Oh well Wrote:
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> Rider Wrote:
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> > At least Pomona you can connect to Metrolink
> and
> > Buses
> > APU Citrus College (current end of line) there
> was
> > maybe one bus an hour and 20 minute walk to
> other
> > buses
> > Should have been completed to Pomona decades
> ago
>
> Unfortunately, the decision to extend the Gold
> Line into San Bernardino County (where they had
> refused to pay for the extension with their local
> sales taxes) was not based much on observed travel
> needs or on cost effectiveness in meeting those
> needs with a light rail extension to Montclair.
>
> This is a fairly costly and purely political
> project that was promoted by then State Senator
> Chris Holden and the City of Montclair, and he had
> the clout to get it funded, regardless of
> comparative merit with other potential competing
> projects. It is probably one of the least needed
> lines for Metro, with a long history of studies
> both to Montclair, and on to the Ontario Airport,
> which all showed high costs for relatively low
> ridership. Not quite as bad as a political
> embarrassment like the SoFi disaster, but not at
> all a very high performing "cost per passenger"
> project from any objective cost benefit
> standpoint.
>
> It does duplicate ML, which is one reason the San
> Bernardino County Transportation Agency would not
> fund it. San Berdo is spending money on upgrading
> the San Gabriel Valley ML line for the increased
> services to connect to the Brightline service in
> Cucamonga.
>
> This is more money that the LACMTA could have used
> to speed up the Crenshaw extension north to
> Hollywood (Redondo/Torrance all of the way past
> LAX to Hollywood and the Red Line on a single
> line), or to speed up the completion of the
> Gateway/UP/West Santa Ana LRT line to Artesia by
> five years, both of which are very much higher
> performing projects in generating actual
> "riders".
>
> This latest MTA screw up is also another excellent
> example of why poorly planned and poor performing
> projects tend to only get even more costly as they
> go along. Kind of like the LAX people mover. Or
> with the "runaway money train" at the CAHSRA.

About that 1980s "people mover" at the airpot:

Welton Beckett rolls over!

The line was initially planned to open in 2023, but as of July 2024 is slated to open in January 2026.

Schedule delays have coincided with top management changes. John Ackerman became the new LAWA CEO in February 2024.

In March 2024 Terri Mestas, Chief Development Officer, accepted a new position,

Three new appointments were made to the executive leadership team: Marla Bleavins as Chief Airport Administrative Officer, Robert Lowe as Chief People and Culture Officer, and Becca Doten as Chief of Staff.

An additional $200 million was authorized by the Board of Airport Commissioners on May 2, 2024 to fund change orders in an attempt to firm up the schedule.

An additional $400 million was approved on August 16, 2024 by the City Council following a June 7, 2024 decision by an arbitrator (the "Project Neutral") that LAWA was responsible for delays of 526 calendar days, having failed to act in good faith and comply with the contract documents.

As of May 2024, overall construction progress is 97.3% complete.

I done saw a test-run of something one night in December!

The moving sidewalks will be OOS after the first month - you watch!

Where are those extra tracks over the 101 ?