LAist: A Bummer of a Route Selected for Crenshaw Line

dantheman99

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:45:07 -0800

The proposal, while not a dream route, would create a direct line to the airport from downtown. I support the idea of a people mover connecting a transit center for rail/bus is perfectly sound to me. People who imagine they could ride the train out to their gates were being unrealistic. I have no problem with an "air train" like the JFK Air Train in New York. Also, there are of course disappointed people. There is no way to serve the population centers that wanted to be served and serve the airport. Everyone can find reasons why a route is not ideal. However, the route is a reasonable connection between downtown and the airport. Just be glad it isn't another busway.

jvonkerczek

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:26:39 -0800

WTF? This is what happens when you build out of expediency and just for the sake that something can be built. Where is the vision and the plan? If MTA laid that groundwork, it might actually be abe to build the necessary political momentum, overcome this kind of NIMBY-ism and idiocy, and build a coherent system. But this ridiculous piece-meal strategy is an open invitation to the kind of political and planning disasters like this and on the Expo Line.

TheRealZajac

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:50:44 -0800

New York City, a place the terrorists have hit, has busy subway stations siting right over major roads where a truck bomb could blow it to bits.

jrb

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:28:03 -0800

Wow, bad news! I think anyone involved in planning MTA's routes should be required to use public transportation to get to work every single day. The good news is that there is MTA's Flyaway Bus, which leaves from Patasouras Plaza to LAX every 30 minutes to an hour. It only costs $4 each way. It's a much better deal than a taxi, or one of those airport shuttle services. It drops off at all the departure terminals and picks up at all the arrival terminals.