u/urmummygae42069

As many of you have experienced, the transfer situation going to/from Eastbound E Line <-> K Line is quite suboptimal, since you have to cross the major street. One of the TOD proposals around Expo/Crenshaw, Crenshaw Crossing, proposes building a second station entrance to the underground K Line platform on the other side of the street. However, since this entrance has not actually been built yet, I'm not sure how cost-effective digging up a new entrance is going to be since the bill would probably be footed by Metro.

Instead, it may be worth looking into relocating the eastbound E Line platform to the other side of Crenshaw Blvd, directly south of the existing westbound platform. This platform (~315 ft long including stairs on both ends) could easily fit in what is currently empty area. The ADA ramp can be fitted on the side leading to a platform entrance/fare gate area, and leads directly to the existing K Line entrance.

Granted, they would need to rework the signals, and optimally, install new railway crossing gates at this intersection (it is the single main intersection between Expo/Western and 17th/SMC stations that is not gated). But if I had to wager, pouring concrete to form a platform in what is already empty space, and installing some new fare gates, signage, and fencing has got to be cheaper than digging up an entire new subterranean entrance on the western side of Crenshaw Blvd, right?

35 skyscrapers in this one pic between DTLA and Century City, together comprising the largest and tallest skyline on the West Coast.

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I feel the odds are good, especially once the APM opens in late July/early August. We should get a nice ridership boost from that + D Line opening + continued base ridership growth trends.

Fascinating map of what the then-envisioned future LA rail network over 35 years ago, from a promo vid from 1990, when the A Line between Pico and Long Beach first opened. Some corridors are still a work in progress, but to think the E Line and K Line corridors weren't even planned to happen as rail originally!

Check it out here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=scqwa--KhJU&si=ITKnuXlU5juWuWFn

As LA Metro celebrates the opening of Phase 1 of the D Line Extension, it's worth remembering just how far the system as come from just 10 years ago.

During the Ice Age, the pygmy mammoth roamed the island, until rising sea levels broke the island apart and seperated their habitat, causing their extinction. Humans also roamed this superisland during the Ice Age, with one of the oldest skeletons in North America, the 13000 year old Arlington Springs Man being found on what is now Santa Cruz Island.

California also outpaced Texas in job creation for the

first time since 2022, with 146K jobs created from 1/2025-1/2026.

In California, all major metros recorded strong job growth. LA/IE area led the way with +51.4K jobs created, the Bay Area recording +34.8K new jobs, San Diego and Sacramento each recording +10.9K new jobs. Notably, Greater LA and Bay Area outpaced DFW and Houston to be the 1st and 2nd metro areas with most jobs added in the past year.