r/LAMetro

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https://cms3.revize.com/revize/repository/norwalkca/Documents/Departments%20&%20Services/Norwalk%20Transit%20System%20(NTS)/Short%20Range%20Transit%20Plan%20FY25.27.pdf?t=202512011357090

Proposed route changes include:
- Re-extension of Route 3 to Cerritos Town Center
- Extension of Route 4 (Imperial) to Brea Mall (restoring the services lost on Imperial Hwy from the former OCBus Line 20 and the legacy Metro Line 120.
- Upgrade Route 5 (Rosecrans) to run on Saturdays.
- Upgrade Route 7 (Peck) to run on Sundays, marking the first time since 2003 to have Sunday service on the corridor formerly provided by Metro Line 270.

Had this locked and loaded for a bit and kept forgetting to post it, but here's the latest iteration I have of a fantasy Los Angeles Metro Map!

Hi. I’m from a small town in the Midwest, so I’m not really used to public transportation. It’s hard to read and understand maps very well. Is there a subway station near the Burbank airport? I’m mapping out my trip right now. Thank you

Hello, so I just started a new job in the 1Cal building on 300 s grand avenue building. What is the cheapest and fastest way to get from my apartment to the dtla building? I know there is the A and E metro line but I wanted to see if there was another method that would require the least amount of walking.

Does anyone have a way to keep track of all the trips you ride (start station, end station, time, line etc.)? I’d like to do this but manually in excel is the only thing I can think of.

If not, I might start building this if anyone else is interested!

I’m heading to the LA Memorial Coliseum tonight for the America250 event. I currently live in Little Tokyo, and my friend and I are having a debate about the best way to get there and back.

• My friend's plan: Take an Uber or a Waymo both ways.
• My plan: Take the Metro E Line since it goes directly from Little Tokyo/Arts District to Expo Park.

I’m highly skeptical about rideshares for an event of this scale. I feel like finding a pickup spot and dealing with the post-event gridlock and surge pricing will be an absolute nightmare. On the other hand, I know the E Line will be packed like a sardine can, but at least it's a guaranteed, predictable ride home.

For those who regularly attend massive events at the Coliseum: How bad is the rideshare situation afterward? Is it worth trying to get an Uber/Waymo, or should I convince my friend to just suffer through the crowded Metro with me?

Thanks in advance!

This is a quick explanation of how to download and/or why you might want to download the Metro transit watch app.

First off the app is NOT a replacement for 911.

It acts similarly to the LA 311 app in that it allows you to directly report suspicious activity, damaged la metro property, accessibility issues or blocked pathways, trash, text LA Metro or call LA Metro security directly.

In case of emergency 888-950-7233 (LA Metro direct report) or 213-788-2777 (Metro Security) or 911 (police) but metro security might be that fastest response time wise.

It is downloadable on all major mobile platforms (Apple, Android, Samsung) via their respective App Store and will only take about 20 seconds to do so.

When opened the app will give you a welcome tour and ask you to create an account (optional).

Each report on the app makes LA Metro safer and more responsive to your concerns so please download and use it to improve both your own and others Metro experience.

Well today I did it, finally for the first time rode Metrolink via the San Bernardino line to get to LA Union station and then ride the A line to get to LA convention center for anime expo.

Gotta say, the actual ride was very good, very smooth, got there within a reasonable time and found it to be a fairly stress free and affordable experience, did have some thoughts on the matter though, for one: SB 79 can NOT come soon enough, one thing I noticed while riding Metrolink was that for a lot of these stations they’re either in the middle of an area of town people don’t typically go to or even live near, OR, it was mostly a big park and ride station. There was only a few stations where it felt as though the station was located in a logical area where it could be of use, one super bizarre location that stood out to me was the Redlands esri station, it’s quite literally just a isolated island station that makes no sense for it to be located there, where every other station has some logical basis for the most part. High density housing for sure needs to be built around these stations along with even some commercial areas that would attract people to visit. I think downtown Redlands has a lot of potential in this regard

Second: I REALLY loved the actual LA metro, holy crap, it’s a great ride and is very simple to use, it felt daunting going into it as someone who’s never ridden public transit until now where it’s actually a fairly easy breezy process. It also seemed really busy, both metro and Metrolink, which is great and makes it feel more alive.

Third: Is the tap card sometimes useless? To preface, I was under the assumption my Metrolink ticket would be enough to get free transfers onto the LA metro, but when I tried scanning it it didn’t work, ok, that’s fine, I’ll get the tap card since I’m still saving money either way compared to if I drove and bought parking. My girlfriend and I both tried getting tap cards but it seemed like such a bizarre process, it gave you the option of loading up the cards with specific amounts, we both chose the 3.50 option since that would be enough for a two way trip from little Tokyo to the convention center then back, then for whatever reason the kiosk said this wasn’t enough money to put in, what? Why even provide that as an option then? Ok well whatever, we bump it up to about 5, we get our cards and go to scan in, both of our cards say error and don’t even work, I do it twice more and it randomly finally accepts and lets me go, for her, all it said was “already scanned” and doesn’t allow her to go in, she has to go load it up again, then comes back, it does literally the same thing again, at that point I told her to just come under the turnstile since she basically paid twice. Had no clue what we did wrong, I eventually decided maybe if I just added the tap card to my wallet on iPhone it would work better and sure enough it had no issues once we left the convention center. Well that sucks, wasted a few more dollars unnecessarily just because the cards refused to work, kind of soured the overall experience in that regard. Wasn’t any security or workers in the area to maybe help so we just had to wing it. I’m new to all this evidently so if people want to provide some insight in the comments for future use please let me know what I did wrong or any other advice.

Fourth and finally: I REALLY wish service for Metrolink went later, because I would LOVE to use it if I went to LA for laker games or dodger games. I hate the hassle of finding parking and paying exorbitant prices for said parking when there’s a perfectly good metro system available in the city to use. As it stands, it’s only really feasible for me if I specifically have a day trip in mind like today, latest train from LA to Redlands was at 7:38 which was fine in this case since I was there since 10:30 and we both were tuckered out, say I wanted to catch the dodger game tonight? Well, tough luck buddy.

Regardless, I enjoyed my time on the rails quite a lot, and would recommend it to anyone I know if they wanted to head to LA for one thing or another. Maybe next time I’ll use it for a trip to the beach or something

So im in SF right now and you know what happened when I first land? Google wallet gives me a notification saying to create a Clipper card automaically. So I did. And then I put in money. All through Google wallet

I don't know if LA does this but if not, we should. It's a very easy way to outreach to new people or visitors to onboard to our metro system. Just wanted to share my experience and learnings

Title. Saw trainsets running at approximately five-minute intervals in both directions. I hope this means the clock has officially started for the testing phase.

Edit/Correction: This may not be considered “full” testing for purposes of passing inspection. Other commenters have noted that the system was running on two-minute intervals a couple of months ago.

I already had tap app installed on my iPhone and works great

But now I have the life benefits card and wanted to add that one for the free rides and I like using my phone instead of digging into my wallet

Seem like you can only have one card account installed

¿ Do I need to un-install the first one ?
And then install the life program one ?