New Metro rail line approved

Before 2043... 😐

“New rail line” 😀
“It’ll be completed before 2043” 😕
“it’s light rail” 😣

What.the.hell Metro

I’ll be 44 years old. I’ll own a house and have a family.
Definitely not in los angeles of course 😂

This is the most anticipated line I'm looking forward too, the getaway cities badly need this to deal with over congestion of cars. I'll finally be able to go straight to DTLA without multiple transfers.

You do not triumphantly hold a press conference in 2022 to announce a light rail line will be finished by 2043! It's a light rail it's not even a Subway why does it take this long ridiculous!!

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Normally, it wouldn't take that long. But they're having to do construction through built-up areas, and they've got to factor in unexpected problems as they're laying the tracks, mainly, the wailing and whining of property owners along the right of way. They never should have torn up the Pacific Electric and LAMTA tracks in the early 60's, but what's done is done.

Dumb people wearing ri.diculous m.asks.

LMAOOO 2043

Line 3 in Guadalajara about the same size as this one took 7 years to build

If I understand correctly, the “before 2043” comment is referring to an old timeline that assumed only one funding source (measure M) for all of LA’s transit projects, which placed this project as completing in 2043.

However, metro & the city are pursuing additional funding options, which should push that opening date to the early-mid 2030s. This is what I believe she meant by “before 2043.”

Still annoyingly long, but not 22-years-long

🤣🤣🤣
While they expand, usage declines.

What a shame! L.A. public transportation is a huge embarrassment to other major cities all over the world!
R.T.D. should have never sold out to MTA!!!

Why is she so hyped about a project that won't be done until 2043? That's 21 years! Jesus

I don't understand the current time scales for these projects.

The Metro E line from DTLA to Santa Monica (15.2 mi) took 6 years to build (2006 - 2012). The West Santa Ana Branch Corridor from Union Station to Pioneer (19.3 mi) will take 20 years to build (2023 - 2043).

If WSAB was built at the same rate as the E Line, it would only take 7.6 years to complete. Not to mention that both the E line and WSAB are the same type of light rail. In fact, the E Line should've taken longer because most of it had to be built elevated in a dense environment. WSAB will literally be built majorly on long stretches of flat clear land that have been empty for decades, and yet it will take 20 years; the earliest opening at that.

What happened?? Is there a shortage of workers, did wages rise, is climate change slowing progress; why is it taking so long? I don't want to sound like I'm nagging, but I really don't believe it should take 20 years to build this.

under/over this finishes 5 years behind schedule

it's gonna take 21 years because they probably won't even start construction until past 2030 and metro is slow af, approval just means they've confirmed that they're gonna do it, doesn't mean they have any funding yet

2043?!?!?!?!
A lot could happen between now and then.
This is the sad state of affairs in transit planning in the US. Lack of commitment, lack of political support, lack of political cojones and lousy planning.
So the proposed route will go through industrial no-man’s land. Great!
Instead integrating the line with forward thinking city planning this line is just another half baked proposal that will never fulfill expectations. It’s another missed opportunity to integrate housing, retail and services around the stations with good walking qualities that will get people to live without cars.
This is just a great disappointment to transit and urban planners who want to see more constructive solutions for our cities. The planners here did the easy way of doing transit. They ignored everything else. Another mediocre project.

Why not invest in a cirle line that goes around LA, I suggest the Gold Line going to Ontario International Airport

Should be done before 2030 at the very latest

At least LA County doin somethin about their transit. No matter how long it takes. Riverside County doesn’t truly improve anything.

2043 are you kidding me?

When she said before 2043😂😂😂😂😂

I Will Die With All This Violence In LA County Before This Is Completed Hahahah What A Joke

“Supervisor’s.” FFS.

We''ll be all 80 years old or dead by the time this project is done. Thanks Metro !

Before 2043? Wow, sometimes I can't believe America is supposed to be the world power when inefficient projects like this show up. In China they would have built this line in a few years.

Lol at the timeline. Ridiculous.

Why does it take that long to build?

I’m all for what ever gets people off the roads in our beloved city

more heavy rail rapid transit

She said 2043. Which means the project should realistically & optimistically be completed by 2050. Wonderful. pEaK uRbAN deVelOpMent here people.

Hell ya baby

Has Los Angeles ever considered building a circle line to connect the surrounding LA area without having to change trains Downtown.

Meanwhile in Asia…

Lol. 2043!? Rats I will be long dead before I can ride it. I would love to have riden it once. Train nerd.

2043 is this a joke?

Before 2043? LOL! That year may never come. Jesus Christ is coming.

2043

Instead of lining the pockets of your friends, maybe invest in future proof mass transit like underground tunnels and build mass housing above

Why don't you extend The Gold Line to Ontario Airport would be such a blessing for the people here in the San Gabriel Valley nd surrounding areas.

What a joke. Metro should be ashamed of itself

2043?! I will be moving to Seattle or San Fran before it even start constructing, LA people should really consider getting rid of their corrupted and inefficient officials.

When she said 2043, I thought it was a heavy rail project 😢

2043.... LOL! Make that 3043 sounds more realistic.

It's probably gonna take 10 years to build

They should start building in 2025 or 2026

Waymo's self-driving services will make millions of dollars from us Californians by 2043. Congratulations, LA Metro! Your flawed "West Santa Ana Branch trashcan project" will forever be a forgotten name in California, except for being recorded in the history of LA's corrupt bureaucracy in transportation.

Divert funding from highways into transit projects.