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Originally Posted by ardecila
I mean, Vermont is great for elevated. It should be the other way around - Vermont, if done well, will be an excellent example for the rest of LA. South of Gage, there is plenty of room to build spacious station entrances and fare control at ground level, and create welcoming parklet/plaza spaces.
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You're preaching to the choir. An el would actually improve the aesthetics of crazy-wide Vermont IMO. But Metro has indicated that elevated HRT isn't an option for Vermont, even though they've built elevated LRT elsewhere and this would follow a dedicated ROW. And the "environmental racism" argument goes out the window because half the segment serving South LA would be underground.
Bottom line is that LA needs an extensive HRT system of at least 150 miles, and that can only be realized only if we can cut down construction costs and get the Feds to provide half the funding. The HRT system we have, although the service has gone downhill with the amount of homeless and mentally ill, is reliable as hell. 17 minutes from Pershing Square to Hollywood/Highland and eventually 25 minutes to Wilshire/Westwood. That can compete with the car even without traffic.