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The subway averages 35mph even with all those stops and turns in downtown LA. It would likely take about an hour from OC to anywhere in Hollywood or Century City/Westwood. With wait times adding a minuscule 2-5 minutes.

Probably faster to take the upgraded electric Metrolink and transfer for trips starting in Irvine or Santa Ana. Probably faster to drive without traffic. But with traffic, I’d think it’s a good option. There aren’t many transit options that move a lot of people 30 miles in less than an hour cheaply.

I think it would be better to continue light rail as planned and also have an extension of the crenshaw line east along the ROW thats going to be a bike path all the way to the blue line and join up West Santa Ana Branch there. If the blue line/WSAB and this new Crenshaw line extension were built correctly, there could be trains directly from Union Station to LAX, LAX to Orange County, etc. If the Expo/Blue Line wye was rebuilt (which it needs to be) to also be able to have trains from Expo then head south on blue line, there could all kinds of options.

I think these projects will be the new "regional connectors" that will create a lot of flexibility in the system.

Last year my wife and I took the subway to Union Station, where we boarded a train up to Santa Barbara, but whatever you say, car-humper.

Sometimes, I find the comments sections more interesting than the actual articles. I’ve lived in Los Angeles County, in a tiny, almost invisible unincorporated neighborhood called Del Aire, since my parents brought us here from an impoverished life in Ft Worth Texas in 1956. I love this county, warts and all. In response to some of these interesting comments—the boast of clear skies, for one—neither the article nor the comments mentioned the old Los Angeles weather adage "May gray and June Gloom", a Southern California climate idiosycrasy I grew up with for over 60 years. That isn’t anything new—and it’s certainly not the the product of imaginary chemtrails, or other conspiracy theories. I also live next to LAX and the 105/405 interchange, (both of which I watched get built), and there’s a whole lot more polltion fallout, even three miles from the ocean, than just a gray film on my patio furniture.

Then there’s public transportation, or lack thereof. Sorry to burst the bubbles, but public transportation in GREATER LOS ANGELES COUNTY is still a joke. All light rails, existing and planned, truly do lead to and from downtown Los Angeles, so if you live and work downtown, and take the train, no problem—except standing room only, for the 18 mile trip duration. I know because there’s a Green Line/Metro station terminal 4 blocks from my home that is totally useless to those of us who live and work in the South Bay, or Santa Monica, Westwood, or San Pedro, or want to go to San Fernando Valley without backtracking to Union Station, first. Public transportation for us means relying on slow, stinky, overcrowded buses that stop at every corner. Before retirement, I traveled 9 miles from my home, to Mar Vista, a half hour car commute. Taking the bus required walking 1/4 mile, at 4:30 a.m. in the dark, using my cane or walker, to the Green Line Station terminal, where a Culver City Green bus would pick me up, travel to and along Sepulveda Blvd, stopping at just about every corner along the way, to Palms Ave, where I would get off the bus—with my walker—cross Sepulveda Blvd, and the 405 Palms Ave freeway overpass to Sawtelle Blvd, and hobble on to my office, nearly half a mile away, in order to be at work by about 7 a.m. If I was lucky.

This is my home, and I love it here, but pardon me for suggesting you potential new residents stay someplace other than California. We’re overcrowded, as it is.

downtown to Hollywood, downtown to Santa Monica, downtown to Long Beach, downtown to K-town, Asuza to East LA, through downtown, but don’t rely on me to remember every line on the rapidly expanding Metro system. Check their map:

I always like the idea of digital signage downtown, but I’ve always liked the equitable building since I was a kid… Ah well, things are changing in every neighborhood. This is just a part of that change, I guess.

sounds like most people have a narrow definition of LA. it’s limited to hollywood, sm, weho, ktown, and most of the west side. to address traffic, if you live in Roland Heights or Whittier for example, you can’t just hop on a bus or train and easily get to your job in dtla, sm, or much of anywhere else. similarly, if you live out in the valley, how will you get to the rail stations? ride your bike? maybe if you’re single, have no children, and plenty of free time. many people have to travel around the city for work. you can’t compete in the job market or even accomplish tasks in a reasonable amount of time if you’re waiting for buses and trains, and carrying your laptop and other items.

regarding housing affordability, if you chose to live in the most wealthy and/or popular areas you will pay a premium. try living in Pacoima or Azusa and watch your rent drop. do you need a car in la? yes if you live anywhere outside the most frequently used and serviced public transit lines.

without a car your experience of this city is narrowed. what if you live in pasadena away from the gold line and on your weekend you want to wake up at 6am go hiking in the santa monica mountains then go to los feliz for dinner? such a journey would not be possible by bus and rail. if you tried, you’d spend more than 1/2 your day trying to accomplish this.

" I 100% agree that Santa Monica is part of Los Angeles County, however." – how would you disagree with a fact?

It’s nuts to think about. Here’s a pic of a Southern Pacific freight train coming down Santa Monica around Crescent Heights in the 70s.

And another one from 1971:

And here’s one from Beverly Hills:

The "cottage style unit" in breezy Santa Monica is closer to two miles from the beach.