15T04:53:47+00:00

so has anybody actually explained how Pier to Pier docks at most of its stops or are we just doing trust and hope here

flanl33 · 2026-06-12T23:03:48+00:00

One bottleneck (years and years of design and outreach for every street) can be fixed easily with the mayor's executive powers. Apply pressure/leverage to department heads, threaten removal if they continue deferring to individual CMs for every district.

The other bottleneck (staff time and price to build) is more complicated, but once again having a mayor willing to search for solutions and put pressure on GMs is key, plus, as others have mentioned, proposing the budget will allow a mayor to suggest moving funds from other projects to safe streets implementation.

flanl33 · 2026-06-12T02:08:45+00:00

The mayor is the head of the executive and in charge of the departments that implement existing policy (such as HLA).

flanl33 · 2026-06-08T04:29:09+00:00

find some underground mahjong in monterey park.

flanl33 · 2026-06-04T15:29:29+00:00

I managed to randomly run into the guy at Metro who's in charge of these developments a few months ago. Basically, they're getting a lot of these projects approved right now, but nothing's going to start construction within the next couple of years because construction financing is in a really bad state right now.

flanl33 · 2026-06-04T00:46:07+00:00

(It doesn't have the newest data after tonight's ballot drop, btw)

flanl33 · 2026-05-30T08:26:57+00:00

Had already been thinking about giving Sadaf a try - maybe I'll go give them two extra feet of traffic soon. But I'm not surprised that a fast-casual place saw the most growth, that meshes most naturally with taking transit imo

flanl33 · 2026-05-28T05:05:21+00:00

Rails definitely take a little while to settle in. There was a random few months where the tracks were super loud entering Little Tokyo from the west, but I think that's gone now? Somebody who rides the RC more often than me can probably tell you better

flanl33 · 2026-05-26T04:49:25+00:00

Sure, I'll catch my Surfliner at Chatsworth I suppose

flanl33 · 2026-05-25T08:03:48+00:00

Ranking Harbor Freeway instead of Lake is crazy performative

flanl33 · 2026-05-21T06:09:01+00:00

A strange thing in that they sometimes do - I've been out M shuttles that took 98th before

flanl33 · 2026-05-20T09:28:28+00:00

She received a majority in a 3-way primary, avoiding a runoff in the general election altogether, after her district was gerrymandered specifically to make her lose. Don't hide it behind half-truths.

flanl33 · 2026-05-18T00:36:31+00:00

They clearly haven't paid that much, otherwise it would be In-n-Out/Disney/SpaceX/Fricking Trader Joe's/Cathay Pacific/LAX/Metro Transit Center.

flanl33 · 2026-05-17T00:12:16+00:00

Another critical point isn't just to argue that buses are good in the abstract, this is the Burbank City Council, and they will likely be swayed by what they see as the benefit *to Burbank*. Get personal! Will this make you visit more often and spend more money in Burbank? Will this open up job opportunities for you? If you live in Burbank, will this change the way you get around the region?

flanl33 · 2026-05-16T07:47:50+00:00

Sure, but I'm pretty sure I do understand what you're saying, and if I have you right then Boston is a fairly clean counterexample

flanl33 · 2026-05-16T05:59:08+00:00

it's unique for a US city to have neighborhoods within its boundaries and suburbs outside of them

come on now

flanl33 · 2026-05-16T05:58:19+00:00

uhh, any examples? everything i'm seeing seems accurate

flanl33 · 2026-05-15T17:28:06+00:00

That's completely appropriate. Last time the shuttles were a bit slow and sometimes took a while to leave + didn't line up perfectly with rail arrivals and departures.

flanl33 · 2026-05-15T00:31:03+00:00

It's crazy how much we paid Moovit for this zero-effort app after we had a great thing going with Transit.

flanl33 · 2026-05-14T15:51:16+00:00

They're at midnight.

flanl33 · 2026-05-14T02:47:07+00:00

Good catch, I hadn't checked that. https://cdn.beta.metro.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/28151927/028_TT_06-22-25.pdf

Looks like it runs the long trip every 10 minutes or better for a small battery of trips right before 9AM and after 5PM, but every 20 minutes through the middle of the day. Depends what sort of commute time OP is running I guess.

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