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> A comparatively small amount of state aid to LA Metro would do far more for California’s environment and economy Like finishing the Green Line to @#$&ing LAX

> A comparatively small amount of state aid to LA Metro would do far more for California’s environment and economy Like finishing the Green Line to @#$&ing LAX, maybe. It's ludicrous how bad the public transportation options are to what is arguably the most important airport on the west coast. Meanwhile, on my monthly sorties through the Central Valley, the Authority continues with its gigantic monuments to bloodymindedness, building tracks no one will ride and ramps no train will crest. We could do so much better with that money.

trashguy 8y ago
Or any improvements on the 405 for us poor souls who live in the Valley+ and work in Santa Monica :(
- gtdawg 8y ago
  We just spent a lot on that. [1] Are you not seeing results? What additonal work would you like to see? [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/20/us/los-angeles-drivers-on-the-405-ask-was-1-6-billion-worth-it.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/20/us/los-angeles-drivers-on...
  - carlivar 8y ago
    I would like to see more than two lanes on the 405-101 interchange lanes, and dedicated carpool lanes for this interchange plus 405-10.
  - trashguy 8y ago
    Instead of adding lanes, they should have added some useable public transportation like a light rail. There is 2million~ people living in the SFV and all it has is a stupid bus line that goes to the red line. Light rail that connects the SFV to West LA and LAX would be a huge improvement. It doesn't help that Los Angeles city government is incompetent and the rich in Bel Air and Bev hills like to throw wrenches in everything.
- DuskStar 8y ago
  A Sepulveda Pass-LAX subway is supposedly coming eventually!
  - woolvalley 8y ago
    Wouldn't it be better for it to start at the orange line busway stop around the Sepulveda station, or is that it's start point? Is there a page about this 405 highway train plan somewhere?
    - DuskStar 8y ago
      Metro has some pages about it: [0][1] It's still very much in planning stages though, thus the "eventually" in my comment. Might be the same "eventually" as the Purple line making it to UCLA, or it might be the same "eventually" as high-speed rail between LA and SF. I'm hoping for the former... 0: https://thesource.metro.net/2018/06/07/rail-concepts-released-for-sepulveda-transit-corridor/ https://thesource.metro.net/2018/06/07/rail-concepts-release... 1: https://www.metro.net/projects/sepulvedacorridor/ https://www.metro.net/projects/sepulvedacorridor/

trashguy 8y ago

Or any improvements on the 405 for us poor souls who live in the Valley+ and work in Santa Monica :(

gtdawg 8y ago
We just spent a lot on that. [1] Are you not seeing results? What additonal work would you like to see? [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/20/us/los-angeles-drivers-on-the-405-ask-was-1-6-billion-worth-it.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/20/us/los-angeles-drivers-on...
- carlivar 8y ago
  I would like to see more than two lanes on the 405-101 interchange lanes, and dedicated carpool lanes for this interchange plus 405-10.
- trashguy 8y ago
  Instead of adding lanes, they should have added some useable public transportation like a light rail. There is 2million~ people living in the SFV and all it has is a stupid bus line that goes to the red line. Light rail that connects the SFV to West LA and LAX would be a huge improvement. It doesn't help that Los Angeles city government is incompetent and the rich in Bel Air and Bev hills like to throw wrenches in everything.
DuskStar 8y ago
A Sepulveda Pass-LAX subway is supposedly coming eventually!
- woolvalley 8y ago
  Wouldn't it be better for it to start at the orange line busway stop around the Sepulveda station, or is that it's start point? Is there a page about this 405 highway train plan somewhere?
  - DuskStar 8y ago
    Metro has some pages about it: [0][1] It's still very much in planning stages though, thus the "eventually" in my comment. Might be the same "eventually" as the Purple line making it to UCLA, or it might be the same "eventually" as high-speed rail between LA and SF. I'm hoping for the former... 0: https://thesource.metro.net/2018/06/07/rail-concepts-released-for-sepulveda-transit-corridor/ https://thesource.metro.net/2018/06/07/rail-concepts-release... 1: https://www.metro.net/projects/sepulvedacorridor/ https://www.metro.net/projects/sepulvedacorridor/