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Originally Posted by pesto
Sodha: your revised route is a definite improvement, although still a little odd. Do you see some demographic connection between WeHo and Inglewood or Slauson that I'm missing? Has the WeHo community been screaming for a connection to Manchester or Vernon, or would they prefer BH, SM, Holywood?
And putting 20 (or is it 30?) miles of LRT winding from south of LAX through the westside to DT and beyond is hard to defend on any theory I can think of.
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Is there any demographic connection between Westlake and Hollywood/North Hollywood? How about Pasadena and East LA? And, with the future regional connector, there will be a natural connection between Compton and Pasadena. This is quite common in other cities where lines extend through the city. I've seen many areas in New York and London that really don't seem like a natural connection, but are conveniently located on a somewhat direct line.
I think the overall picture of the Crenshaw Line will be a north-south line for the westside. That's what Metro is looking at in a bigger picture. If we did the Pink Line just from Hollywood/Highland to La Cienega, you'd have 3 train lines starting in Union Station, which would be an operational nightmare. It would have made more sense to go from North Hollywood to Century City via West Hollywood, but it was declared infeasible.
Right now, if you want to go north-south on Metro rail, people have to go to the Blue Line at 7th street. Imagine, having this north-south line on La Brea, Fairfax, or La Cienega, the true westside, this has huge potential. Yes, there are people from the westside that do work in the South Bay, and vice versa, so I do see there will be a huge benefit to the area. And, if people want to go to Santa Monica from WeHo they can take the Crenshaw Line to La Brea or Fairfax stations and transfer to the Purple Line. That makes way more sense then having the Pink Line. Because, if we did build the Pink Line...what would have happened to the Crenshaw Line north of Wilshire? It would have probably dead-ended and then we'd come to the realization.........there is no north-south Westside rail line (which is sorely needed).