Expo Phase 2 Station Names Approved

[joshuanickel]

The metro board voted today on the official station names for Expo Phase 2. One last minute change did occur in Changing Expo/Westwood to Westwood/Rancho Park by Zev Yaroslavsky. Here are all the official names:

Official Station Name Palms Westwood/Rancho Park Exposition/Sepulveda Exposition/Bundy 26th Street/Bergamot 17th Street/Santa Monica College Downtown Santa Monica

thesource.metro.net/2013/04/25/board-approves-station-names-for-expo-line-phase-2/

[Gokhan]

Apr 25, 2013 12:02:28 GMT -8 joshuanickel said:

The metro board voted today on the official station names for Expo Phase 2. One last minute change did occur in Changing Expo/Westwood to Westwood/Rancho Park by Zev Yaroslavsky. Here are all the official names:

Official Station Name Palms Westwood/Rancho Park Exposition/Sepulveda Exposition/Bundy 26th Street/Bergamot 17th Street/Santa Monica College Downtown Santa Monica

thesource.metro.net/2013/04/25/board-approves-station-names-for-expo-line-phase-2/

All looking good.

I am happy about the Palms Station. It's also the shortest station name on the line, perhaps of all Metro Rail stations.

[bzcat]

I'm not too happy with Westwood/Rancho Park. Should be just Rancho Park. Or Exposition/Westwood to be consistent.

Westwood/Rancho Park implies the station is in Westwood.

[Adrian Auer-Hudson]

Apr 25, 2013 15:54:57 GMT -8 bzcat said:

I'm not too happy with Westwood/Rancho Park. Should be just Rancho Park. Or Exposition/Westwood to be consistent.

Westwood/Rancho Park implies the station is in Westwood.

Santa Monica does not need the "Downtown" prefix.

[K 22]

I posted this earlier but it was in the wrong thread so I'll post this here:


Westwood Boulevard / Rancho Park would work better, IMO.

And "Downtown Santa Monica" sounds a bit too generic. I would've kept the "4th Street" in the name, personally.

[Adrian Auer-Hudson]

4th/Santa Monica works.

[Gokhan]

Apr 26, 2013 18:56:50 GMT -8 Adrian Auer-Hudson said:

4th/Santa Monica works.

Nope, that would imply 4th St and Santa Monica Blvd.

[roadtrainer]

Is Rancho park a part of the Lousy Ninby Group? if so we must change the name to Westwood only!

[Gokhan]

Apr 26, 2013 20:15:28 GMT -8 roadtrainer said:

Is Rancho park a part of the Lousy Ninby Group? if so we must change the name to Westwood only!

No, it's the other way around -- the opposition in Rancho Park is only a minority part of it.

[Gokhan]

Apr 25, 2013 19:44:03 GMT -8 Adrian Auer-Hudson said:

Apr 25, 2013 15:54:57 GMT -8 bzcat said:

I'm not too happy with Westwood/Rancho Park. Should be just Rancho Park. Or Exposition/Westwood to be consistent.

Westwood/Rancho Park implies the station is in Westwood.

Santa Monica does not need the "Downtown" prefix.

Well, it could be dropped in the future if desired. I see why they wanted to add Downtown -- there are three stations in Santa Monica. I like concise names myself.

However, people do ask me "Is this train going to Downtown Los Angeles?" when I am at the Culver City Station instead of "Los Angeles." So, perhaps it helps to clarify things to have Downtown in the name.

[TransportationZ]

Apr 26, 2013 20:37:59 GMT -8 Gokhan said:

Apr 25, 2013 19:44:03 GMT -8 Adrian Auer-Hudson said:

Santa Monica does not need the "Downtown" prefix.

Well, it could be dropped in the future if desired. I see why they wanted to add Downtown -- there are three stations in Santa Monica. I like concise names myself.

However, people do ask me "Is this train going to Downtown Los Angeles?" when I am at the Culver City Station instead of "Los Angeles." So, perhaps it helps to clarify things to have Downtown in the name.

I guess, but Long Beach has 8 stations, Pasadena 6, yet there are no stations indicating the downtown of either in their name. Though, too be honest i never understood the Gold Line head signs. NB Gold Trains should say "Pasadena" and SB should say "East LA". "Atlantic" or "Sierra Madre Villa" isn't all that useful.