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California has the longest light-rail line in the world. It doesn’t quite work (www.sfchronicle.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Habahnow@sh.itjust.works to c/losangeles@lemmy.world

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What do you all think about this article?

I will agree the A line isn't exactly amazing, but I also don't completely agree with some assertions and experiences from the author. The author mentions how long it takes to get to the extremes of the A line, but the A line isn't exactly meant to travel across vast distances quickly, its meant to provide connections along its routes. I do agree it would be nice to go from Pasadena to long beach very quickly, (in the same way with the E line being able to get to santa monica from East LA quicker), but we'd need to develop an additional tracks to allow faster service and/or priority to the line. Those can be done later. It feels like for a lot of LA's history, creating train lines is important because of how hard it is to do, and how much harder it will be in the future.

I don't quite agree with the author's bad experiences on the A line. Yeah there are definitely bad times where the train smells horrible, or weird alarm things happen, but it is extremely rare in my experience and hasn't dissuaded me from using it.

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[–] THB@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The A line is probably on the cleaner side, and it serves its purpose well. It's a light rail, not a high speed train. People use it daily to commute, and it's convenient on weekends when you don't want to drive. The more stops the better IMO. That's what makes it useful, not just stopping at stadiums.

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Really? I think I would say its on the dirtier side compared to other rails only because its used so much and overcrowded. Which rail do you think is the worst? To clarify, I think the A line is the worst (ignoring the k and C line which i hardly take) but even still not discouragingly bad.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds like an argument for adding extra trains, for maintenance extras and an express run.

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

yeah the A line especially needs more trains

[–] THB@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

IMO the older B and D lines seem worse, but to be fair I haven't taken them as often. I'm on the A and E a lot and on average don't find them to be too bad.