Will you know who kill this?
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The first phase will involve the subway between Metro G Line and Wilshire Boulevard (transfer to “D” train), including stops at Ventura Boulevard and UCLA.
I think the light rail between Van Nuys Metrolink and Metro G Line is an unneeded redundancy, though I guess it’s meant to serve local traffic, while the subway will serve crosstown passengers.
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Thank god that idea died
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What they need is a Van Ness line to the bay.
If the extension of the T to Fisherman’s Wharf goes forward, the next phase would take it through the Marina to a terminus in the Presidio.
If that happens, a Van Ness rail line would be pretty redundant, since you would already have a north/south service between the Presidio/Marina and FiDi (one stop away from Civic Center). In an ideal world would you have both? Sure. But considering we do have a very effective BRT line on Van Ness, I would prioritizie other rail projects like Geary/19th Ave.
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Right.I forgot about BRT Van Ness. It still seems mainly set up for tourists though.
Proposal for infill Metrolink (regional rail) station in Los Angeles’ Eastside:
LA General Medical Center (LAGMC) Metrolink Infill Station - LA Metro
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Gosh…Metrolink needs to be electrified already. Learn something from Caltrain already.
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It is so damn exhausting being pro-transit, pro-density, pro-basically anything good in this town. Bass can’t leave office soon enough.
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The answer being no.
Oh happy day!
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It was a grand old time out there. I was wrangling my son so, as anticipated, I didn’t get nearly as many pictures as I wanted. But if you follow the LA Metro on instagram, there’s no shortage of coverage.
I was amazed to see how many Angelenos came out to enjoy it. A lot of these milestones go relatively unappreciated by anyone who isn’t a diehard transit nerd, but this has clearly broken containment and penetrated the consciousness of the city. People are stoked about this.
Metro pulled out the stops too, setting up a street fair around the new stations. There was even a popup event inside the long-shuttered Johnie’s Coffee Shop, which appears to have gotten a facelift.
We only had time to see Fairfax and La Cienega, and I’m eagerly looking forward to seeing the La Brea station, which I think has the most showstopping art (and is the best situated to develop into a lively 24/7 neighborhood.) But the stations we did see were huge, gleaming, felt safe and were fairly simple to navigate. The only sore spot was that several escalators were out of order — unclear whether they broke down on the day, or if they just hadn’t gotten them up and running on time.
I’m venturing out again tomorrow. Can’t tell you how thrilled I am to be able to have a local subway stop for the first time in my 21 years in LA.
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Landslides are usually bad for railroads. But not this time.
Oh what a happy day for transit in Sonoma and Marin counties in northern California.
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Terrific news. I suspect the success of the new-and-improved CalTrain may have rubbed off on some of the neighboring counties. People want fast, reliable alternatives to sitting on the freeway for hours at a time.
The article is paywalled — does it happen to say whether these funds will go to SMART expansion or just to maintain current service levels? The proposed eastern branch to the Capitol Corridor mainline at Fairfield/Suisun City (via Sonoma, Napa and Vallejo) would be an absolute game changer for the car-dependent North Bay.
(Check out the feasibility report here.)
Now if only we could electrify the damn thing or find a way to get SMART across the Golden Gate instead of relying on transfers to ferries… but one step at a time.
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I think this is just for operating expenses, not capital investments. The article mentions that the Healdsburg extension (which I believe is currently under construction) is slated to open in a few years, but there is no mention of an eastern branch to Napa Valley.
The quarter-cent sales tax passed by voters in 2008 now brings in around $50 million a year, covering about half of SMART’s total operating expenses. The agency has excelled at leveraging that stream of tax revenue — $657.8 million since its inception — to win regional, state and federal grants.
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