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Post by Dan Wentzel on Apr 17, 2012 10:07:25 GMT -8
When Measure R passed in Los Angeles, there were other areas that voted to expand their transit system. Seattle and King County is one such system. Here is an article in The Stranger, one of Seattle's two main alternative news weeklies, suggesting how to expand transit more quickly. (It is so sad and pathetic how anti-transit the once relevant L.A. Weekly has become.) I've taken the light rail from Sea-Tac airport to downtown and it is a great ride. I look forward to the eastern extension someday. |
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Post by cygnip2p on Jul 29, 2016 12:06:52 GMT -8
seattletransitblog.com/2016/07/29/sound-transit-to-select-siemens-to-build-122-new-link-vehicles/Seattle will switch from Kinki Sharyo to Siemens for their next batch of LRVs. The Seattle Kinki's are very good cars from my time on them, so it's a pretty interesting decision to switch. This should also keep the Siemens plant in Sacramento in production for a while to come. Seattle currently has funded extensions coming to the North, South, and East, with a huge voter package going on the ballot this election cycle for an even more expansive system, which would extend the central 'spine' line to over 60 miles long of LRT.
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Post by Dan Wentzel on Dec 23, 2021 11:41:24 GMT -8
The Light Rail from Downtown Seattle across Lake Washinton to Bellevue and Redmond looks really good. They have started running test trains to Bellevue.
In Seattle, Sound Transit handles regional rail, light rail, and regional express buses. King County Metro handles the local and rapid bus services.
In SoCal, it would be as if Metrolink operated regional rail, heavy rail, light rail and busway liners, while Metro operated the regular rapid and local bus services.
What changes would we see if SoCal had the model of one agency handling commuter rail, heavy rail, light rail, and bus rapid transit?
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Post by bzcat on Dec 23, 2021 13:26:43 GMT -8
The Light Rail from Downtown Seattle across Lake Washinton to Bellevue and Redmond looks really good. They have started running test trains to Bellevue. In Seattle, Sound Transit handles regional rail, light rail, and regional express buses. King County Metro handles the local and rapid bus services. In SoCal, it would be as if Metrolink operated regional rail, heavy rail, light rail and busway liners, while Metro operated the regular rapid and local bus services. What changes would we see if SoCal had the model of one agency handling commuter rail, heavy rail, light rail, and bus rapid transit? So we are talking about Metrolink, Metro, and Commuter Express plus selected municipal commuter express bus (e.g. Santa Clarita and Big Blue Bus) all under one agency. If that was the case in LA, we would never see white elephant line like Gold line extension to Montclair that duplicate almost entirely the San Bernardino line. Also I think the Commuter Express will be more useful bi-directional express service as opposed to the current situation where it operates as a political spoils system with token one-way service that City Councilman can dole out and take away at will without any real consideration on commuter needs. The combined system map will also make more sense with Commuter Express buses connecting major hubs that are not connected by rail and segregated by municipal bus systems that have no interests in serving key commute corridors (e.g. Century City to South Bay, Long Beach to Mid Wilshire) |
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