Metro Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project Update

[@3dheadcreeps87]

THIS, out of all the upcoming projects, could arguably be the most transformative for LA. Please, DO NOT choose ANY of the monorail alternatives. Heavy rail from UCLA (with a stop on campus) all the way to the ESFV light rail.

[@qjtvaddict]

I hope they do so they can trigger you people

[@AdamFaruqi]

Driverless heavy rail would be ideal for this line. With such a high potential ridership it's critical we choose a mode that allows for short headways and high capacity, and monorail simply doesn't cut it.

[@thelovely1]

Why no drivers??

[@williamerazo3921]

Exactly the mono cars would be expensive and exclusive. Driverless metro or PRT

[@qjtvaddict]

Monorail does the same thing but for less

[@randomcontentgenerator2331]

@@qjtvaddict Monorail provides lower capacity (with the option for higher capacity at greater cost) while also providing worse connections to other modes, a fundamental role of the Sepulveda line. I encourage you to watch nandert’s Sepulveda Line video as it does a good job of outlining the general flaws with the monorail alternative

[@noscopedjfk920]

@@thelovely1 allows for lower operating cost, enables 24hr service without the labor demands that implies, and finally allows for increased headways.

[@JamesScantlebury]

Fully automated heavy rail please - as all the modern new systems are being built like this - take a look at Vancouver (Canada), Singapore or Copenhagen (Denmark) for good examples.

[@zeitgeistx5239]

You forget America is a third world country. You can’t have all the nice things that real developed wealthy countries have, not a country that’s on the brink of civil war and has been brainwashed with anaracho capitalism.

[@thelovely1]

They won't have fully automated heavy rail They have a ton of very well qualified employees that would love to run that route

[@JamesScantlebury]

@@thelovely1 that's what both are proposing. Saves on labour costs, too - no need to pay overtime when the computer is driving

[@dvderek]

This would be way better

[@CraigFThompson]

@@JamesScantlebury And what then happens when the computer shuts down for whatever reason?!

[@NWIndianaElevators]

Dear Metro, please do not choose one of the monorail as your PERFERRED alternative! Go with the heavy rail route!

[@qjtvaddict]

@@user-wv5ir3rp2z not much for this monorail is better however with underground metro it can have space for extra regional rail express trains but that’s it

[@Jessfonseca2]

Heavy Rail would be the best choice. Personally, I like Alternative 6.

[@huzailhassan4021]

Same, it runs through Sherman Oaks too, but why can't they also make a stop at the Getty's center too??

[@mrxman581]

But it ends at Bundy not Sepulveda. To take extend it further South to LAX later, it seems the Bundy terminus makes it more difficult. I like option 5 for that reason.

[@CraigFThompson]

Why not physically connect the heavy rail (subway) to the existing "D" line with a "wye"?! That way, trains can travel in both directions....

[@jwolder2g]

Love all the engagement and debates on this topic, but i really hope all of you will submit these comments formally to metro through any of the options at 5:38 in the video.

[@vasquen]

Hail mary !

[@CraigFThompson]

@@vasquen Mary Juana....

[@teejaybee8222]

Alternative 6 - Heavy Rail is the best, but I think it should end at Expo/Sepulveda! It's a perfect straight shot from the Valley into the Basin with all the critical stations and connections at UCLA's Campus, Westwood, Santa Monica Blvd, and then into the midst of the Sepulveda/Pico commercial corridor (much better for the subway than the more residential Olympic/Bundy corridor!) Sepulveda/Pico has much more potential to be developed into a dense and walkable neighborhood with mixed-use developments, retail, and other transit connections than Olympic/Bundy does. Plus Sepulveda/Pico is much closer to some of the more popular areas on the Westside like Sawtelle and Pico Blvd east of Sepulveda. Also as everyone else is saying: PLEASE!! NO MONORAIL!!!!

[@vasquen]

I hope all these youtube comments are being sent to Metro for their analysis

[@qjtvaddict]

@@vasquen I hope they get ignored build the monorail and trigger the babies

[@amineantion]

If the monorail actually ends up being chosen, it will be one of the biggest public transport failures in LA's history. Also note, BYD is a big donor to a lot of politicians on the public transport committee. Would be a complete tragedy if corruption ended up destroying this incredibly important project.

[@qjtvaddict]

It will be hilarious at all the tears and salt

[@thj1199]

any of the heavy rail options seem reasonable, probably should just do whichever route is cheapest. stopping at UCLA is important. automation would help save long term cost. try to get this done by the olympics! (along with the other planned metro expansions)

[@jacobgomez481]

Heavy rail should be chosen over monorail. In my opinion alternative sixth would be the best option, as it offers an immediate connection to the UCLA campus and underground subways are always the best way to go. I also remember seeing something about a study that said a metro station with a connection to the campus would be the busiest station daily. It would be very great if metro could capitalize the high potential riderships the station would bring.

[@gdrriley420]

The issue with all underground is it’s slower and more costly to build. It doesn’t make sense to tunnel under SFHs

[@mrxman581]

Option 5 also has a stop at UCLA and ends at Sepulveda E line station instead of Bundy for option 6. Having it end at Bundy would make it more expensive to extend it South to LAX.

[@CraigFThompson]

@@gdrriley420 "Slower and more costly to build" directly translates into a much longer-lasting rail line than one exposed to the weather. Furthermore, underground rail lines keep the noise of the trains away from the neighborhood.

[@NelsonCWoodstock]

The monorail literally cannot connect to the G Line if it rides along I-405 because that station is being relocated to over Sepulveda Blvd. That's too far away to even be considered a connection. And no way on earth will there be a Getty Center station. A whole station for a museum? Surrounded by no homes or businesses? That station will get axed for cost savings alone.

[@Geotpf]

The Getty Center station is probably the only good thing about the Monorail proposal. It draws 1.8 million visitors annually, not to mention museum employees. Easily enough traffic to support a station. There is also the Leo Baeck Jewish Temple right there as well.

[@quanta2k]

Thank you Metro for considering this project but in my humble opinion, LA could really benefit from having more heavy rails to go pretty much anywhere in the city. Our city would attract more people from around the world to live here if we had faster modes of public transit and it would be more appealing to low income earners. Rent would most likely still be high but at least it can make this city more worthwhile to live in than any other expensive city. The future will demand more faster public transit to be built so I'd say elevated light rail or heavy rail is a good investment now even if it's very expensive to build but more people will have jobs to maintain them.

[@jamesparson]

Los Angeles has a problem attracting people? Who knew

[@vasquen]

What would really help would be increasing density to achieve a more compact city centre where it could be home to a denser rapid transit network. A city the size o LA should have no less than an european style capital city metro network...

[@quanta2k]

@@vasquen Too bad DTLA doesn't have sh*t (figuratively)

[@mrxman581]

​@@quanta2kNot true.

[@mrxman581]

Yes, everyone would want that including LA Metro, but it's not happening. Why? Funding. There is a finite amount of funding for the most part. That means it's more important to build out the system ASAP to serve the most number of people. LA Metro could then go back to the voters and ask for more money to upgrade the lines where it makes sense. Having a faster system that is half the size is actually worse. It's either/or, you can't have both unfortunately. Our Metro system is being built mostly with sales tax increases that will expire.

[@firstlast446]

Swear to god if we get scammed into a monorail I will lose my fucking mind

[@TheLIRRFrenchie...]

Well if that happens, constituents can rise up in protest and with enough voices, I'm sure metro would most likely reconsider. But it's weird though because they extended the time to submit design proposals specifically for this contractor to make the cut. They've also had previous contracts with metro. So I'm assuming they're considering it to be FAIR to the contractor, but metro either needs to go with its own proposal or betchel.

[@EASbear]

yeah. It better if we choose the heavy rail, to avoid massive controversy and potential mass protest.

[@qjtvaddict]

good I want to see your reaction

[@qjtvaddict]

@@TheLIRRFrenchie... and nobody will care lol

[@qjtvaddict]

@@EASbear that will be what a bunch of foamers

[@hobog]

DO NOT choose the monorail or any alignments requiring a people mover connection!

[@ryanzin6451]

As someone who lives in Santa Monica and commutes to Northridge. Please god let it be heavy rail!

[@qjtvaddict]

I want it to be monorail so I can mine the salt from all the tears

[@TimeCruiserMike]

@@qjtvaddict mono-rail is literally the worst option tho

[@Thesecondruntdog]

Alternative 5 is the best to serve the whole corridor and give a strong ability to continue down to LAX

[@gdrriley420]

That burns extra money and takes more time to appease a few homeowners. Just put it above ground

[@theexcaliburone5933]

Fully automated metro PLEASE. If there isn’t a UCLA station I will cry Metro

[@Token_Nerd]

An APM connection to UCLA? Is BYD high? Just eat the cost now, build the heavy rail (elevated if you have to in the valley), especially with all the available federal funding.

[@randomcontentgenerator2331]

Don’t worry BYD has already considered this and in a stroke of genius are willing to put their monorail underground to serve UCLA… I can’t anymore with this bs

[@TheLIRRFrenchie...]

😂😂 as if people would use a people mover to an even bigger people mover.

[@qjtvaddict]

@@TheLIRRFrenchie... lay off the drugs

[@TheLIRRFrenchie...]

@@qjtvaddict you first 😘

[@CraigFThompson]

@@TheLIRRFrenchie... You beat me to it! I was gonna tell him (or her) to put the pipe down and eat a Snickers bar!!

[@SopaDGioCaco]

No monorail, please! Don't be corrupt you FOOLS

[@malcolmvivian1969]

I’ll add to chorus of NO’s for monorail. Heavy rail please! I prefer option 5 but end at Bundy on the E line after Santa Monica. Also, go full blast with an underground stop at Getty Center.

[@arhanmenon1526]

PLEASE DON'T DO THE MONORAIL! Aside from the fact that it can't serve the corridor well, BYD also has a bad reputation for buses and corruption

[@qjtvaddict]

Now I want it even more

[@loljewlol]

@@qjtvaddict that's what your mom said last night

[@pinhead35]

Yea… the monorail is such a joke

[@qjtvaddict]

Like your feelings

[@thomasluke233]

NO MONORAIL please

[@ddddirge]

LA metro currently only have 2 dedicated heavy line Option 4 or 5 please (or maybe combine them, North of 101 go aerial, South of 101 go underground, since 101 go above Sepulveda)

[@julianofpaignton6202]

There should be a subway running under Sepulveda Blvd starting in Mission Hills going all the way to the new Transportation Hub currently under construction near LAX. And there should be a station at Muholland Drive.

[@TheLIRRFrenchie...]

Dear metro, PLEASE DON'T DO THE MONORAIL!! Heavy rail is better AND if you guys plan right NOW, you can include a connection to the purple line, preferably going in the southern direction since this route is supposed to inevitably end at LAX. Just a thought, but seriously, no MONORAIL lol. Also, betchel has been building heavy rail for DECADES now. They even helped build the Bart system!!

[@devonsfilms8180]

Monorail would be so much better! We can build off the current infrastructure and actually get it done with in the decade.

[@TheLIRRFrenchie...]

@@devonsfilms8180 metro doesn't need another mode than the one's they already have. Plus with heavy rail, you can integrate into the existing system. Monorail works in other places, but this isn't one of them. It wouldn't even serve UCLA properly. It'll be a waste compared to heavy rail.

[@devonsfilms8180]

@@TheLIRRFrenchie... but that’s the the there is no system to integrate to they would have to dig an entirely new tunnel. A monorail can service UCLA fine. A people mover works.

[@TheLIRRFrenchie...]

@@devonsfilms8180 actually there is. All it takes is a junction box to be built, it's not impossible. And a people to another people moved isn't going to attract riders lol. Heavy rail > Monorail. End of story.

[@devonsfilms8180]

@@TheLIRRFrenchie... end of story? Dude you are completely ignoring the amount of time it takes to tunnel through the Hollywood hills and what? A people mover doesn’t attract riders? It’s a tram! You’ve made 0 arguments to call it an end of story

[@boy31]

Heavy Rail + Underground please

[@quanta2k]

YASS

[@Korean_Autist_AbsoluteMF]

as long as it's not any of the monorail options, i'm okay. (though ideally the heavy rail should terminate at Sepulveda/Expo, not Bundy

[@qjtvaddict]

Where’s your $$$$

[@qjtvaddict]

@@Korean_Autist_AbsoluteMF u triggered bro

[@CraigFThompson]

@@qjtvaddict And YOU need a Snickers bar!

[@dartwill]

Alternative 6 heavy rail is my choice. With a stop at the UCLA Campus onto Westwood UCLA D-Line station. I especially like the station on Santa Monica Blvd /Sawtelle Japantown CROSSING the 405 Fwy! Then instead of going onto the E-Line Bundy station, a preferable stop would be the E-Line Sepulveda station instead.

[@qjtvaddict]

Cause it’s other peoples money lol

[@CraigFThompson]

@@qjtvaddict As if YOU'LL build your beloved monorail with YOUR OWN MONEY....

[@dylanw7641]

Please do not do monorail. Options 4,5, and 6 are the best, especially because they stop at westwood village

[@qjtvaddict]

Please do lol they can take the money saved and build more routes

[@CraigFThompson]

@@qjtvaddict And that money saved will all be eaten up by the high maintenance costs of a monorail.

[@curtiswilkerson5510]

alternative 5 and 6 are my preferred options. Please please please metro, NO MONORAIL! :)

[@zaired]

No Monorail Thanks

[@caleb7612]

PLEASE NO MONORAIL!

[@fiercedevil6955]

I'MM BEGGING YOU GUYS PLEASE CHOOSE HEAVY RAIL! Monorails will only make your system more complex and they do not unlock full ridership potential! PLEASE NO MONORAIL!

[@thezenarcher]

Why are the only elevated alternatives all monorail? Why aren't they considering elevated heavy-rail?

[@NelsonCWoodstock]

That’s the 4th alt. But it is only elevated in the valley

[@iancypes5911]

The Sepulveda Pass is so long that a tunnel is likely the cheaper option for a Subway

[@qjtvaddict]

Monorail is cheaper that’s why

[@gdrriley420]

@@qjtvaddict it’s not. There’s 4-5 billion in options they are going to need to do. From longer stations to a UCLA station at UCLA which means a tunnel. And they waved away Caltrans issues which is something Caltrans doesn’t let you do.

[@gdrriley420]

@@qjtvaddict CHP and Caltrans have killed all alignments over the 405

[@MS-hv8bn]

Can we add some more signage and clocks to the stations and trains? I never know what time it is or what direction the subway is going.

[@jackmerrill8424]

Options 4, 5, and 6 are all quite obviously the best choices. I hope Metro can get this right. I’ll be public commenting as much as humanly possible and I hope everyone does.

[@quanta2k]

Please make the East San Fernando Valley Line an elevated light rail. I've seen KZbin videos of the A Line from Long Beach and when it travels through streets and it goes very slow. What's the point when there's buses for that? The valley needs either subways or elevated light rail along with the rest of LA.

[@qjtvaddict]

Monorail is superior to light rail

[@quanta2k]

@@stop_cutting_baby_penis then again, a "city" like LA should have no business with light rail. LA isn't Portland, Oregon or Dallas, TX. It's either subways or gtfo. Such a shame that we're the 2nd most populated city in modern day Rome and we don't already have good public transportation. LA will never become as iconic as London, New York, Paris, or Tokyo because it's a city catered to vehicles. When you walk the streets of LA you feel alienated that you don't have a car. But LA peeps rather have freeways then streets so it is what is. I left my hometown in the San Fernando Valley for NYC a few months back and I'm glad to be where I'm at now.

[@indisciipline]

PLEASE DO NOT DO A MONORAIL PLEEEEAASSEEE

[@tuckervanleuwen-hall5681]

Heavy Rail! Heavy Rail! Heavy Rail!

[@ciello___8307]

heavy rail please!

[@qjtvaddict]

Pay up then

[@ifetayodavidson-cade5613]

UCLA is the 4th largest employer in LA county. A stop there is paramount, as is UNDERGROUND rail. If Japan and other countries that experience earthquakes can have underground rail, we can as well.

[@nate382]

Alternative 6 please!!!!!

[@Brian_rock_railfan]

heavy rail or light rail 🚈🚋🚇Not Monorail

[@wes528]

Monorail, known for being a reliable form of mass public transit /s Seriously though, can you imagine the train getting stuck somewhere in the pass.......help is NEVER coming xD

[@rsvp9146]

Im curious about the underground options and how construction would be carried out. What is needed for the line to provide added safety in a seismic zone.

[@randomcontentgenerator2331]

Monorails tend not to mix well with corruption… or anything for that matter

[@qjtvaddict]

Where’s your proof

[@Hendrik-jan-de-tuinman]

heavy rail, alternative 6 please!

[@JoshCumbeeMusic]

Alternative 6 would be so amazing for our city! We need actual practical transit solutions, fully underground heavy rail is an unmatched solve that has worked extremely well in Europe/Asia and elsewhere. Also lowest noise and lowest visual impact!

[@qjtvaddict]

So the monorail then

[@SergeyNeiss]

Heavy rail with a stop at UCLA is needed, not monorail! The hills don't belong to homeowners of Sherman Oaks and Bel Air, they belong to everyone.

[@aaronromano261]

Alternative 6 gets my vote!

[@iancypes5911]

Proposed routes are at 2:18. Don't know why they want to bore us away by not cutting to the point but bureaucrats gonna bureaucrat I guess. Say NO to Monorail

[@knocturna9731]

Los Angeles County needs the fully automated heavy rail. This will be the most important transit project in the entire county’s history. If you choose the idiotic monorail, we will know that you are crooked.

[@qjtvaddict]

Monorail is automated too dude look at São Paulo line 15

[@sayrith]

Sucks they axed all LRT options.

[@TysonIke]

Too slow

[@Geotpf]

LRT can't support the grade transition, unless you put it all underground, in which case heavy rail will actually be cheaper. Also, this will be a heavily used line and will overwhelm the capacity of light rail.

[@CraigFThompson]

What sucks even more is that they added MONORAIL.

[@derptrolling4740]

I want prop 5. Bundy is less known than sepulveda blvd.

[@luckydog89]

Take the Alternative 6 Metro. It's fastest travel, it's get to UCLA much better, and fully underground for heavy rail. No Monorail opinion, please. We don't need what Lyle Lanley's Monorail because they are not good everyday travel. Maybe Disneyland, but Metro.

[@EASbear]

but make it into Expo/Sepulveda, not Expo/Bundy.

[@qjtvaddict]

Got the money?

[@qjtvaddict]

With what evidence? Hmm

[@HHIto]

Monorail is for Disneyland. Daily commuting should be heavy-duty, strong, rail all the way. I've traveled the world, cheap, above-ground rail might work in downtowns, but heavy rail can go a lot faster.

[@qjtvaddict]

Monorail IS heavy duty

[@CulverCityVogels]

Why no station at Mulhulland?

[@roachtoasties]

The MTA is good at studying stuff. The MTA works in geologic time. By the time studying is finished, worked it started, and the ability to travel from Van Nuys to the west side by rail, everyone reading this will have long been dead. What's the point in continuing studying this thing and asking for comments, because anyone commenting will not be around to use this system? If the MTA would just start construction, and limit studies to six months to a year, to begin with, all of this would have already been finished.

[@theexcaliburone5933]

God please no monorail

[@caliswag5337]

Definitely should be full underground heavy rail or above grade light rail. It should also continue south and connect to the Green line.

[@andreirachko]

*W E D E M A N D H E A V Y R A I L*

[@SFKelvin]

Alternative 6 is so obviously the best.....It's ridiculous they're using the corrupt "P3" language to avoid it.

[@qjtvaddict]

It’s expensive got money for it if not sit down 😊

[@ambroiseimbert]

Monorail would be the absolute worst option. Please avoid it at all costs. Fully automated metro like the REM is the obvious choice.

[@SSDConker2]

Automated HRT please, just for the love of all things holy, disregard monorail.

[@nikkiiv9259]

No Monorail please, for the love of god, have we not learned from all the other failed monorail systems?

[@travelsofmunch1476]

HEAVY RAIL. No less. 4 5 or 6

[@cheongyei]

Ending in West LA at either Bundy or Sepulveda Expo line is of no benefit in getting to LAX.

[@Conellossus]

Probably the best they could do atm is add a shuttle bus to LAX from Expo/Bundy.

[@metrofilmer8894]

Yeah but by this time the K line will already connect both LAX and the E line, meaning that a trip on metro from the valley/UCLA would be possible much earlier than trying to go directly from Van Nuys to LAX

[@lysanalin]

“Moss concrete” might’ve a great way to go!

[@bobbyswanson3498]

please god do not allow a monorail to be built for this project. it makes absolutely no sense

[@tylerspaz]

Scrap the vny blvd street car nonsense and make this line heavy rail from sylmar to lax

[@milessilverman1300]

The most important thing is to choose heavy rail not monorail definitely not monorail

[@qjtvaddict]

You have the $$$ for it

[@eriklakeland3857]

@@qjtvaddict the monorail proposal is dishonest with the cost because of mitigations it would have to do with CalTrans since it violates their design guidelines. Also, no mention of the cost of an additional people mover to connect to UCLA or how the monorail stations would need to be expanded to meet the max capacity BYD claims.

[@williamerazo3921]

Why not heavy rail light metro be elevated like the monorail.

[@RakoonCD]

I think a subway is much better than the fucking disneyworld monorail.

[@nannerz1994]

It takes so much longer to go underground especially in those mountains

[@geom9_archive]

Im late but heavy rail

[@connorsmith6936]

Just eat the upfront cost and do 6 please god. Do not make short term decisions to save money in the beginning and then scratch your heads that you didn't hit projected rider numbers. Just make the transit as quality as possible please god.

[@ababababaababbba]

Not a monorail

[@chrishintz1077]

Finally, after idk how many decades. The oil, gas and auto industries have truly won out in their own interests all these years. Of course they took advantage of the vastness and spread out characteristics inherent in l a county. There’s no getting around that w/o a car.

[@Richardhaitz]

6 please 5 second choice

[@-iIIiiiiiIiiiiIIIiiIi-]

Alternative 6: PERIOD.

[@austin_andrade]

CORUPTION CORUPTION CORUPTION CORUPTION

[@jonsoto8233]

It should start at Rinaldi and end at LAX.

[@x98347x]

NO monorail. YES heavy rail.

[@qjtvaddict]

Triggered

[@ababababaababbba]

@@qjtvaddict yes, monorail angers me greatly

[@theexcaliburone5933]

@@qjtvaddict extremely triggered god damnit

[@TysonIke]

NO MONARAIL!!! It’s too low capacity and too expensive to operate. We need heavy rail

[@qjtvaddict]

Not this design

[@ryansligh5082]

Alternative 5 or 6 is the best route for metro. Automated people movers are really more expensive and is not compatible with any of the other rail lines in the system. So when it comes to maintenance and repairs, it's going to cost the network more money to buy parts and even repair the line/ vehicles used on the line. Plus look at what Hawaii is going through with their automated rail system, inflation costs, undecided on how the last half of the line will be completed, plus it's really expensive to have an automated Network with the technology and the GPS of the trains that will have to be connected. As well as ATS that will have to be installed, which is federal rail compliant for passenger rail, and more expensive because these will be driverless trains. Another thing will be monorail, which should not even be on the table as an option. Again more expensive, not compatible with any of the other rail lines in the Metro Network, more expensive in the long run which could definitely increase the cost of fare ridership, noise pollution, but the best of it all is heavy construction in the middle of 405 which is already a parking lot. So with that in mind either light rail Subway or the heavy rail Subway will be the best options. These two solutions are already utilized on the Metro Network, they'll be less cost-efficient in the long run, plus better head ways and faster trains for a faster commute. Plus you have a possibility for the sepulveda line to connect with the purple line on the west side where a service tunnel to connect the two lines with the heavy rail option. For the light rail option, you can have a service tunnel at expo connecting with the former expo line as well for connectivity and possible future routes. So just remember sometimes less money spent improperly now ,means more spending and more cost in the future that could possibly affect the whole area. Just food for thought.

[@qjtvaddict]

That’s why option 3 is superior no people mover needed

[@eriklakeland3857]

Honolulu’s automated light metro project is an unmitigated disaster, but it shouldn’t dismiss the technology as a whole. Their issues are down to horrendous design decisions and poor project management.

[@ricobelled3047]

WHY doesn't it go all the way to LAX? WHY? This is so stupid....

[@mossing234]

Phase 1 Phase 2 is the the part that goes to lax It was broken up to make funding easier.

[@EASbear]

Alt 1-2-3: Monorail) 🚝 Alt 4-5-6 Heavy Rail) 🚈

[@Korean_Autist_AbsoluteMF]

fuck monorail. There's some shady corruption going on with BYD and scummy politicians with stock in that company! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnvHk3adi9B7adk&ab_channel=nandert

[@tylerroberts1276]

Please LA Metro, choose options 5 or 6, the rest aren't good

[@phishE482]

I feel like stealing lanes from the 405 would be less expensive than boring long tunnels. Not like traffic can get much worse through the Sepúlveda Pass anyway.

[@Geotpf]

Yeah that's not going to happen.

[@metrofilmer8894]

Yeah but that would make initially traffic worse with no while also having the same issues with connection that the monorail alternatives have

[@benhanpeter4790]

I know I've missed the public comment period, but please don't do something foolish, like choosing monorail. The capacity is awful, and won't be as cheap as it looks. BYD's proposals are completely misleading. Monorail for such a high demand corridor would be a historic mistake.

[@AtticusThings]

For the love of god no monorails.

[@garryferrington811]

Amazing how everyone knows what to do. Everyone blathering here is some kind of transportation expert. They could really use these people in, say, Japan, which hasn't had the benefit of American transportation expertise.

[@williamerazo3921]

Light High speed metro

[@hockeyplayer28]

A highly needed transit corridor for sure. But don't you notice how all California's Metro projects lack general consistency like world class systems you see in London, Paris or across Germany? Metro has delivered virtually no standardization of rail car types or an overall master plan that encourages common maintenance, spare parts, skills or other things to reduce long term operation costs. Look at our $100 Billion high speed "train to nowhere" and the hodge podge approach to L.A. Country public transportation, driven by special interests and those who scream the loudest during the environmental impact review process. Watch what happens here! The wealthy people that live in the Sepulveda corridor will force yet another rail or monorail type and make it be built under ground so they don't have to see it. The complex terrain will make this project the highest cost per mile of any project on earth. Los Angeles Country enabled reckless spending by voting in super long term funding (aka even higher taxes) for 40+ years out which guarantees spending without first having a standardized design and operational master plan. Before spending another dime, we need to hit the reset button and get a master plan with common car types and proof that we can spend the money efficiently.

[@jamesparson]

There is light rail and heavy rail. Seem standard to me.

[@hockeyplayer28]

As examples, The D line rail cars in the Los Angeles MTA system are manufactured by CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles (China), A/C/Metro lines are made by Alstom, L Line made by LRV (Japan), M Line Breda (Italy). All with different spare parts, different technical repair procedures, proprietary training and maintenance contracts which contribute to higher operating costs due to lack of standardization. I'm not anti mass transit at all. I'm just frustrated with the inefficient ways that the MTA and California High Speed Rail systems build and operate the systems. This is what happens in our system of special interests, lobbying, and approving hundreds of billions of long term bond spending without a master, long term plan. Why are our subways and mass transit trains some of the slowest in the world, yet they cost the highest by most measures? Where is the accountability? If I consistently deliver my projects over budget and behind schedule, I get fired and our subcontractors eat the overage or lose their contracts. But not in our pubic rail systems here in California. The rail systems and contractors blame and sue one another, and inevitably pass the extra costs on to us taxpayers. Or does the hundreds of billions of bond money just fall out of the sky and no one has to pay?

[@qjtvaddict]

The monorail option is actually much cheaper and is superior to light rail

[@Geotpf]

@@hockeyplayer28 Again, Metro currently uses only two systems: Heavy rail and light rail. All light rail lines are compatible with the same trains, including all future light rail lines. Now, of this project specifically, only alternative 6 uses the current standard heavy rail; 4 and 5 use a different , supposedly superior, technology from Bechtel, and the monorail is, um, a monorail. Obviously, high speed rail is completely different from all of the above.

[@Geotpf]

@@qjtvaddict Light rail is not even an option due to the steep grade.

[@rickyderby]

Heavy rail alternative 6

[@nakfx134]

All underground. Just do it

[@JOHNSMITH-dc6lr]

WE NEED CENTRAL RAIL LINES ON ALL FREEWAYS, REMOVE ALL DIAMOND LANES, CREATE MORE OUTTER LANES, OPTION 1!!!

[@Ulisest91]

Yes to the monorail lets blow money . Buy 3 different types of vehicles LRT HRT and MRT. Better yet pull an NYC and buy 2 different types of HRT.

[@lysanalin]

I have lived here my whole life and I beseech you to please include consideration for the wildlife The birds path, the deer , the coyotes the rabbits, the big cats… you have to be aware they are a crucial part of the charm of LA part of the environment we are founded upon. Please be thoughtful when considering your plans.

[@qjtvaddict]

That’s what the monorail plan is for

[@Geotpf]

An underground subway doesn't affect any of them.

[@losangeleslakers1650]

Number 6