Thursday, November 19, 2009

Planned LAX Rail Misses the Point Entirely

So I'm looking through the measure R documents to see the future rail projects. There's the Expo Line coming soon (near my neighborhood). Some other lines that look interesting. And now my eyes rest on the LAX extension. The Green Line, opened in the 90's, has a stop called "Aviation / LAX". It's not within walking distance of the Airport, so there's a shuttle bus from the station to the terminals. The train line curves south instead of heading to the Airport. So, there is a plan contained in Measure R to extend the line to the Airport; or so I thought. Apparently the plan is to extend the line from Aviation station to Lot C -- a parking lot that *still requires a shuttle bus* to get to the terminals. Why can't the MTA figure out how to build the train to the *TERMINALS*. Building a line from one parking lot to another where they both require shuttle buses to get to the Airport *anyway* misses the point of direct Airport service and is a waste of money. $330,000,000 according to the report.

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