Metamodernism

Do you have a link to the 2025 plan? Wondering if it’s been shared to the service councils because I can’t seem to find it anywhere.

Also it’s pretty grim how the plan only identifies one funding source for further bus service expansion: congestion pricing (which is now pretty much dead under Wiggins/Bass leadership)

I can’t find the final version of the 2022 plan but the redlined version I can find says it’s permissible to do wider stop spacing “where local conditions allow” like lower density/lower ridership potential areas.

I would hope that stop removal and new bus lanes could help here, but also hard to imagine anything they have done so far has made a dent considering buses in service are stopping more because of less Rapid and more Local service.

Metro advertisement for late night train service many years ago

Bring it back

The freeway widening plans are to eventually create a full network of expresslanes that will help people pay money to go faster without doing real congestion pricing, and I hope fund bus service along them. But it seems like a terrible cost/benefit with the way Metro caps the tolls

They would likely shift to stay on existing ROW, so they would probably be able to use existing exemptions for zero-emissions rail on existing ROW.

Map of boring company stations near Las Vegas Airport

and here's a map:

How Elon Musk’s Boring Co. intends to connect Vegas Loop to Reid airport The plan to connect the Boring Co.’s underground Vegas Loop transit system with Harry Reid International Airport is becoming clearer.

So wait, you're telling me that the Boring Company Vegas Loop won't actually go to the airport, just some parking garages where you can catch a shuttle to the airport? Come on.

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Apartment building face with cream and salmon-colored concrete blocks. The cornice has false arches and a simplified corner turret.

4757 N. Hermitage, unironically one of my favorite PoMo buildings in Chicago.

It’s pronounced Cor-AH-lah though

They were there, just set to the fully open position

I’ve heard the settlement the NIMBYs got means that RCTC can never build a station in that location, but I guess they could get around that by paying UCR to build it for them or something.

NABI 60 BRT (greatest bus ever made)

Embassy suites Miami airport original atrium

Embassy suites Miami airport renovated layout

Hyatt regency San Francisco airport atrium full of trees and terraced seating areas

Hyatt regency San Francisco airport Atrium with all but one tree removed and no waterfall

My Roman Empire is the old hotel atriums that were filled with trees and fountains and now just have generic modern low maintenance furnishings. I personally spent a lot of time at the Hyatt Regency SFO airport (pics 3 and 4) as a teen.

Definitely. But once construction gets going on the first segment, people are going to start wondering why anyone made it any harder to build the second phase because the forced transfer to the A line will be so bad

I feel like this is just going to result in a report coming back that the city does not want an EIFD, like every other time they’ve studied it. Another case of the board going against staff and delaying the project a few years for no good reason.

Really wish K to E eastbound transfer didn’t involve crossing Crenshaw. There’s a knockout panel in the station that could be used to build another entrance closer to the E line platform, so I wish there were plans to get it built in the next couple years!

Map of rail to rail active transport corridor showing extensions to Santa Fe that never happened

Also idk why they cut it back from Santa Fe. Would have been helpful even if rail to river took another route

Yeah I can definitely see it being faster, but a lot of people going to LAUS are going there to transfer to another train or bus, so having to already transfer twice before then is going to make that option unattractive

Yeah I don’t know how that’s going to work for almost 20 years. They’re going to have a bus to union station, but I don’t know how many riders will actually want to put up with that

Maybe Janice Hahn will order a study to investigate tunneling the A line under Washington, grade separating flower junction, and interlining WSAB through the regional connector. I can’t imagine it would be more expensive than this

Yeah because it’s $12.2 billion now 💀

If they have to rebuild the median for the BRT, I wonder why they are not considering a Class I bike path. I generally do not like bike lanes in the middle of a street because it forces cyclists to cross traffic to get to anywhere useful, but in this case it would avoid any conflicts with driveways

Just transition for Gold Line Construction Authority, they have great PR

Imagine showing aviation/century LA metro station with a pedestrian bridge connecting to the LAWA peoplemover

Also here’s how the transfer at Aviation/Century would have looked:

WE THEREFORE MOVE THAT the MTA Board of Directors adopt and direct the Chief Executive Officer to do the following: 1. Develop the 96* Street Station, in consultation with LAWA, using the following design guidelines: a. Enclosed facility b. Integrated APM/Light Rail station, minimizing walk distances c. Concourse areas d. LAX airline check-in with flight information boards e. Station restrooms f. Free public WiFi & device charging areas g. Private vehicle drop-off area, and taxi stand h. Pedestrian plaza with landscaping and street furniture i. Metro Bike Hub with parking, a bike repair stand and bike pump, showers, lockers, controlled access and 24-hour security cameras j. Retail (food/beverage and convenience) • L.A. visitor info and LAX info kiosk I. Connectivity to Manchester Square and surrounding areas, including walkways m. At a minimum, LEED Silver certification n. Public art installation o. Other amenities for airport travelers, including currency exchange and bank/ATM machines p. Passenger safety Airport Metro Connector Attachment A - Page 2 of 3 2. Report back at the September 2014 MTA Board meeting, in consultation with LAWA, with a review of baggage check amenities that are available at other transportation centers that serve major airports, including an assessment of the feasibility of offering baggage check at the proposed 96*h Street Station. 3. Procure a qualified architectural firm to design the station as described under no. 1 above. 4. Provide quarterly updates, in coordination with LAWA staff, including, but not limited to, on the development of the 96*h Street Station, the Intermodal Transportation Facility and Automated People Mover, of the following: a. Design b. Schedule c. Cost Estimates

Here is the LA city council motion demanding Metro build a new station instead of using Aviation/Century as the transfer station.

It’s because Mike Bonin and Eric Garcetti didn’t like Metro’s original plan to have people walking on a pedestrian bridge between Aviation/Century and the peoplemover. They wanted a more direct connection and got Metro and LAWA to push for a brand new fancy transfer station.

Grey postmodern office tower with football shaped crown. Downtown Los Angeles is below and beyond

Former Gas Company Tower (someday soon to be the LA County building?) as viewed from Library Tower. SOM, 1991.

Potential upgrades to Serra siding and CP SONGS enable 30-minute frequencies through the San Clemente bottleneck.

If only