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"We have for the first time an administration in Washington that intends to invest in public transportation," said Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's press secretary Matt Szabo to the LA Times. "When the mayor was running for office, the Subway to the Sea was mocked as a pipe dream. Now the question is not if it's going to be built, but when it's completed."
Yesterday a timeline report stated that the subway would possibly be completed by 2019 to just La Cienega (that's about 4 miles from the current end of the line). Further 4-mile sections would open by 2025 to Century City by 2026 and 2032 to Westwood.
Of course, there are detractors of the project. One of them is LA County Supervisor Michael Antonovich. "If we want to see something in our lifetime, let's look at other alternatives. We don't have to have this tunnel vision," his spokesman Tony Bell said.
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Maybe he's referring to the bus lane on Wilshire which is expected to take to 2015. I'm way oversimplifying it in the way city traffic planners see it, but really, we're talking about some paint and signs and education.
2032.
If that's the fastest we can get things done, maybe I should contemplate other places to live.
"If that's the fastest we can get things done, maybe I should contemplate other places to live."
Agreed. I'm getting to the point where I can start planning where I really want to live, not just where I've been stuck due to the financial difficulties of well, being young.
There are aspects of this state I love, but I am strongly considering high-tailing it out of this state as so many have done before.
The timelime is pretty depressing, but before people completely lose hope I think it is worth pointing out the timeline is based on Measure R funding with no matching funds from other levels of government or other sources. If we secure federal funding which is more likely given the shift in the white house and congress, this project could be accelerated considerably. Measure R is a slow trickle of money split amongst many projects, but without it there was zero money for the subway, and without our own investment first, there would be no hope for federal matching funds.
What would it take to build this faster? Money? Legislation? Does anyone know?
i am an LA native who moved to NYC simply for the better public transportation. i prefer LA in most other factors.
after 3+ years here, i have to say, commuting via subway is not at all preferable to sitting in traffic on the 405. being mashed up against a bunch of smelly, loud strangers after a long work day is no way to unwind.
public transportation is however very key in the case of social stuff...weekends, nightime, drinking, sporting events etc.
just my two cents...
In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a country that was poor and underdeveloped less than 20 years ago, built a six mile tunnel under a very urban city. The engineering feat was completed in three years, from ground break to fully operational.
What does it take to drag us from Third world status back into the first world?
If they can do it in Malaysia, we can do it in LA.
Either we do it or we FAIL.
@skd: do you have any references I can look up for that?
Wikipedia
Malaysian SMART tunnel
Discovery Channel video
Granted these guys work hard and fast, but come on! We can do it too!
Discovery Channel Video
Has there ever been private funding sought for a public project such as transportation? Does anyone know who would know?