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This was bound to happen at some point, but they should really do a better job of grouping together similar services with adjacent letters. Here’s how they should do it:

A: Existing Red line.
B: Existing Purple line.
C: Crenshaw line.
D: Blue line + northern Gold line
E: Expo line + southern Gold line
F: Green line spur to LAX
G: Existing Green line
1: Orange Line
2: Silver Line

Yeah, the Moralist Brigade is all about "optics". Never mind what it IS, what will it look like to the ignorant and judgemental?

We are creating riparian and wetland environment that may not have existed where it does today (in the Sepulveda Basin) but doesn’t hardly begin to make up for all the riparian and wetland environment we’ve destroyed and paved over elsewhere over the years.

It’s only a "drop in the bucket" – but a desperately-needed drop as far as local wildlife is concerned.

The Glendale Narrows segment has always had year-round flow. That’s why the farming outpost of La Reyna de Los Angeles was founded where that year-round flow first opens out onto flat land suitable for farming.

How about using the water for something? We ARE using the water for something. The ducks and geese and little green herons and great blue herons and raccoons and hawks and opossums deserve some water, too. Humans aren’t the only species that matters.

Los Angeles isn’t a desert; please don’t try to make it one.

The only new thing happening here is that we’re letting some humans play in it now, as well.

That water will be there whether you like it or not, no matter what the "optics" may be.

At least, that is, until more users tap into our extensive – and growing – "purple pipe" network of recycled-water mains . We already use recycled water for many things – irrigation for parks, schools, golf courses, and cemeteries; a wildlife refuge; a recreational lake; fire-fighting tanks in Griffith Park; and many industrial process-water and cooling-tower customers supplied by the network.

What flows down the river is what’s left over after all of that. It supports and nourishes fragile fragments of rare ecosystems we haven’t quite entirely destroyed. Some of those fragments may be new creations on what land is available, but the herons don’t mind.

Sorry, but I care more about reality – about our real-life ecosystems – than I do about ‘optics.’

The ignorant-but-still-judgemental moralists can go f*ck themselves for all I care.

Rancho Mirage is near Palm Springs. Sure it’s a desert, but it has lots of water…hence the name, "Springs." Indian Wells is also nearby. People would be amazed that Palm Springs sits at the bottom of an 8,000 foot mountain with streams, water falls, lakes, and alpine forests. Nearby is also Whitewater. It means exactly what it says as a river. In fact, that whole inland area has tons of underground water. Did you know that San Bernardino was covered in some areas by a large lake and swamp 100 years ago? It was a health spa. Up the mountain is also Arrowhead Springs. Water comes out of the mountain. Nestle gets some its water for bottling, hence Arrowhead Springs water…

Elysian Hills is real-estate-speak, but everyone know where it is, and that it’s part of Echo Park, but not near the Lake, and not near Glendale Blvd.

@MMVic: Throwing the word "Rapid" gets a little confusing here. These new letter stuff is for "fixed guideway lines"(debatable on wither the Silver Line is on a fixed guideway but I digest)

During the drought in the 70s we had, the last time Gov. Brown was Governer, all us kids growing up them, learned to conserve water in the big conservation push then, and that has been a life long habit for most of us. I’ve never left the water running while brushing my teeth. My landscaping as an adult with my own home has always been a California Native garden with drip irrigation for those plants that warrant it, and an occasional deep hand soak for the rest. Many plants, like Flannel bush, the oak trees, wooly blue curls (in my avatar picture) want absolutely no summer water, as they might get root rot and die, because they’re adapted to our climate. It’s just that just like people complain about many of the "illegals" bringing their culture and not adapting, most of the country has done the same here, bringing their lawns and their river and lake sensibilities to everything they do. I’m going to be pissed if I can’t find a way to cut an additional 25%, and get fined while big agribusiness gets a pass. There are whole swaths of the state that don’t even have water meters. They just pay a low flat rate and use water they want. That’s got to stop.

I always thought it’d be kind of amusing if they’d taken the example of the Silver and Gold lines and used gemstones or precious metals for all the line names. So we could’ve had the Sapphire Line, Ruby Line, Emerald Line, Platinum, Diamond, Garnet, Opal, etc… but I suppose that would invite relative worth comparisons. And not all of them are well enough differentiated in color. Plus it’s probably too impossibly twee. But hey, it’d sure set LA apart.

Change is tough at first, but this will be better in the long run. Personally, I was always frustrated by the fact that several bus lines had color names.

Could someone explain why the current orange line and silver line bus systems aren’t just part of the regular bus numbering system? Genuinely curious.

@MMVic: The Silver and Orange Lines are grade-separated bus rapid transit. They’re special because they have their own alignments, not shared (for the most part) with other traffic.

@homebrew: again, all I hear is back and forth arguing. Where’s the solutions? I live in ventura and we are on our own, 100% California water. Lake casitas and ground water which is polluted from ag chems . De sal is a great option for my city. Lots of sun for solar and a whole ocean to pull water from.theres also plenty of space to set up a plant. I’m all ears, lets talk about solutions not point fingers and go in circles.