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Originally Posted by pesto
It will be pushing 2 hours from South Bay to the Westside via Crenshaw and Purple (20 years to SaMo?) or Expo. I never thought I would say this, but I would recommend the 405 at rush-hour over using this method of transportation from, say, Redondo to Venice or the Marina.
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2 hours? The Blue Line takes 54 minutes from LB Transit Mall to 7th street/Metro Center going 22 miles and its street running for 6 of those miles. Outside of the 2 miles in South LA (between 48th through 60th), there is no street running segment for Crenshaw Line. So a comparison from El Segundo to Expo/Crenshaw, which is 10 miles would take 30 minutes (due to lack of street running except for 2 miles). Then the train is underground all the way to Hollywood.
By the way, why would somebody take Crenshaw Line to Purple Line to Santa Monica, when they can take Crenshaw Line to Expo Line to Santa Monica?
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Originally Posted by pesto
Connection to LAX? For whom? From DT you would take the FlyAway bus; from the Westside you wouldn't chose Expo to the airport since you are already so close, and the tony crowd further north are not going to do Purple to Expo to people mover with luggage and kids. (btw, true story: a MTA employee warned two Swiss tourists not to take metro to LAX because the connection to the Green Line was in the most dangerous gang territory in LA and there were shooting there the previous night; not a great marketing guy, but he did give them the right advice, to take the FlyAway bus).
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- There are A LOT of LAX workers who live in South LA, this is going to give them a lot of convenience.
- Try getting to LAX during rush hour from Santa Monica when both Lincoln blvd and 405 are jammed. Then you'll see why we're waiting anxiously for the Crenshaw Line. It'll be even more convenient for those living closer to Expo/Crenshaw station.
- Not all tourists want to go to downtown LA. The Crenshaw Line provides mobility to get people between South LA/Culver City/Mid-Wilshire/West Hollywood/Hollywood without having to go to downtown LA and then back west.
- And also the Crenshaw Line does open up job opportunities for those living in West LA and commuting to the South Bay. Remember, the Crenshaw Line will eventually go up San Vincente to West Hollywood and Hollywood. And this is going to be an underground train. All preliminary studies by Metro have affirmed this. This is not going to be a slow "Flower street" Expo Line train.
This is going to be one of the fastest Metro trains that will be operated, it's the Westside's North-South rail line.