Best LA Metro Rail Line - Page 4

klamedia · December 17th, 2005, 04:01 AM

Monorails??? Let's just get some real rapid transit up and running first, then we'll experiment.

I clocked the BL running 2-3 minute headways yesterday during rush hour. A train arrived or past me while going in the opposite direction every 2-3 minutes! The BL is the shit! I can't believe if you live in Long Beach and work downtown or vice versa, the BL is not your mode of transport at least a few times a week! It's latest ridership #'s tops 70,000. Those are heavy rail/subway numbers! Okay, so nobody cares.......but I do goddammit!

spicytimothy · December 17th, 2005, 04:34 AM

Ultimately thaz whaz stopping people from using public transit: it's the impression that the metro is used only by the lower class and vagrants... one thing thaz different in NYC is that people recognize that aside from a means to go to work the metro is also a way to travel around... if they build the red line down to Santa Monica, not only will more people ride it to go back and forth from work, more people will use it as a convenient way to go out and go shopping all along the line, INCLUDING BHills and SanMon...

just imaging all the people getting ass-drunk then being able to take to subway home :-D everyone benefits!

FROM LOS ANGELES · December 17th, 2005, 07:34 AM

Once the new Red Line expantion is completed there will be no competition with any other new subway lines.

klamedia · December 17th, 2005, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by spicytimothy

Ultimately thaz whaz stopping people from using public transit: it's the impression that the metro is used only by the lower class and vagrants... one thing thaz different in NYC is that people recognize that aside from a means to go to work the metro is also a way to travel around... if they build the red line down to Santa Monica, not only will more people ride it to go back and forth from work, more people will use it as a convenient way to go out and go shopping all along the line, INCLUDING BHills and SanMon...

just imaging all the people getting ass-drunk then being able to take to subway home :-D everyone benefits!

So basically you are saying that people who live in LA are just surface and plastic, feeding into that famous LA stereotype? Well, I guess. If you want to sit on the 101 while I pass underneath you on the Red Line just because you think you are above the people riding underneath you, well I guess that's your shit you've got to deal with.

the impression that the metro is used only by the lower class and vagrants... one thing thaz different in NYC is that people recognize that aside from a means to go to work the metro is also a way to travel around.

So people in New York don't make class distinctions but people in LA do??? Believe me, their are many a "vagrant" on the trains in New York City!
I'm really surprised with this line of reasoning. Does anyone else feel this way?

Fern~Fern* · December 17th, 2005, 10:34 AM

[QUOTE=klamedia]Monorails??? Let's just get some real rapid transit up and running first, then we'll experiment.

The more options in Transit the better. Some areas are not equipped to handle Light Rail or even underground tunneling because of construction cost. A monorail would be a less expensive method to get people off their cars in some dense areas like Ventura Blvd, where you pretty Valet just to go and have quick bite. Just imagine a sleek mono rail zooming right over the Boulevard with commuters, local residence, and even Tourist.

Fern~Fern* · December 17th, 2005, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by klamedia

So basically you are saying that people who live in LA are just surface and plastic, feeding into that famous LA stereotype? Well, I guess. If you want to sit on the 101 while I pass underneath you on the Red Line just because you think you are above the people riding underneath you, well I guess that's your shit you've got to deal with.

the impression that the metro is used only by the lower class and vagrants... one thing thaz different in NYC is that people recognize that aside from a means to go to work the metro is also a way to travel around.

So people in New York don't make class distinctions but people in LA do??? Believe me, their are many a "vagrant" on the trains in New York City!
I'm really surprised with this line of reasoning. Does anyone else feel this way?

Heck no, I don't agree w/ S.T. at all. Obviously he's never been on the train. Dude, once you ride, you'll understand!!!!!

December 17th, 2005, 04:01 AM	#61
klamedia Silver Lake Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lost Angeles Posts: 5,010 Likes (Received): 16	Monorails??? Let's just get some real rapid transit up and running first, then we'll experiment. I clocked the BL running 2-3 minute headways yesterday during rush hour. A train arrived or past me while going in the opposite direction every 2-3 minutes! The BL is the shit! I can't believe if you live in Long Beach and work downtown or vice versa, the BL is not your mode of transport at least a few times a week! It's latest ridership #'s tops 70,000. Those are heavy rail/subway numbers! Okay, so nobody cares.......but I do goddammit! __________________ "Self defense is not violence" - Malcolm X "I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're so beautiful. Everything's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic." - Andy Warhol Minimum parking standards are fertility drugs for cars. - Donald Shoup

December 17th, 2005, 04:34 AM	#62
spicytimothy ...::HK.:.:.:.LA::... Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hong Kong / Los Angeles Posts: 1,512 Likes (Received): 0	Ultimately thaz whaz stopping people from using public transit: it's the impression that the metro is used only by the lower class and vagrants... one thing thaz different in NYC is that people recognize that aside from a means to go to work the metro is also a way to travel around... if they build the red line down to Santa Monica, not only will more people ride it to go back and forth from work, more people will use it as a convenient way to go out and go shopping all along the line, INCLUDING BHills and SanMon... just imaging all the people getting ass-drunk then being able to take to subway home :-D everyone benefits! __________________ "Image Is Just Your Imagination. Reality Is Rarely Revealed."

December 17th, 2005, 07:34 AM	#63
FROM LOS ANGELES skyscraper maniac Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pico Rivera [LA] Posts: 2,006 Likes (Received): 0	No competition Once the new Red Line expantion is completed there will be no competition with any other new subway lines. __________________ Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils

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December 17th, 2005, 10:34 AM	#65
Fern~Fern* Inquiry Within... Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Currently residing in the good Ol' IE until something else arises from the horizon. Posts: 7,424 Likes (Received): 8	[QUOTE=klamedia]Monorails??? Let's just get some real rapid transit up and running first, then we'll experiment. The more options in Transit the better. Some areas are not equipped to handle Light Rail or even underground tunneling because of construction cost. A monorail would be a less expensive method to get people off their cars in some dense areas like Ventura Blvd, where you pretty Valet just to go and have quick bite. Just imagine a sleek mono rail zooming right over the Boulevard with commuters, local residence, and even Tourist.