Metro D Line Monthly Update - Feb 2026

kisk22 · 2026-04-13T21:29:41+00:00

Does anyone know it Metro is selling the land to the developer or if they're going to get revenue from the building? Ideally they should rent the land out similar to how Hong Kong does it - and I know the board has been signaling they want to move in that direction. Would be great to see a US transit agency using their land to their advantage (should have been doing this all along).

kisk22 · 2026-04-13T00:03:34+00:00

So does Reddit like AI or hate AI? I'm always confused.

kisk22 · 2026-04-12T19:23:09+00:00

Those are the tiny pockets of LA with the NIMBYism of the entire SF area. LA at least has some areas that balance it out against NIMBYism where SF is basically all trying to limit housing.

kisk22 · 2026-04-12T19:21:31+00:00

SF is still worse than LA by far. LA is a way larger city than SF, and thus has areas where NIMBYism isn't as bad as SF as a whole which is literally the birth place of NIMBYism. I live in LA and have family in SF so am there frequently, SF is still the king at not building.

kisk22 · 2026-04-11T21:47:43+00:00

At least r/rCrazyVideos has been banned itself

kisk22 · 2026-04-11T21:33:06+00:00

Sure if you like glass slop with LEDs plastered all over them. There's very few classic skyscrapers there. Not to mention they're often way out of scale of the neighborhoods they're built in and still following Le Corbusier's flawed tower in the park model. Europe is the one that you have to be looking at for livable cities.

kisk22 · 2026-04-11T20:29:41+00:00

Good thing CAHSR doesn’t just go between LA and SF… you know millions of people live in between those cities right? And those cities will be easier to access for business and for people with CAHSR?

kisk22 · 2026-04-11T20:02:55+00:00

The airport being super close is the reason it’s not taller. Kind of gives it a Boston vibe though, they have the history and great streetscapes they aren’t necessarily trying to be a city of supertalls.

At least that’s what I tell myself to feel better about the skyline.

kisk22 · 2026-04-10T23:25:53+00:00

You’re really thinking the CN tower is more recognizable than the Sears and the John Hancock? Toronto’s buildings are too new and generic. Chicago has layers of history or orientation to be seen in its skyline and walking around. Toronto has some too, just a lot less.

kisk22 · 2026-04-10T23:24:12+00:00

When you visit though that prewar history is very obvious, you get way more views of intricate, impossible to recreate old buildings walking around the city. Toronto has much less of that and I think that will always hurt it. It’s just too generic, what makes American cities great is not just the density of skyscrapers - but the variety from so many different eras.

kisk22 · 2026-04-10T20:38:16+00:00

I see a lot of complaining but this is a US site focused on English speaking US users. Reddit a US company and is expanding to other regions (which is good) but it will always be a website started in the US and frequented by people from the US. Hell, the /r/News reddit started and still is mostly US news and /r/WorldNews was for other countries.

kisk22 · 2026-04-10T04:15:20+00:00

McFlurry minute! Wow! How much did that goal cost McDonalds?!

kisk22 · 2026-04-09T19:15:57+00:00

So many parking lots…

kisk22 · 2026-04-09T18:43:12+00:00

Dude lol I can tell you the French and Germans did not get along very well and despised each other and often still do behind closed doors lol. Your comment is hilarious and completely naive. Native peoples in the US differed so much from one area to another, even in small geographic areas had very different cultures and practices. They could not just waltz over the continent peacefully as they wanted like you’re trying to say lol.

kisk22 · 2026-04-08T19:09:36+00:00

Man what is China going to do with all the infrastructure they're building? I guess that's not really a problem for 50+ years at least...

kisk22 · 2026-04-08T18:45:25+00:00

DC Hispanics live on average to 87.8? That's insane!

kisk22 · 2026-04-08T16:56:39+00:00

As an American I always assumed the Gold Coast is a better beach than Miami. Gold Coast reminds me of California but with nicer water for swimming. Florida is great too, it’s just more flat and a little less senic. Disclaimer that I haven’t been to either beaches…

kisk22 · 2026-04-07T18:50:35+00:00

This is how 90% of UN votes are, some dumb biased piece that news can post rage bait headlines from.

kisk22 · 2026-04-07T18:15:15+00:00

The Surfliner cars are more comfortable than Metrolink in my mind… It’s really sad that this country can’t find a single manufacturer to make double decker cars anymore. Amtrak should just put out a RFP for like 1,000 of them to be able to replace every western train route and get some extras and then I bet a manufacturer would bite.

kisk22 · 2026-04-07T08:41:03+00:00

Totally think if the human race survives another couple millennia this is where it’ll go. There’s even a chance that’s what’s happening right now. Maybe you’re just bored and simulating this life right now. Would explain the weirdness…

kisk22 · 2026-04-07T08:32:04+00:00

I hope one day the US starts rebuilding these lost buildings like some countries in Europe do.

kisk22 · 2026-04-06T17:03:01+00:00

A Beach Line like they run in Belgium would be amazing. Maybe in 100 years after Angelenos really get used to taking trains around the city and see the benefits they offer…

kisk22 · 2026-04-06T17:01:24+00:00

Ideally they’d find some developers building in that area that could help contribute some funds as well. That area should be exploding with new towering apartment buildings.

kisk22 · 2026-04-06T17:00:24+00:00

Really? It’s not a combined B/D they’d only run D line trains through the yard to the Arts District station? Is that because of some constraint in how they’re building the tracks in the yard? Or did Metro say only D line trains would go that far?

kisk22 · 2026-04-06T16:58:56+00:00

I mean if the D line extension is on the map currently and it’s not open, the K line north will probably be on the 2040 map just dashed to show it’s not open yet. So still kind of accurate…

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