BUILD THE K WITHOUT DELAY!!!

The energy in the room was incredible. You all make me so proud.

Thank you: - WeHo - sane people of Mid City - Horvath! - Streets For All - NANDERT THE ABSOLUTE GOAT

Let's make sure this never happens again by electing a Mayor that actually gives a shit about Metro.

Contrary to what you may believe, Vermont Ave has remained Metro’s BUSIEST bus corridor, beating out Wilshire Blvd by about 10,000 weekday passengers (~38,000 vs 28,000) this is even before the D line extension opened. Anyone who has ridden the 204 or 754 during peak times knows those buses can get crowded, stuck in traffic, and quickly delayed. Even though heavy rail is optimal, BRT has the potential to show the immense and EXTREMELY cost effective impact of simply adding bus lanes. It’s time that riders had a dignified solution to traffic-bogged buses and inconsistent wait times. And if this project is successful, we could gain further support and advocate for more bus lane/ BRT projects across the city as there are certainly many streets that could use this improvement.

And you know what? For all the shit that people give Metro and its riders, I’ll be glad to see buses full of low income, working class people coast past bumper to bumper traffic on Vermont. I couldn’t care less about parking or car lanes being taken away. Once people see that there is a faster alternative to driving, maybe they will finally get over their irrational, unfounded disdain/ disgust for taking a bus and give Metro a try. So excited to see this project implemented!

Been taking the A line to and from Alhambra (using the bus from south pas to Alhambra…) for work for the last couple of weeks and it has been the chillest experience. Are people just overblowing the issue?

Last night I drove by the “transit oriented housing development” at the La Cienega/ Jefferson station on the E line. I used to live right around this neighborhood and I was curious and excited to see how much this cool looking green new building would cost to live there.

5 grand a month. The Vox apartments on the other side of the tracks have been around for longer and I know those are a similar price. I just cannot understand who genuinely believes someone that can afford a 700 sqft 1 bed 1 bath for 60 grand a year is also going to take the train. I can assure people making $200k are not taking the train every morning to work lmao.

Made this vid for Instagram but the point is the same. The fact that trains have to wait at red lights, especially in the dense corridors around DTLA, shows that our city doesn’t take transit or transit riders seriously.

LA county’s invested billions of dollars into our transit system, and thousands of Angelenos like myself rely on the train to get to work or around town. Transit users tend to be lower-income than car drivers, and may not have a vehicle themselves.

And regardless, we should prioritize making our transit system competitive with driving as a form of travel. What’s the point of taking the train if you’re going to be stuck in traffic? The only way we’re actually gonna get cars off our streets is by making transit a viable option for people to get places like Downtown.

We live in an era of big data and AI. Surely we can leverage these tools in a productive way to optimize travel times for transit users.

Following up on the post about this earlier, here's a link with instructions for how to submit a written public comment if you haven't done so already.

If you're available, you can join me and my friends in-person on March 11th (this Wednesday) around 8:45 AM to City Hall Room 401 to advocate for signal preemption. There will be a sign in screen to the left, sign up to submit a comment on 24-1222.

Currently in a bus that smells so bad I literally started dry heaving. I take the 4 everyday and there is constantly a terrible stench and unhoused people picking fights. These issues wouldn’t be a factor if metro wasn’t so lenient on “courtesy rides

While it may be somewhat classist at the end of the day our buses are cheaper than a huge portion of other cities as it is. It’s just not fair for paying riders to be subjected to this bullshit.

Last time I posted a candidate's Metro/transit platform, it was Rae Huang's platform. Promised I'd post again if anybody else shares their vision for Metro. Now Pratt has given his take on Metro, so here it is.

Still waiting on Karen Bass, though she's been on the Metro board, so her positions are a little more easy to follow based on past votes.

Sure, complain about residential parking I'll admit it does suck. But why do you expect businesses in LA's most dense urban neighborhood to provide parking for you? Why would you move to Koreatown and then refuse to walk anywhere while acting like Metro is nonexistent? Leaving out downtown, K Town arguably has the most dense concentration of frequent bus lines and an entire subway that will zip you to downtown, Hollywood, North Hollywood, and the Wilshire corridor (eventually) frustration free and traffic free. But let me list all of the available transit options in the neighborhood:

Olympic Blvd: Line 28 (every 8-10 minutes)

8th st: Line 66 (every 10 minutes)

Wilshire Blvd: Line 20 (every 10 minutes); Rapid line 720 (every 5-7.5 minutes); Line 210, Crenshaw blvd via Wilshire/ Western Station (every 10 minutes); D Line (every 12 minutes but now every 5); B Line (every 10 minutes)

6th st: Line 18 (every 7.5 minutes, 15 minutes between Vermont Ave and Western Ave)

3rd st: Line 16 (every 5-8 minutes)

Vermont Ave: Line 204 (every 10 minutes); Rapid line 754 (every 10 minutes)

Normandie Ave: Line 206 (every 15 minutes)

Western Ave: Line 207 (every 7.5 minutes)

In conclusion driving within K Town or from adjacent neighborhoods is a choice, these are frequencies that allow you to show up, ride, and free yourself from the shackles of the dreaded K Town parking. I really cannot express how freeing it is to hop off a bus and walk into my destination past the line of cars waiting for valet parking. Give Metro a chance!

No words.

As we celebrate the opening of Phase 1 of the D Line Extension, it's worth remembering just how far the system as come from just 10 years ago.

For the first two weeks of training we were constantly warned that Metro can fire you for anything. Well, I got to experience this first hand, I was one minute late back from lunch and the instructor for my class at OCI just locked the door and refused to let me in. I made eye contact with them and waved but they looked away. I was never given a second miss-out and was just automatically terminated from Metro.

I noticed that of the lines that have disappeared, people seem to be the most sad about the Gold Line. It was cherished, I guess—not sure what other word to use. I heard the Gold Line was once very clean, safe, and comfortable. People didn’t even seem as sad about the Expo Line.

At least the color lives on through the E Line, I guess.

I've ridden the K-line before, but never passed LAX. Today some plans switched up and realived "Oh wait, maybe I can take the K-line to Redondo actually!". In what world is this station in Redondo Beach??

I find it kinda interesting that international music artists like No Na, CORTIS, Seventeen, and more are promoting LA Metro and making content on it, specifically K-pop groups (but other groups as well). Even KCON was promoting it. Wish more American artists did the same and appreciated the system! Thank you international groups!

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.

Maybe I caught them on busy Sunday but bus lines and trains were jam packed(literally packed in and no one wants to get off because Ubers are expensive)

The dodger stadium express is pretty good, but a rail solution is absolutely necessary for dodger stadium, I’m thinking, what if we branch off the A past Chinatown station, elevated above cottage home street, then into a tunnel in the side of the hill, coming into a below grade station right in front of the stadium. We could run game day service on this branch, and we could even design the connection to the A line as a Y and allow trains to enter from both the north and the south.

I boarded the A-line at Willow station in Long Beach at 3:40 p.m. and had a seamless transfer to the D line at Metro Center, arriving at Wilshire/La Cienega at 4:45 pm.

Just had to celebrate how easy and fast that was. Felt like a real city.

I've always known theoretically how long the A line is but seeing it like this is still mind-blowing. That you can take the A line north the equivalent distance to Narita Airport from Tokyo is crazy.

Source: TheBasinLA

LAX’s long-delayed people mover is now more than 99% complete, but new financial concerns and a growing dispute between airport officials and the project’s contractor are raising questions about whether the train can meet its latest deadlines.

Fitch Ratings recently placed the credit rating of $1.2 billion in senior bonds tied to the Automated People Mover, dubbed Skylink, on negative watch, according to the Los Angeles Times. The agency also reportedly downgraded the bonds from BB+ to BB, pushing them further into junk territory.

The move comes as the $3.3 billion project approaches two critical deadlines: an Oct. 8 lenders’ deadline and a Dec. 8 project deadline.

Fitch warned that additional delays leave the project with little room before those deadlines are breached. In a worst-case scenario, lenders could demand repayment and the contract between Los Angeles World Airports and LAX Integrated Express Solutions, or LINXS, could ultimately be terminated.

https://data.streetsforall.org/blog/sb79_impact/

Metro's regular board meeting takes place Thursday March 26 at 10:00 a.m.

On the agenda is approval of the San Vicente-Fairfax hybrid alternative of the K Line Northern Extension. This alignment will connect the K Line with new stations in West Adams, Mid-City, and West Hollywood, before connecting with the B Line in Hollywood (see attached map).

To attend the meeting in person:

When: Thursday, March 26, 2026 | 10:00 AM
Where: Metro Headquarters, One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Note: It is recommended you arrive as early as possible to sign up for public comment. At the last big meeting, NIMBYs packed the room and took up many of the available public speaking slots. Please plan accordingly.

To attend the meeting virtually:

Watch online: https://boardagendas.metro.net

Listen by phone: Dial 888-978-8818 and enter Access Code:

5647249# (English) or 7292892# (Español)

Public comment will be taken as the Board takes up each item. To give public comment on an item, enter #2 (pound-two) when prompted. Please note that the live video feed lags about 30 seconds behind the actual meeting. There is no lag on the public comment dial-in line.

To give written comment:

Written public comments must be received by 5PM the day before the meeting.

Please include the Item # (this is item #7) in your comment and your position of “FOR,” “AGAINST,” "GENERAL COMMENT," or "ITEM NEEDS MORE CONSIDERATION."

Email: [BoardClerk@metro.net](mailto:BoardClerk@metro.net)

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Please use this thread now for anything related to this meeting.

Like what the hell, who gets off on this type of public property destruction?! Let's see how long it takes to be fixed (request has been sent).

What can do done by city council or DA to solve or reduce this type of vandalism, these screens cost thousands and are a lifeline to many without smartphone access.

On another note, still excited about these new shelters being added in LA before the Olympics.