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Post by Gokhan on Apr 7, 2015 11:17:20 GMT -8
Whew! That's almost no clearance in the Palms Overhead tunnel! I also don't understand why they put the OCS poles so close the track rather than in the center. There is not much clearance there either. Is it because that way you can make a wider walkway?
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Post by Gokhan on Apr 7, 2015 11:22:22 GMT -8
So, according to the presentation document the issues at the Great Wall are ongoing. 300 feet of if is subject to "unanticipated settling" and the contractor is expected to submit a plan for dealing with it. I wonder how long it takes to submit, review and implement a plan? How would an issue like this effect certification? They're labeling this a major issue. You can see the crookedness of the wall in my picture from August 24, 2014. Note the bending of the lines. I wonder if it has got worse since. I should get a new picture.
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Post by Gokhan on Apr 7, 2015 11:29:10 GMT -8
May I suggest: Friends4Expo collectively sign a polite, but firm, letter to the relevant County Supervisor. F4E's letter would give details of the incident and be supported by photographic evidence. AFIK The Sheriff's Department are answerable to the Board of Supervisors. My USD0.02. Thank you for your support Darrell and Adrian. Not too much luck for my new fancy Canon T5i DSLR with 7.5x IS zoom lens during the first Expo Phase 2 train day. Complaint has been made to Metro. Harassment, intimidation, mistreatment, etc. by gun-carrying law-enforcement personnel is not tolerable, especially these days with this being a hot news topic nationwide from California, to Missouri, to New York.
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Post by joshuanickel on Apr 7, 2015 11:35:22 GMT -8
Whew! That's almost no clearance in the Palms Overhead tunnel! I also don't understand why they put the OCS poles so close the track rather than in the center. There is not much clearance there either. Is it because that way you can make a wider walkway? There are no OCS poles in the tunnel. The OCS is attached to brackets mounted directly to the walls above the train. Here is a better picture showing the layout of the tunnel: Expo Startup Crews in the I-10 Tunnel Pre Startup Walking of the Line
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Post by Gokhan on Apr 7, 2015 11:38:06 GMT -8
Whew! That's almost no clearance in the Palms Overhead tunnel! I also don't understand why they put the OCS poles so close the track rather than in the center. There is not much clearance there either. Is it because that way you can make a wider walkway? There are no OCS poles in the tunnel. The OCS is attached to brackets mounted directly to the walls above the train. Here is a better picture showing the layout of the tunnel: Expo Startup Crews in the I-10 Tunnel Pre Startup Walking of the LineI am referring to the OCS poles in the trench out in the open.
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Post by joshuanickel on Apr 7, 2015 11:55:50 GMT -8
I am referring to the OCS poles in the trench out in the open. Sorry, I guess I misunderstood what you were referring to. Now, that I understand, I agree it does not make much since. The poles should be in the center.
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Post by Gokhan on Apr 7, 2015 12:04:04 GMT -8
Now, that I understand, I agree it does not make much since. The poles should be in the center. Again, the only plausible explanation is to make a safer walkway in case someone is caught next to a pole by a train.
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Post by Gokhan on Apr 8, 2015 11:13:14 GMT -8
After all the fuss, Venice Boulevard failed to have proper drainage after the reconstruction. Yesterday's brief shower turned it into a river, making it very difficult for the pedestrians to cross the street:
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Post by johanragle on Apr 9, 2015 15:14:39 GMT -8
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Post by Gokhan on Apr 10, 2015 11:26:49 GMT -8
Actually this is a huge milestone -- except it never happened (in the way it was intended). Normally, art panels are installed very last and then the contractor hands over the project to Metro for a month-long prerevenue operation before the line opens to service. April 2015 was contractor's original schedule for handing over the project to Metro -- hence the art-panel installation -- until last year; however, something happened and the contractor has stopped working on the project. So, now, we are 8+ months behind schedule. Could it be because the Metro asked Expo to have the contractor stop so that they could save their face for not opening a finished line for months because of lack of rail cars?
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Post by masonite on Apr 10, 2015 12:25:23 GMT -8
Actually this is a huge milestone -- except it never happened (in the way it was intended). Normally, art panels are installed very last and then the contractor hands over the project to Metro for a month-long prerevenue operation before the line opens to service. April 2015 was contractor's original schedule for handing over the project to Metro -- hence the art-panel installation -- until last year; however, something happened and the contractor has stopped working on the project. So, now, we are 8+ months behind schedule. Could it be because the Metro asked Expo to have the contractor stop so that they could save their face for not opening a finished line for months because of lack of rail cars? Very doubtful. Metro isn't even involved in building the project as the Expo Authority is. Also, they are going to open the line well after the rail cars would have been an issue that would have prevented them from opening.
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Post by masonite on Apr 10, 2015 22:58:16 GMT -8
Looks like Metro is planning on starting pre-revenue operations on Expo in either Sept. or Oct. With substantial completion not coming until Nov.
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Post by Gokhan on Apr 11, 2015 9:46:43 GMT -8
So, since the prerevenue operation takes one month, that means the line opening in October or November?
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Post by masonite on Apr 11, 2015 9:53:36 GMT -8
So, since the prerevenue operation takes one month, that means the line opening in October or November? More like 4-6 months of expected pre-revenue testing is what I have previously heard, but who knows for sure.
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Post by bzcat on Apr 13, 2015 10:45:37 GMT -8
Pre-revenue operation implies a full schedule so that means opening is imminent. I don't think Metro is running pre-revenue operation in September.
My guess is probably just fully powered testing runs in September.
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Post by Gokhan on Apr 13, 2015 11:41:02 GMT -8
Expo Line Phase 2 testing will be far more complicated than Phase 1. There are more structures and facilities along the line and the at-grade crossings are through far more busier intersections. Let's hope everything will work out so that CPUC will approve the line to open. Remember that Phase 1 opening was delayed for almost a year because CPUC wouldn't approve the junction. This morning they were repairing the OCS just west of the Venice Boulevard Bridge:
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Post by Gokhan on Apr 14, 2015 11:22:36 GMT -8
Testing has stopped for now and repair of the OCS along the line has been taking place. They use the orange arm to prevent the messenger wire from snapping down while they do the repairs:
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Post by Gokhan on Apr 15, 2015 10:25:44 GMT -8
No more testing for now. OCS repairs continue.
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Post by jamesinclair on Apr 16, 2015 7:41:08 GMT -8
Hows the Santa Monica terminal looking?
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Post by joshuanickel on Apr 16, 2015 9:15:02 GMT -8
Hows the Santa Monica terminal looking? It is going well. The track are in, the bumping post were installed at the end of the track, and they are now working on finishing up the platform pavers. Here is a link to a picture that shows the progress: 5th Street looking West track 4
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Post by jamesinclair on Apr 16, 2015 20:12:35 GMT -8
Thanks
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Post by darrell on Apr 19, 2015 11:42:40 GMT -8
New photos from early yesterday afternoon ... Looking west from 5th Street you see the Santa Monica Pier entrance arch. It's hard to photograph the iridescence of the canopies in the sun. Looking east from 5th. A detail of the embedded track and a track switch. Current OCS ends on the east side of Lincoln. Looking west from 20th. I noticed that the ends of OCS sections are often above street crossings (Lincoln, 14th, 20th)
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Post by jamesinclair on Apr 20, 2015 11:00:02 GMT -8
How will people know what platform to wait at, and where are the ramps?
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Post by tramfan on Apr 20, 2015 11:58:49 GMT -8
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Post by joshuanickel on Apr 20, 2015 12:17:47 GMT -8
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Post by Gokhan on Apr 20, 2015 13:58:02 GMT -8
I think everyone will figure out quickly to board the train with passengers in it. Same problem is already the case with the Culver City Station. Few fail to board the departing train and end up waiting for the next train.
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Post by Gokhan on Apr 20, 2015 14:06:56 GMT -8
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Post by f ron on Apr 20, 2015 15:10:52 GMT -8
Views of the Palms' dirt sidewalks before they are concreted soon... The $64 question is will the sidewalks be concreted contiguously? Will any of the sidewalks the contractor builds be concreted contiguously? Is there a reason why nearly every stretch of sidewalk that they've poured is checker boarded with empty plots? Sometimes they extend the courtesy of pouring asphalt into the empty spaces so that strollers, carts and bicycles can pass but most of the time not and the often distressed pedestrian must use the gutter of a busy street.
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Post by Gokhan on Apr 20, 2015 15:32:51 GMT -8
Views of the Palms' dirt sidewalks before they are concreted soon... The $64 question is will the sidewalks be concreted contiguously? Will any of the sidewalks the contractor builds be concreted contiguously? Is there a reason why nearly every stretch of sidewalk that they've poured is checker boarded with empty plots? Sometimes they extend the courtesy of pouring asphalt into the empty spaces so that strollers, carts and bicycles can pass but most of the time not and the often distressed pedestrian must use the gutter of a busy street. I would guess and hope the holes are temporary.
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Post by Gokhan on Apr 20, 2015 15:35:23 GMT -8
I think everyone will figure out quickly to board the train with passengers in it. Same problem is already the case with the Culver City Station. Few fail to board the departing train and end up waiting for the next train. Per Metro there will be a next-train-here sign at each of the three tracks.
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