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Originally Posted by WrightCONCEPT
Here's the difference, those projections are based on actual cashflow needs from the four voter approved dedicated sales taxes for transportation (1980, 1990, 2008 and 2016) where as other regions have lesser levels of certainty beyond these dates because of the lack of funding sources.
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Credit to LA for the tax measures that have been passed. However so many of these projects have been bungled in major ways
- Not making ESFV and Sepulveda one line
- Not extending Purple to Santa Monica
- Having Flower St and Washington St not grade separated
- Not building Crenshaw TOTALLY grade separated and having to close down the line before it even opens to build bridges.
And spreading out the money by part of the region was a terrible mistake. A few core lines need to be done and done right and if that happens ridership will spike, density around these lines will rise and the commuting habits of Angelinos will change in a transformative ways
- Sepulveda from VN ML to SoFi
- Purple all the way to the beach
- Vermont Red Extension
- Crenshaw North Subway
- Blue/Expo after Washington put underground
Of course the first will happen but not in the best manner possible, the second will happen eventually but not any time soon, the third has seen progress but no funding available, the fourth will likely happen, and no clue on the last.
But credit to LA for at least passing tax measures to start the ball rolling