Kymberleigh
- Name: Kymberleigh Richards
- Tell us about yourself: Public transportation advocate, member of the Metro San Fernando Valley governance council
Recent Comments
Sorry, should have said "people do not take public transit to airports in sufficient numbers to justify the expense of building a subway to BHA."...
Look at the picture of Taipei and you will see the reason why this will never be implemented: No more on-street parking. The instant the business owners on Van Nuys Blvd. start complaining to the Ci...
It's still a shame that Dodgers owner Frank McCourt refused to pay the costs of such a service. I was at a Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee meeting where his representative said McCo...
@ msmerymac: What you are hearing is the opinion of disgruntled Metro operators. Because too many of them were breaking the speed limit on Ventura Blvd. (considered to be "unsafe operation" under Me...
@ treeVerb: Those "old skank buses" on the 224 are less than ten years old and they are well-maintained in addition to being reasonably new. Your opinion has no basis in fact. If 724 was doing bette...
Reality check time. The 724 Rapid, because of its relatively short length, was only five to six minutes faster than the 224 Local, and you would only be able to take advantage of the minor time savin...
Newspapers could survive by integration only if users would be willing to pay for the online content. Unfortunately, people have grown so accustomed to the "everything is free on the Internet" model ...
Tell me, jrb, which Metro lines did you want cancelled to maintain your free ride on DASH?...
The comment about the Times turning into a pamphlet makes me think that at this rate, the Southern California Transit Advocates newsletter is soon going to be a more reliable source of transportation ...
@polaroidgirl (and also partially to benh57): What I have heard is that the Sepulveda Pass line would be light rail, using an overhead structure over the median of the 405, but would have to use a sh...
@chris78: What is the deal with these extremely long term timelines at Metro? It's a standard funding methodology made necessary by the uncertainty of federal and state matching funds for any projec...
@thegodofthor: Given the temporary nature of the service, I doubt it will be added to the Metro Trip Planner. The extended service hours will be handled on a "temporary change letter" and the Trip Pl...
I need to clarify something from my post yesterday. The proposal was approved by the Metro Board in September, conditioned upon a binding agreement for funding by the proponents by October 17. That ...
Could we hold off on the champagne for a few more days? The proposal has only gotten through Metro's Operations committee at this point and must still be approved by the full Board. Plus the committ...
This is, unfortunately, classic James Moore. He has been writing the same opinions, rephrased to fit the moment, for more than a decade. Thankfully, his opinions never get any traction with decisio...
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