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Originally Posted by Quixote
What your guys' current "emotional state" regarding the future of LA transit in light of declining ridership, the Blue Line debacle, the closure of two critical Expo Line stations this summer, cheaper gas prices, more people opting to take Uber/Lyft, the homeless issue, Metro's questionable decision-making, NIMBYs, LA's complex political structure, etc.? It's hard not to be a pessimist these days.
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1) Declining ridership is very concerning but can be addressed by adding more trains and reducing headways to normal numbers. Rush hour trains should be no more than 5 min apart, off peak should be no more than 10 min. Also need to remove the non paying homeless and other crazy people from the trains
2) Blue Line Debacle? They are upgrading the entire line in less than 6 months and will shave 15 - 20 min off the end to end trip time. Id say thats the opposite of a debacle
3) See above, what else could they do
4) Gas is at 4 bucks a gallon, i dont think its really cheaper than it has been
5) I think Uber / Lyft and E Scooters are the main reason why ridership has dropped. Its just so much easier to use these instead of Metro due to the fact that the headways are so far apart and that you will use rideshare to complelte a metro trip anyways so why use metro to begin with
6) The homeless must be removed immediately. The trains are not shelters. The purpose is to transport paying customers from point a to point b
7) rest are a bit vague to comment on
In general, we need to continue with the rail building, add more dedicated bus ways like the one on flower in downtown right now (Blue line substitute with 1 min headways on a dedicated lane), improve headways and ridership will grow