LATTC student rendering of the future Crenshaw/LAX Line

[@rickhuck64]

This is really nice. The students did an outstanding job on this.

[@cherylward4142]

Thank you to ALL who put this together...looking forward to riding this line....

[@somefan366]

The students really did a great job showing the future line. I’m looking forward for the LAX connection from the people mover.

[@dmarten102]

Very impressive. Both the design from Metro, and the imagery put together by the LATTC students.

[@DalyceKelley]

Amazing and very exciting - great job to all!

[@LosAngelesCars]

I’m working on this project!!!👍🏾 praise God!!!

[@flattrain5834]

Ron Metoyer great job!

[@supertrampolinethebatpony3841]

Thank you for your hard work!

[@safm213]

I'm glad to be a part of this project, changing LA's commute for the best. Local 11 IBEW

[@davidnissim9203]

Beautiful new line. Love from San Francisco

[@flattrain5834]

You did a great job on this, looking forwards to this

[@TrueBelievers]

Can the line be converted to heavy rail at a future date if the line is ever congested. Because it looks good on paper but with only two carriages per vehicle it has limited capacity.

[@MiguelLopez-qi8wh]

They should converge the green and Crenshaw lines so the Crenshaw line can take the route to Redondo beach (and possibly Torrance, in the future). They should make the green line go north past Marina Del Rey and Venice to go to Santa Monica and connect to the expo line (i know this isnt planned but itd be pretty cool). So the Green line would go from Norwalk to Santa Monica and the Crenshaw line would go from Redondo beach to Expo/Crenshaw (and maybe an extension to Hollywood to connect the Red/Purple lines in the future)

[@davidnissim9203]

Miguel Lopez The portion of the Green Line from Aviation/LAX to Redondo Beach will be shared with the Crenshaw line.

[@beatrizhernandez7949]

All those things will now happen... in like 60 years.

[@supertrampolinethebatpony3841]

I just moved to Baldwin Hills and I'm super excited for this to open soon!

[@julianhanes5167]

the eastbound platform of the Crenshaw Expo line station should really be moved to the east side of Crenshaw to facilitate easier transfers.

[@LuckyFluke007]

Trade Tech is the best community college in Los Angeles by far

[@fazekev3610]

so thats why that bridge near lax was destroyed to build a new station

[@metrorailinlosangelesprodu4407]

Do one for the Regional Connector Project Please !

[@michaelgreen9484]

When is the Chrenshaw Line going to go to Hollywood?

[@karoslif]

Yeah but now they are gonna have to change the centinela crossing from at grade to elevated, it may delay the opening.

[@commandercody5374]

Love it when metro puts together a new line can't wait to ride it btw favorite Line is the green line

[@davidnissim9203]

GT Master The Green Line is good, but it’s kind of a train to nowhere since it runs from suburb to suburb.

[@raquelmartin8064]

Hi I'm with ABC7. May we have permission to run this video across our ABC platforms?

[@losangelesmetro]

Yes! Feel free.

[@asianhunk99]

@Metro Los Angeles At 3:22-24, the labels on the C (Green) Line ate incorrect.The left side should not say "southbound Expo Line" but "eastbound Green/C Line", and the right side should say "westbound Green/C Line".

[@njjedidreamer]

Nicely done !

[@saiconicfitness]

This is going to be awesome! :-) I do a lot of international travel and currently, I live just off what will be the MLK Station. I take the Expo Line to work during the week :-)

[@philipsamuels526]

This will be great for the communities you serve. I love the illustration what program did you use to create it?

[@frederickleung2972]

Can the street level portion be elevated or install gates to protect the trains? REALLY HATE the street running portion in our rail system!!!

[@mattcastg5170]

Frederick Leung it's too late for that now, the line has been under construction for several years so major design/engineering changes such as this just aren't possible. I'm with you though, the worst part of our rail system is the street running segments, the blue line in particular has a couple segments that really should be grade separated. Metro heard all this before too, during the project development there was vocal calls by local residents to grade separate more of the line. In particular many residents were calling for the route to be underground through the Park Mesa Heights neighborhood, which is really the only significant stretch of the line that isn't running along an old rail right of way or grade separated (either underground or elevated), with trains instead running in the street median through this stretch. Metro however refused to budge as the cost associated with tunneling an additional 2 miles (or so) and building more stations underground would be far too costly and greatly exceed the project budget, which had already significantly increased from original cost estimates. Metro further said the added benefits of running the trains underground through this area (namely faster train speeds, less neighborhood and street traffic disruption) did not justify the added the costs especially given the relatively modest expected ridership level on the line. We can be happy however with the fact that much of the line is grade separated (or running in an old ROW with limited street intersections), much more of it being underground/elevated than many originally envisioned. Metro has enacted a system ride policy detailing their grade separation criteria, with the criteria being the same across the county. If a particular intersection meets the criteria then metro designs a project to be grade separated through that area. I don't recall the exact criteria but you can find it on Metros website, I mostly has to do with the congestion and traffic speed of intersections. The denser the area the more likely grade separation. Expected ridership levels also can play a part as corridors where ridership is expected to be high are more likely to justify the cost of making a line fully underground (or elevated) and from an operations standpoint heavy ridership corridors being grade separated can allow for longer trains and more frequency, street running trains are limited in the length they can be and the frequency they can run since traffic and traffic signals limit frequency potential.

[@theexmann]

Agreed. Though if it was all underground, we would only have about half the rail we have now because of cost. And above ground has been voted down by residents over and over which is why we have ground level. However, the Blue Line has paid its dues and deserves to be upgraded so it's more problematic stations should be grade separated now.

[@davidnissim9203]

There is only one street running section on the line, between the tunnels on either end of the Hyde Park station. All other at-grade street crossings on the line are planned to be gated.

[@ElevationStationProductions]

Why does the train pop up just to go back underground?

[@baileyyordnoff2409]

Has to do with how much space they can allocate for the train's right-of-way, and also to avoid awkward intersections with vehicles and pedestrians.

[@theexmann]

It does that because it looks like Crenshaw is narrower in those sections.

[@MrMartmatsil]

the music is very ethereal.very holy,Like God coming down to bless us.!

[@ArmHeavySoCal]

I'd looked at the demonstration, this is amazing. When does it officially start for the new Crenshaw/LAX Project(Or when will it be completed by)?

[@maximilianraphael9853]

Chris Armstead projected for 2019 completion

[@davidnissim9203]

Early 2020. LAX People Mover in 2023

[@MFPTransitVideos]

When will this line be expected to open for revenue service?

[@davidnissim9203]

The Transit Photographer Of Los Angeles Sometime in early 2020.

[@MFPTransitVideos]

Oh ok. I thought it opened this year but I read again and it says it’s going to be COMPLETE.

[@stephenorona2253]

Great job ....metro is awesome coordinating the construction of this train .....I wish metro would go directly into lax ....instead of lax having thier say ..to have thier own little train into lax ..

[@justsamoo3480]

Problem is that this would twist line way to much. Plus LAX, because of all the terminals, needed people mover anyways.

[@stephenorona2253]

@@justsamoo3480 it would of been just a go in and pull right out route and continue on ,And have a grand central lax station( centered in middle of the airport ) .

[@Ash2theB]

Well, I guess I still have to walk to one of the stations.

[@wit4104]

What do you guys plan it will be done

[@compilfelx4994]

Because we be metro crenshaw lax line

[@mittim804]

The eastbound Expo platform needs to be moved to the east side of Crenshaw.

[@lookatthisguyhere7712]

mittim80 no, it needs to be redesigned so the lines connect and both lines hit the same platform. The idea that they spent billions on this line and cheaped out at the terminus, which means no one seat ride LAX to Downtown or Santa Monica, is beyond absurd. One of the biggest engineering blunders in the history of Metro

[@leogarcia7810]

I cant wait for this line to open will cut my commute in half! Thanks metro

[@Thepawsquad7745]

0:43 hold up! It is mlkjr station not expo/crenshaw😅

[@mariusfacktor3597]

0:18 Hold up. The Expo Line runs left (DTLA) right (Santa Monica) in this frame. The K line station is on the LEFT side of this dangerous stroad called Crenshaw. Right now you're forcing people coming from Santa Monica to walk across Crenshaw to get to the first station in the K line. That's negligent design. People are going to miss their trains from waiting for this stoplight and die from standing on the side of the stroad. Crenshaw needs to be narrowed and slowed down. There needs to be bus only lanes and pedestrian islands at a bare minimum.

[@Thepawsquad7745]

1:43 error

[@gabrielzipperman4159]

is this built yet

[@KENNECTED1]

The title of the video is *LATTC student rendering of the future Crenshaw/LAX Line*. FUTURE being the operative word.

[@roachtoasties]

Yes.

[@mattcastg5170]

In the midst of being built.. Metro is in the middle of construction on it (I believe it's over half way complete, I thought I saw a release sometime last year hailing construction having passed the 50% mark). The Line is scheduled to open for full service sometime in 2019 I believe.

[@davidnissim9203]

Not quite. Opening 2020, but construction is almost done.

[@rossothecrimson7]

Ah. Now I see why they iced Nispey Hussle, this new project of theirs ran right through the property he just bought. WILD! Probably hired that Eric dude to take him out. He had all the opportunity to get Nispey but a year before the city was going to start the project? Pretty fishy.

[@mariusfacktor3597]

Look at all the negligently designed 5-7 lane stroads in this video. THESE are the problem. This is why we can't walk or ride our bikes in this city. We NEED to convert these to narrow streets with bus lanes and separated bike paths.

[@Dishodiwaba]

Funny that you mention two African-American churches along the route but ignore two prominent Catholic Churches--is that because they are primarily Latino?

[@holy_shushcabin3716]

What?

[@cvdavillain487]

Awkward

[@BrooklyntoBrixton]

Maybe because those are historically and still predominantly African American neighborhoods.

[@Hamlet137475]

As someone who moved from East Coast, you really need to change your carriage cars. 3 cars to fit on a platform are not enough to move a city of millions. Also, the seat arrangement is done by someone w/no experience. No standing room. Make seats parallel to train window, not perpendicular. What poor decision making. Either that or run more trains more frequently. I take the Expo line around, love it, no car, but you gotta improve if you want to really change LA into major metropolis like London, Tokyo, NYC.

[@Hrkkkfoskseieiehreig]

So Crenshaw gets to be underground, but not the expo or blue lines in downtown la? What a joke

[@theexmann]

The Expo line does go underground near USC, but for only a short section to get around the sharp curve at Figueroa. Also, the Expo line is on a dedicated right of way for a good chunk of it as is the Crenshaw line. Blue line is understandable since it was built over 20 years ago, but it now needs to be upgraded with a few above ground station grade separations.

[@davidnissim9203]

The Regional Connector tunnel will allow Blue Line trains to run underground in Downtown. Starts in 2021.

[@jonaslopez5999]

Jonas Lopez

[@DemondeSmith-j1v]

la Metro Transit center

[@lookatthisguyhere7712]

horrible design. It should connect to the expo for a one seat ride LAX to downtown. Whoever designed this should be fired. Whoever paid for it should be sued.

[@lsi624]

All the money in the world can not save that bullshit neighborhood.

[@gabrielzipperman4159]

is this built yet