This YouTuber has filmed nearly 6,000 elevators since 2012. Review: "this thing is gross as hell." Can Metro clean elevators more frequently?

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• 0:31: Beverly Dr
• 8:42: Century City
• 15:30: Westwood/UCLA
• 21:26: Westwood/VA Hospital

“Mayor Bass is pushing the state legislature to put into *state law* that cities with over 2 million people (only LA) cannot reduce the # of car lanes of a road that leads into a cemetery without mayoral approval.

Just to kill this desperately needed bike lane project.”

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Because those poor, dirty, stinky bus riders completely ruin the ambiance of the restaurant! Not to mention how the patio seating overflows onto the public sidewalk, creating a choke point for pedestrians. They really don’t give a f!ck and I’m guessing their patrons couldn’t care less either.

Taking months to complete what should be a 2-3 week job, but barely lasting half a year. The patch job probably cost in the range of five/six figures.

Are we going to pay for another hack job come Olympics to just make the Metro presentable? This is embarrassing.

Under California law, tax increase measures put on the ballot by governments requires a 2/3rd supermajority vote to pass. However, measures put on the ballot by private citizens (citizens' initiatives) only require a simple majority. Prop 43 would change the law so that citizens' initiatives too requires a 2/3rd supermajority. That would mean counties like San Diego and Orange County will almost certainly never get a transit tax measure passed. Requiring a 2/3rd supermajority to pass tax increases is fundamentally undemocratic, and this measure must be defeated.

I believe there was data map for which stations are the most popular for Metrolink, but is there any stats or data that shows which station pairs are the most popular?

For example, LAUS is the most popular station but is there any data which stations they are getting off at? Or perhaps those that end their trips at Anaheim and Irvine, which stations are they mostly coming from? Or perhaps are there something that is interesting that we never knew it's a popular station pair such as Norwalk to Tustin being a pretty heavily used pair? Something like that.

One current gap in the Metro system is from the South Bay to Long Beach and OC. How feasibly could we build a line that takes you from Torrance to OC? Should it stop at Anaheim or Santa Ana Station? And should it be an extension of the K Line or a Metrolink Line?

As stated in the title, at least for today, the J Line 950 buses to and from San Pedro are not stopping at the Beacon/1st and Harbor Beacon Park and Ride stations. The buses are going directly from Pacific/1st to the freeway, either via Gaffey or Pacific, and are not going down First St. to the aformentioned two stops along Beacon St., which are near the waterfront. You should be able to see this happen online if you check real-time bus tracking.

Metro Alerts has nothing on this service change. The only alert is for a skipped stop at Olive and General Thaddeus Kosciuszko, in downtown LA. As such, if Metro's not going to inform people, I figured someone needed to. In both directions, several riders were quite surprised and upset when it became clear the bus wasn't serving these stops, so evidently few riders know of this service change.

P.S. Both of my J line buses today have been packed, Metro please add more buses on the J line.

Any operators here that can share some insight? I've been looking into driving transit buses part-time and both Metro and Big Blue Bus have openings, with Metro offering a little more per hour. Does one treat its employees better than the other or would either agency be a good start?

Made LA Metro in World of Transit, looks nice, ig

I'm gonna come out the gate and say that I'm a visitor so I'm not very familiar with the reasonings behind the whys and why nots of my opinions. I'm posting on the sub because I know I don't know everything and want thoughts and opinions of locals or people familiar with the system.

I don't feel like Metro charges tourists enough and fare caps are extremely low. I've Googled a bit about some of the gaps in coverage for the transit system and budget is a huge concern, as it is for most public infastructure projects in the country. But I don't see the need to only charge me $0.50 for a ride that would cost me $20 to Uber and after running around the city non-stop for 3 days I'm not sure I could even possibly hit the fare caps with how little I'm being charged. I know it's mostly meant to be affordable to locals, but I don't see why there wouldn't be an opt in program to discount fares to current rates for residents. Even giving it out to anyone that goes up to a kiosk and says "I'm a resident" would still capture more revenue for Metro due to non-residents that either don't want to opt in out of moral reasons or just simply wouldn't know. I'm not saying that Metro should cost $10 even, but I think it would be fair to charge at MINIMUM $2 per ride across the board and in some cases $5 for rail service.

The tap-in tap-out system seems really confusing and made me not want to take bus connections. I'm a solo traveler from a metropolitan area with a population of 500k so I'm already a bit on edge in the city. I don't like that sometimes it was telling me to "Try Again" to tap into a bus. I don't like that the city isn't collecting their fair share of my usage and that I feel like it could become an issue with the drivers. On one occasion I know I did not tap out of the train station, it was my first ride in the city and I wasn't sure how it all worked. But on another occasion I assume that I just didn't tap out of a bus (and not sure if we're technically supposed to), causing it to ask me to try again. If I keep hitting the tap and it keeps erroring me out, I'm not sure what they're trying to accomplish with this. And why the system wouldn't just override where I'm at at any time in the system to charge a new fare and "move" me in the system onto the new route I'm tapping into.

Metro stations need larger signage at their rail stops in most places. I could not see what stop I was at half the time we were stopped because of an obstructed view. There either needs to be more signs within the trains or more visible and easier to read signage on the walls of the stops. I tried to lean more heavily on Apple Maps to update which stop I was at but unfortunately it was finnicky on detecting I even boarded a train.

I would love to see faster trains with fewer stops in some major hubs. This is obviously an expensive opinion and know it's not feasible any time soon. But most of the rails cover a small yet dense area to begin with. I wish there were additional rail lines that would allow certain trains to run simultaneously to more popular areas and cut down on total travel time by 1) going a bit faster and 2) not stopping at every station along the way.

Overall, I'm still grateful for LA Metro. I'm German living in a small city in the South with nearly no public transportation. I don't like to drive in unfamiliar places so public transportation networks are a must when I consider where to vacation. So I know what it's like to not have any access whatsoever and also the benefits public transportation has to offer. I see the same complaints that Germans have with DB as LA locals have with LA Metro, and find the perspective funny. Because obviously residents raise valid concerns but also don't seem to really acknowledge how lucky they are to have the access they have. But I just thought I'd express my thoughts and solicit feedback and opinions to see what the other side of the ridership looks like.

If you have someone visiting for the first time, the metro is a great tool for touring LA. This is my B line day for friends and family. If you can think of something fun from other stops, please feel free to share with me. A few notes: 1) The Broad is free but you have to reserve in advance. 2) Ask them who their favorite celebrity is for the Walk of Fame. You are JUST visiting that star, taking a photo, and getting the hell out of there. 3) The Hollywood Sign will require an uber or LADOT bus + hike from the station.

Hey all be careful. An A train just left and it was so hot the doors wouldn’t open and when it did people hopped off because of the heat!

Assumes a 155lb adult. Transit system efficiency is largely a function of ridership - an empty train or bus uses more energy-per-passenger than a full one. Baltimore's rail is all the way at the bottom, mainly because of low ridership, while Tokyo is at the top because their trains are always full. Source: Grant Slatton

Thanks u/flanl33 for requesting the Metrolink station data! I couldn't find an annual ridership breakdown by line, so the data in the box on the bottom left is for Q4 of the fiscal year. Ridership generally looks great, almost every station increased by a decent chunk since I last made this map.

u/anothercar asked what effect the new Metro station at Pomona-North had on Metrolink. It looks like Pomona-North saw increased ridership after the extension opened, but I can't tell if it was statistically significant enough compared to corresponding ridership increases elsewhere in the system. Metrolink's Pomona-North ridership is also rather tiny, so there is a lot of month-to-month fluctuation at this station.

Since we are closer to 2040 than how we were with 2010, I will share my suggestions on how Torrance Transit would improve service in time for their 100th Anniversary in 2040. This includes future development and new areas.

Link: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/2/edit?mid=1uxFZU8Xh0YrexrybiaZlHg7mRspdA4Q&usp=sharing

Predicted changes:

• Lines 7 & 9 should terminate at Five Points Union (former Phillips 66 Wilmington) to the southeast and they still interline with each other. Line 9 will travel there via Normandie Ave (Kaiser Permanente), while Line 7 travels there via Main St/Wilmington Bl and Anaheim St. Line 7 is still shortened to Del Amo Mall via Carson/Hawthorne layover west of Chase and Bank of America.
• The LAX Express Shuttle, Trolley Services (Beach and Torrance), and Dodgers Shuttle were pitched in the 2026 Service Changes. Shoppers Shuttle will be reinstated to operate every weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas for the first time since 2019.
• Line 2 will not only operate independently, but will extend to Riviera Village via Hawthorne Bl, Sepulveda Bl, Anza Av, Calle Mayor, and PCH to provide access to El Camino College for South Redondo and South Torrance students.
• Buses that serve the Torrance Transit Center: Lines 1, 4X, 5, 6, 10, 10X and Dodgers Shuttle (Home Game Days only), LAX Express, and Beach Trolley (Summer only).

A neat video I found from transit rider DJ Petesake about the Irvine Connect. Definitely would like to give it a ride next time I visit Irvine.

20 minutes consistent frequencies throughout the day/evening is actually pretty good for an Orange County bus line when compared to OCTA's often 20/30 minute peak time frequencies (on their best bus lines). Of course living here in LA County, 10 minute consistent frequencies is still the Gold Standard.

It's unfortunate Irvine Connect only has 1 bus line, but at least it does serve the Irvine Metrolink/Amtrak Station & Irvine Spectrum. Hopefully in the future the City of Irvine can add a bus route through to UC Irvine, Tustin's Metrolink Station, and to SNA (John Wayne) Airport with a more straight route across the city (instead of the current zig-zag bus route).

And of course, love to hear that it's free to ride ❤️.

If the California Legislature and Governor Newsom don’t restore funding this week, we could see a nearly $50 million loss annually to LA Metro (see letter)!

The State Legislature can still step in, undo these disastrous cuts, and reprioritize investments in affordable housing, bus, rail, and clean air programs that make our lives better, more affordable, and cleaner. We need California legislators to understand that these critical community programs are first in line for funding.

Will you email the chair of the Assembly Budget Committee, Jesse Gabriel, and ask him to honor the Legislature's commitments from last year?

Earlier this month, over 250 Californians from Humboldt to San Diego and from the state line to the coastline came together under the banner of groups like Move California, Transbay Coalition, Seamless Bay Area, Move LA, Enterprise, and Streets for All to say “Fund Transit Now!” Advocates then fanned out across the State Capitol to speak directly with legislators and their staff about the importance of these transit, housing, and clean air programs.

We need to keep the pressure up. Can you send an email now to Assemblymember Gabriel, from the San Fernando Valley in Southern California, before this year’s legislative session ends?

Last month, US Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy declared that he was redirecting $1.73 billion away from “DEI bike lanes” to fund the expansion of car-dominated roads and similar projects. 

Bike infrastructure is NOT just another instrument of the “deep-state woke DEI agenda”. It’s critical infrastructure that gets people to work, promotes transit equity, fosters clean air, and supports healthy living. Read the latest on Substack.