The Future of LA Transit - Full Metro Region Proposal

[@weirdfish1216]

two major nandert videos in less than ten days is crazy work we’ve been blessed

[@averyshaham1697]

Gazing at the finished map pretending that it's just a few years away is therapeutic

[@MetalMilitia072583]

my kind of delusion

[@succerberg84]

Petition for Nandert as eternal supreme leader of California

[@macealace552]

As someone living in Irvine, your Orange County proposals are the DREAM. If only OCTA acted like an actual transit agency instead of a highway agency... P.S. Electrify Metrolink!!!!

[@renaes2807]

I'm also in South OC and yeah, this would be absolutely amazing!

[@commentorsilensor3734]

How do you get to work from metrolink station in Irvine? Irvine public transportation is so terrible all thanks to selfish people like you. I am an IT programmers. Many recruiter have approached me for opportunities in Irvine. There are so many. I do not even want to discuss . I don't drive. Finding a room, getting metrolink, etc is mission impossible. You guys don't want to improve public transportation in Irvine n want that stupid rail to nowhere

[@ethanpaul878]

@@renaes2807​​⁠​😭 what black magic do we need to do to get OCTA to stop being the worst.

[@kennyalvarado7578]

Even though it located out of OC, I feel like OCTA should invest in the C line connection to Norwalk. You would see a huge boost in Metrolink ridership from OC residents wanting to get to LAX and vice versa.

[@acakeyboi4345]

After a depressing 2024 update, WE GET THIS IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS! HUZZAH! Hoping this isn’t as depressing.

[@arranciske7297]

2 nandert videos in 2 weeks?? we're spoiled

[@benjamin_herrera805]

Seeing the brt idea for Oxnard and the surrounding area warmed my local heart! The potential for connections and land use out here is insane and could make this area so much more productive and accessible. I truly hope this area sees improvements and better transit options. Thank you for everything you’ve been informing the masses in ways the “media” could never!

[@angelgarza7437]

We do need more services like these here in Ventura County

[@thecyb1rd]

I'm kinda writing a story set in a distant future California, and I like to base the transit in that setting on your projections. You're a real inspiration. Best of luck with your new family.

[@bahnspotterEU]

14:54 Very important point! Small town rail service is a good idea even if there is limited to no local public transport. Where I grew up (in northeastern Germany - yes, there are transit deserts in Central Europe) you have trains serving towns that get very little or no bus service depending on the day and they are still very popular. Of course it‘s especially useful if your terminus is a bigger more well-served town and you can hook up those smaller settlements along the way.

[@Planet__3]

Greetings to a fellow German, also watching speculative transit planning videos about a region I will probably never visit 😅

[@bahnspotterEU]

@@Planet__3 Grüße zurück!

[@angelgarza7437]

As someone who lives in one of those small towns, this is what I've wanted for so long now

[@andrewlau7049]

I live in Alhambra, this would be great for me 😊

[@californiaporg]

even though the Orange County section is all speculative, I do have hope for the future that OCTA will try to revive the centerline project as people want more direct transit other than local bus lines and Metrolink

[@PASH3227]

I love the center line idea! Build it as a grade separated automated light metro line and it'll have HUGE ridership. It would also enable areas already dense with jobs and housing (Disneyland, CSUF, UCI etc.) to add even more jobs and housing. If Disneyland could reduce employee parking demand it would open up a TON of space for new parks.

[@californiaporg]

@@PASH3227yes, a light metro that uses rolling stock similar to what is depicted on supelveda line renders / Vancouver skytrain esque

[@Ariolander]

Glad you are getting all these metro videos out of your system. Good luck with your family and the upcoming kid!

[@adianchowdhury9016]

I'm stoked that there will potentially be a San Diego video in the future. There's a ton of interesting stuff happening (despite G narrowly failing) and crap keeps getting changed all the time. For example, that purple line route looks like it was based on the old light rail freeway running version of the route before it was determined to be commuter rail that runs under surface streets, which itself is now potentially outdated as SANDAG is looking into potentially making this a metro rail line with some alignment adjustments.

[@ramongamez]

Much as I love a lot of the concepts of this proposal, I can't approve of such a big overhaul to LA Metro that doesn't rebuild the A Line through Long Beach to be underground. You're ending seperate BRT lines at 1st and 5th street stations which are both just bare platforms in the middle of downtown Long Beach when they already have an established regional bus terminal at the Long Beach Transit Mall, which could be even better served if the A Line were shifted underground north/south on Pine Ave

[@ryan225360]

I live on the east coast, and your videos are so well done and informative that I’m invested in LA’s metro now too 😅

[@Amberblaze223]

have a comment for the algo. the amount of effort that you put into this topic is INSANE. forgive me for asking a question u probably get a lot but have you tried pushing any of this to the decision makers? id assume there are legitimate reasons for whatever your response would be (not to mention the question itself being predicated on the assumption the basis of this proposal hasnt already been considered/rejected/modified in various forms already) so i ask mostly for my own curiosity as to where those assumptions are incorrect. i also havent gone through all of ur work or finished this video - yet! whatever the case, you have a thumbs up from me!

[@tz7245]

I could cry just looking at this map 😭

[@MilliBlom]

I adore the passionate detail you go into. As a Bay Area resident, I wish you the best in your crusade.

[@pineappleman3321]

every nandert video satisfies an itch it is not frequently scratched

[@ajfrostx]

Have I ever been in LA? No. Do I plan to ever visit LA? Probably not, unless I'm still alive by the time most of LA transit plans are built. Do I love watching the videos on this channel regardless? Yes!

[@ES-hr6vg]

Only 10% of this will ever happen.

[@aaronshi721]

SAN DIEGO MENTIONED

[@sammysoju]

I KNOWW I GOT SO EXCITED WHEN I HEARD HIM SAY HE'LL DO A VIDEO SOON ON DAYGO

[@sean9520]

Practicing transit planner, we agree with you 👍

[@PTB_BE]

This many nandert vidoes in one month in these economics and political situation? No way!

[@PTB_BE]

Also, hate me for my hot take: but I do think an LA streetcar network would make sense and OCTA building a tram is also pretty based (let's hope it becomes a big system)

[@petitkruger2175]

so far, it's the best video! Having the massive map makes so much sense - it really should be considered to be one metropolitan area.

[@commentorsilensor3734]

This is the dumb video, but most USA youtube rail transit videos are out of touch. Its like a poor person complaining how poor he is that he couldn't maintain 500 mansions😊

[@__8868]

That OC plan is SICK. Also a complete pipe dream.......

[@haighter5115]

Being a girl dad is the best! Totally worth the lack of sleep😊

[@MetroChamp]

Wow. You worked tirelessly on this diagram and presentation. We recognize your efforts and commend you for it. The pessimistic naysayers and nitpickers in the comments section can only criticize you for being human. Of course, this plan is not 100% perfect, but you have definitely outdone yourself this year. This beautiful piece of media is invaluable fodder for more ideas and discussion about how to achieve a final build out Southern California transit network. The age we live in is truly too creative and aware to conform to the existing paradigms, regardless of the socially engineered dichotomy affiliations. Great stuff.

[@64ElMariachi]

you actually said "Goleta" closer to how it is in Spanish, hence closer to being most correct. "golaeta" vs "goleeta", the spanish 'e' is 'ae'. so good job :) love your vids!

[@ianschantz7758]

Awesome video, I'd recommend adding a west metrolink station in Simi Valley, it's in the plans of the city as a long term goal

[@maitrilazaroff138]

These proposals are amazing and seem to be very well thought out. I'd love to see what you do with other cities, especially ones that might not be as populous, such as the Denver-Boulder area.

[@TheLiamster]

This is a true blessing and I’m so happy. I was about to rewatch an old video but now I can watch this!

[@emmanueldeleon2081]

I'm super excited about many of these projects, especially the Brightline West train. I still hold onto the sliver of hope that there will eventually be a Victor Valley Metrolink line

[@WarrMan4]

Looking forward to the san diego video.

[@cjs83172]

At the end of the video, it's noted that a San Diego-themed video may be in the offing. One thing that's happened there since I left the San Diego area (other than the NCTD Sprinter coming online, which happened just after I left), is that, in the last few years, there have been a number of BRT routes created by the San Diego MTS (which my father once drove buses for in the late 90s/early 2000s), including routes from San Diego to Rancho Bernardo and Escondido (those BRTs that go up I-15 are San Diego's version of LA Metro's J Line), Otay Mesa to Downtown San Diego, Otay Mesa to the Imperial Beach Pier, and Downtown San Diego to SDSU. And SANDAG is planning to fill in one of Southern California's biggest public transportation gaps in it's long-term plans, which is a BRT line from northern San Diego County to Riverside County. Currently, there's no real way to get to San Diego County to Riverside County via public transportation, and there are also no bus routes that connect northern San Diego County and Orange County, either (neither NCTD or OCTA have a line connecting southern Orange County and northern San Diego County, though there is one NCTD line that goes from Oceanside north through most of Camp Pendleton and winds up in San Onofre.) And very much unlike Los Angeles' public transportation system, one thing San Diego has always lacked is bus routes to it's major theme parks, such as Sea World (only one bus line goes to Sea World, the #9), and until recent years, only one bus line served the San Diego Zoo and Balboa Park (the #7, which has always had the most frequent bus service in the San Diego area) until the BRT #215 line from Downtown San Diego to SDSU came along. There's also a major resort hotel and water park being built at the Chula Vista Marina, which is scheduled to open around the middle of next year, and there's currently no bus service to the Chula Vista Marina (there's also no public transportation that goes to the Olympic Training Center in east Chula Vista).

[@AbsintheBabe]

It doesn't matter how fast high speed rail is, I believe there will always be a market for Sleeper trains regardless of their "novelty" because the travel time of a sleeper train is effectively zero (0). You go to sleep in LA and wake up in SF, having the whole day to spend in the Bay Area, before doing the reverse to wake up in LA again. Sleeper trains don't need novelty, because they're already advantageous. Let's remember that Concorde was in part killed by the proliferation of lie-flat seats on Trans-Atlantic flights.

[@Rich-MarsEco]

Even though I don't live in Hollywood Hills West anymore, a Sunset/Gardner station would have been my home station. I dreamed up the exact T-Line you propose, years ago. I wanted a direct way to DTLA, with stop options in Echo Park /Silver Lake, as well as along SMB in southern hollywood. Plus, I went up to Studio City so much I wanted a better way as the buses and traffic in the Cahuenga Pass (or trying to death ride a bike) is horrible there. And lastly, having it go toward Sherman Oak where my BF (at the time) lived made me want a line that didn't reroute me from being between WeHo and Hollywood, to the B-Line or the future K-Line extention to WeHo (which i would use a LOT) that I would need to transfer to the N/S line going under UCLA to get to Sherman Oaks. BUILD THE T-LINE NOW ! EDIT: Additionally a fast way from where I was by Runyon Canyon to Glendale or Burbank would have also been a 'god-sent'. The bus lines just took too long.

[@neeonleeon03]

This would be so awesome IRL! Thank you for helping to keep the public transit dream alive. 🙌

[@Katie-ys7qf]

I actually have my own plans, but can’t figure out where to post, but you’re ideas literally sparked more inspiration. This would potentially “Tokyo-ify” Southern California❤❤

[@angelgarza7437]

14:52 I live in one of those towns, the rail service would b a dream come true

[@kyoseix]

Don't hurt yourself, nandert, we want you to be around for a long time.

[@tyler2854]

I love these videos; the lines traversing across the map and rewriting the stations are so satisfying!

[@alexanderrotmensz]

This is extremely impressive. Great video!

[@NelsonCWoodstock]

With those connections the LAX station has the potential to become a Union Station for the southwest region. Also one thing to keep in mind about the BRT on 3rd, 3rd Street in downtown is one-way westbound only from Alameda to Boylston just west of the 110, where the eastbound portion splits off as 4th Street. Since both roads have a lot of lanes for one way streets and only one would be needed for BRT, 4th Street could pick up the eastbound portion.

[@zacharylegaspi7594]

14:40 quick note: The Santa Paula Branchline is actually still in operation. It's currently owned by the VCTC and is used for shortline freight operations by Sierra Northern and a business offering railbike tours after the Fillmore and Western Railway went bankrupt. Also I use the East Ventura stop occasionally and your suggestion for where the platform should be relocated would be significantly better than the current location assuming there is also a bus stop placed there as well.

[@JHZech]

I'm happy that you mentioned hybrid rail a lot. Down in Irvine, we're trying to get our own version of Arrow off the ground to go along with the new TOD that'll happen at Irvine Station

[@chrizzgalmz]

Hey Nick! Love this update and your Bluesky ambitions. Regarding your T-Line idea into Echo Park, I made a proposal on r/LAMetro that had a potential Dodger Stadium station serve the intersection of Vin Scully/ Sunset instead of boring directly into the ravine for an onsite Dodger Stadium stop (though I would vastly prefer that option) - this mitigates having to deal with McCourt and keeps the station to Sunset, however, the station would still be about half a mile away and at the foot of the stadium and is consistent with Metro’s envisioning of being fully underground heading north from Little Tokyo > Union Station > Future expansion (with also not serving the Chinatown station). Thoughts?

[@Gary-oj5si]

mmm wake up babeee new 1.5 hr nandert video dropped

[@ImposeMagazine]

This is so unhinged lol I love it

[@_CarlosA]

thanks for your hard work and dedication! we appreciate it very much

[@chadpugliese8865]

Amazing video, it fills me with (painful) hope haha. Am freaking out seeing transit near where i grew up near the Trask stop in Garden Grove, and all the places across OC and LA I struggled to access with transit. I wanted to point out that OCTA seems like theyre going back and forth between planning a higher quality East-West corridor on Chapman or Garden Grove Bvld. The current idea seems to start at the Orange Metrolink on Chapman and running west until either the Outlets at State College or up to Harbor, then scooting south to continue west along Garden Grove Bvld. That hits some tourist and shopping points along with the majority of density along Chapman. Going west along GGBVLD from Harbor (though close to the Westminster route) hits "downtown" Garden Grove, GG's Koreatown and the edge of Little Saigon, and the start of a stretch between Brookhurst and Beach that the housing element has targeted for some serious development (and Rodeo 39 is there too). From there, that would allow easy access to the 22 to get to Long Beach and 7th.

[@emvvehicles_8]

4:16 LAC+USC will be renamed to LA General Medical Center since the hospital was renamed back to its original name earlier this year

[@thespanishinquisiton8306]

I'm not an LA local, just a transit enthusiast, so I lack a lot of context for these videos, but one of the things I think you've gotten wrong here is the decision to not route the LRT through the streetcar tracks into Orange County. LRT and streetcars are technically extremely similar, so if the LRT was previously able to use the right of way, it should still be able to share it with the streetcar. You may need to build two platforms per station to account for the differing floor heights (though I'm unclear on which floor height the LRT would use since it's hypothetical), but otherwise the issues of track geometry and such shouldn't prevent you from interlining there

[@renaes2807]

The problem with interlining with the street car is that the section in downtown Santa Ana is on the same ROW as cars. The streetcars are also not going to be very fast and I wouldn't put it past some dudebro in a pickup to think it would be funny to hold up a streetcar..

[@thespanishinquisiton8306]

​That's fair, but it's also possible to separate the streetcars out, plus you could still run on the off-street Pacific Electric ROW and find a way into the train station from the end of that rather than building more infrastructure elsewhere

[@goldenoodles6281]

El Monte would be crazy with your ideas. THE CONNECTIONS!

[@torunit4620]

@nandert Ventura County Line: MetroLink (through VCTC) already owns the full right of way East Ventura (Montalvo) to Saugus. That was the original RR route from LA to San Francisco before the tunnels were built between Simi and Chatsworth. The tracks were removed east of Piru. The reason I love your content is because I did a similar, much smaller in scope, documentary on this stuff about 17 years ago where I learned that fact. I've been into this stuff since I was a teenager when I got on a community board in another metro area and essentially designed the transit system in use today . . . now 30 years out of date. I'll probably comment more.

[@taxirob2248]

I'd be interested in seeing your work, and maybe some insights on how it all came together, what problems you encountered, etc.

[@torunit4620]

@@taxirob2248 It was up on youtube until I was advised to take it down not politically but commercially to push viewership on another, now defunct video service. Now I have to see if I can find the file (I've got hundreds of terabytes of drives here).

[@kenfrank2730]

I'm waiting for that train to Vegas! Let the dice roll, baby!

[@TysonIke]

5:40 from Burbank to LAUS it is obvious that a 6 track corridor is a need. Having HSR share on anything north of LAUS creates delays. Metrolink should than have it’s 2 tracks and 2 more for freight/Metrolink shared. Trying to have 6 converge to 4 in Burbank would be bad.

[@andrewlau7049]

19:07 The El Monte Busway has two lanes in each direction on the ten freeway. You can get rid of one of those lanes in both directions. This would mean that you could actually triple track the San Burnardino line through the ten freeway and keep the busway. But you would need to kick out Fastrak.

[@alcubierrevj]

Not only will this amazing rail plan take decades to complete IRL, it might take years to complete in Cities: Skylines! 🤣🤣🤣

[@virgosgroover]

another amazing video thank you! I can't wait for the San Diego video!!

[@shopdog831]

I have further suggestions for coaster service rather than stopping at the convention center the coster could aquire the abandoned south bay branch to imperial beach and terminate there connecting another large population center onto the transit network. At the other end i think we can do better than just a camp Pendleton station we could instead aquire the former fallbrook branch traveling onto the base closer to where the barrica actually are eliminating a shuttle bus and terminating in fallbrook.

[@andrewgamer2175]

cant wait to see this in 2150

[@amigajoe]

Didn’t The Mamas and the Papas write a song about this plan ?? “California dreaming”. Great video.

[@vandorb12]

"Marines should have trains, too". Thank you for considering the crayon connoisseurs of our military.

[@japanamericacar427]

Hey, love your videos, san diean here. Sandag has been kinda sparce on info but purple line has been rerouted as of 2023. Simular alignment but diffrent. Reccomend you check out their new study once out on December

[@JoeBoat0T]

This gonna be a good morning

[@theautistictransitfan]

ITS HEREEEE

[@davidpascual477]

This is a Transit Planner DREAM VIDEO🤩

[@theebs1]

WOOHOO ANOTHER NANDERT VID

[@MartinHoeckerMartinez]

There's a space for a two track infill station (and therefore passing tracks) for the San Bernardino line in the I-10 meidan between Del Mar Ave and San Gabriel Blvd. (especially if you close the Del Mar exit) that could help add capacity to the constrained portion of the SBL in the I-10 median. This is similar to the space used between Fremont Ave and Atlantic Blvd for a passing loop in the I-10 median.

[@Treemaster89]

Yeah… unless they take out an Expresslane (unlikely), the only true solution is replacing it with a center-running aerial double track viaduct for regional&HSR mode rail, not too unlike the Harbor Transitway on the 110. But then you still have the two single track viaducts in El Monte (one along the Rio Hondo and the other along Valley blvd to worry about). Also BNSF right of way shrinks again through Basset and Baldwin Park before widening up again around Irwindale, so eminent domain might be inevitable to a certain degree.

[@MartinHoeckerMartinez]

@@Treemaster89 The I-10 section of the SBL is a hard problem to fix. We could eliminate a lane of regular traffic, not that California DOT would ever consider that.

[@confuseatronica]

one day I realized that there are many parts of PCH in malibu where, if it was to completely slide into the ocean, the residents of malibu would fight to make sure it was never fixed.

[@lucaspadilla4815]

Camp Pendleton used to have trains. The current Perris line used to go south thru Temecula and out to Oceanside REBUILD THAT TOO lol

[@Treemaster89]

@@lucaspadilla4815 I could see that being some sort of extension of the Coaster, seeing as Temecula (and esp. wine country) is a big draw from not only LA people but San Diego, too.

[@Planettransit]

Nice, two videos in ten days!

[@mozeskertesz6398]

44:58: Open dig deep underground stations have massive issues with crossing lines and future lines, as it's very hard or cost prohibitive to build a line across a station cavity. 46:23: It's also helping with coverage. When a system doesn't have coverage, it will have less ridership. Though if 3rd really has that much ridership, It might worth taking a look at building a streetcar/tram line. 47:45: A streetcar line might worth looking into there too. Overall opinion for that section: Good as a start, but more station density might worth taking a look. 1:03:12: Half a mile is quite a lot, but it can be reduced by feeder lines. Overall, the plan is much more realistic, even if it doesn't seem like. However, the main question is coverage. Most stations are spaced around 0.8 to 1 mile apart, which is around 3 to 4 times higher than good coverage. This reflects especially harshly from the LRT lines, which have no local routes, while some lines could merit an express service, as they cover that much distance. If the coverage problems are solved, it will make the transit better overall.

[@Rich-MarsEco]

I find it fun too, and watched every second of it. BTW, you left out any discussion of a stop at The Hollywood Bowl and i assume your map has the gondola to Dodger Stadium as a tourist thing or as removed.

[@sonicnick5192]

1:05:27 your proposed magnolia hybrid route had already been done with the pacific electric, and boy how I’d love to see that return! But will say that the passenger connection using the Metrolink 91 line and putting all those stations would not be a good idea and would be a conflict of interests and split profits drastically… also wouldn’t be much space for development and traffic is very high through that section so we’ll see what they could do… also if you look up the California southern right of way you could see the trackage that they had traveling past perris down to Temecula and down the lake Elsinore branch and across to the San Diego surf liner track

[@Thesecret101-te1lm]

Great video! Two suggestions: A) How about a video on a rethink on line naming/numbering schemes? I know that this is things that will rarely ever happen, but would still be great. As someone not from the area the names and numbers says almost nothing. Using some system with a letter indicating mode and digits to indicate specific line number, preferably reusing the same number for different modes that connect maybe, and/or have a numbering scheme somewhat similar to the interstate system might be a good idea, perhaps? B) When you do the graphics, perhaps make the changes more visible by for example having brighter colors, wider lines or similar. Also you have probably noticed this yourself but it seems like KZbin did something bad related to frame rate, making everything unreadable when you move fast.

[@PDXLibertarian]

You should build a blue line spur in Long Beach along the old Pacific Electric ROW to Belmont Shore.

[@sgtdebones]

I assume every local route will be operated by their respective county authorities and not brainlessly decided that LA Metro would operate every single line outside of LA County like some ignorant people to RoW and jurisdiction keeps suggesting.

[@ES-hr6vg]

The “subway to the sea” is never happening. The people down there don’t want it and neither does Santa Monica. We are going to have to be content with the Expo line. It is perfectly sufficient. It makes more sense to curve the purple line down Bundy anyway and have a fast, underground metro that directly links downtown via the westside and Century City to the airport transit connector.

[@muhilan8540]

Why call it medium rail instead of light metro?

[@anitrain]

This is incredibly well thought out but I think there is one very important intercity line that is missing from your list, and that would be a new north/south Metrolink line from rancho Cucamonga that runs south along the brightline / CAHSR tracks through Corona and Temecula and all the way down into San Diego. High speed service is great here, but we need more local service too. I-15 between Temecula and Escondido is an parking lot during the morning and evening commutes with no relief in sight. One other note, I believe it was the Eline you had extended to Yorba Linda? I think it would make sense to extend that all the way through the Santa Anna River Canyon to Corona. That is a critical east west link and having redundancy would help take pressure off the existing BNSF freight lines. If that's too cost prohibitive, let's at least extend it to meet metrolink at a new infill station to facilitate transfers to Riverside County.

[@cjs83172]

And I think such an alignment could involve Lake Elsinore and Wildomar on the I-15 alignment in Riverside County, as well as some kine of hybrid/commuter rail service between Escondido and San Diego, including stops in Rancho Bernardo, near Poway (unfortunately, the terrain between Poway and Santee would likely prevent a line to El Cajon to connect with the MTS Green and Orange Lines), Mira Mesa, and from Mira Mesa, either connect to the current 25 MPH Miramar Hill alignment used by Amtrak and Coaster, or follow the CA-163/I-805 alignment that had been part of the proposed Purple Line to connect to the Green Line routing near Snapdragon Stadium or SDSU to get to the Santa Fe Depot. But such a line is too long for Metrolink. What I think would happen, if that ever comes to pass (by which time, I'll be long dead), is that the Escondido Transit Center would figure to be the inland version of what the Oceanside Transit Center currently is, which would be the main transfer point for commuter rail between San Diego and the Inland Empire, with Metrolink taking the area north of Escondido and NCTD likely taking the portion from San Diego to Escondido.

[@Rich-MarsEco]

~ 18:00 you talk about switching the freight line. I would be all for this, but one reality you might have over looked are all the freight sidings/holding areas and businesses that have direct freight access (especially in Industry City) that would no longer be connected to the switched freight line.

[@DavidCiani]

I think he said something about "occasional freight" at some point, likely referring to that local traffic. In other places, that kind of traffic is handled overnight, etc. Most of the freight traffic at issue originates at the Port of LA/LB and has out-of-region destinations.

[@aljawisa]

You should do a video on the old right of ways that were taken out or 'developed.'

[@PASH3227]

16:04 so you're telling me just a few grade separations in Long Beach and Lakewood would make this ROW mostly grade separated? I don't care what this would be used for these grade separations need to be pursued NOW. Long Beach airport could have a ton of rail based logistics on this corridor AND a rail connection to the airport and LA Union Station.

[@altaiperry6243]

An underground all the way to Riverside is sm that I would love to see… but seeing the voters of Riverside county agreeing with anything the la county votes for is would be a miracle :(

[@hartstukken]

2 videos? in this short timespan? see u in 2025 i guess

[@theaeskey2502]

First. Babe wake up. Nandert dropped a video.

[@MaxFung]

we love nandert

[@JagisGarcia]

Beautiful!

[@lamarodom420]

Thank you nandert!

[@MartinHoeckerMartinez]

I wish the Link US project had kept the loop track connection north-bound from the overpass of US 101. Then you could through run San Bernardino trains onto the Orange County, Antelope Valley, and Ventura lines. There are more SBL trains than on any one of those routes. If every SBL train continued through to the OC there are still trains leftover. Without the Y junction those trains still have to wait for crews to switch ends and go back the way they came in.

[@djpetesake]

Pomona to Ladera ranch BRT LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[@azeeze1391]

You're HIRED! Fix our transit! Please.

[@samul7531]

masterpiece

[@ronnyrueda5926]

I would tweak your B line extension proposal and have it intersect the VC line at Lankershim. There is more dense housing along the Lankershim than Laurel Canyon.

[@joseapar]

Also, can i beg for the old East Los Angeles Train station to be re-opened and restored on one of the new lines, maybe that areal line you have going north.

[@Unmannedperson]

36:00: What about either a direct tunnel under or bridge over the businesses between the new Burbank terminal and Metro/Metrolink/HSR station? It would be a quarter-mile, which shouldn't be a problem with moving walkways. That's shorter after all than the distance between security and the farthest gate at many airport terminals. Also shorter than the existing walkway between the Burbank terminal and rental car center/Ventura Line Metrolink station.

[@joseapar]

You seriously should run for office. I know you say you don't have the expertise but two 1-hour videos on regional transportation clearly show otherwise.

[@Davis9754]

i wish someone would do a video like this but with the DFW metroplex.

[@aperson1887]

Love your videos. Would like to know how to make your maps or what program you use

[@Matthew-pd8wf]

I love you nandert but San Marino will NEVER allow anything involves public transit. But we can dream!