Gridlock Garcetti's "New Monorail Idea"

[usmc1401]

Today's 6/14/17 Los Angels Times has a article on the Mayors new plan to build a monorail between the west side and the valley. The route would be above the 405 freeway. Says the Chinese have a better monorail program. Welcome back to 1960.

[tramfan]

This is a penny wise pound foolish approach: it might be cheaper to construct a monorail over the Sepulveda pass but the connectivity before and after becomes a major problem visually and also financially. Monorail elevated tracks are a big eyesore and also connecting with other means of transportation becomes cumbersome.

[JerardWright]

If they are going to elevate it they might as well make this regular steel wheel rail and tunnel when needed to deal with the grades.

[culvercitylocke]

Not to mention just how do pedestrians traverse from stations to bus connections (and vice versa)?

getting to the middle of the freeway via elaborate elevated pedestrian access ways is going to be a lengthy process. the duration of time expended in accessing or disembarking the station to or from a transfer point will seriously impact ridership by consuming all potential time savings from using rail.

And the platform access infrastructure will be a much more massive eyesore, particularly with twin towers for every station for elevators to maintain ADA compliance

[thanks4goingmetro]

I'd take it if it can get me from Expo/Sepulveda (or the airport) to the Valley before 2057.

Capacity could be a issue, but high capacity tech exists for monorails as evidenced by the 18-station Chongqing Line 3 averaging 250 million annual rides.
Ingress/egress probably wouldn't be too different from a people mover like the one to be constructed at LAX over parking garages leveraging elevators, escalators, and moving sidewalks
Anyone's guess if LA motorists and residents would accept another freeway transit hulk like the elevated deck on 110 Harbor Freeway