405 meets Monorail

culvercitylocke Pro Member Posts: 902	405 meets Monorail Jun 13, 2017 15:25:44 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by culvercitylocke on Jun 13, 2017 15:25:44 GMT -8 Garcetti is starting to talk about monorail for the 405 rail line. sounds like it will be included in the future alternatives analysis. www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-monorail-405-freeway-20170613-htmlstory.html

bzzzt Full Member Posts: 118	405 meets Monorail Jun 13, 2017 18:59:03 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bzzzt on Jun 13, 2017 18:59:03 GMT -8 He was quoted as saying the Sepulveda pass is too steep for surface rail. Can anyone confirm this?

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405 meets Monorail Jun 13, 2017 19:19:29 GMT -8

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He was quoted as saying the Sepulveda pass is too steep for surface rail. Can anyone confirm this?

It is alluded to many times in this report. The rail options all say grade separation is needed in the pass:
media.metro.net/projects_studies/sfv-405/images/final_compendium_report/2.0%20Executive%20Summary.pdf