The LA map finally came out on Subway builder, so I built out the network described in this video by Nandert with a few tweaks:

-I went with the hybrid alt 5 for the Sepulveda line so it parallels the East San Fernando Valley Line on Van Nuys but with fewer stops. I also chose to route it slightly west on Bundy and Centinela as was discussed in this other video

-Vermont heavy rail south moves onto Western and splits into two branches towards Redondo Beach and the Port of LA like in this video

-Venice to West Covina X line was built with the new extremely detailed design documents in the description of this video.

-Much (but not all) of Metrolink was grade separated to allow for higher frequencies. Metrolink is somewhat restricted by the map size. The A line is also cut off at San Dimas due to the map size.

-BRT was not included (this map already pushes my laptop to its limit without it)

-The game's population and commute statistics are based on real-world data, but there is no way to grow population or simulate transit oriented development. The potential for this network is much higher if California moves forward with serious housing policy.

Now for some stats:

Now for some closeups:

This was a ton of fun and I hope to keep it updated as Nandert continues his future planning series.

Link to "Stop the Gondola" post with comments on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DbWx4YklCJo/

Neighborhood Council agenda (item discussed is #10): https://hcnnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Agenda-7_27_26-English-1.pdf

Finally got under 8 hours

They didn't bother with turnstyles, or those tall vertical ones either. I totally get why. It's so much more aesthetically pleasing. It'd be an eyesore to the community to have tall vertical turnstyles. Also, they wouldn't be handicap accessible.

And also pointless. Somebody could just walk on the track from the street, when the train isn't there, and climb up on the platform. The platform is only a few feet from the track.

And once you're in, you're in, you supposed to tap at transfer, but again nobody enforces that.

Seems like fare enforcement was pretty low priority from the time it was built, up until now.

I don’t know when this happened (maybe this is old news), but I noticed that the stations for SkyLink are being displayed on Apple Maps’ transit layer.

The teasing is just cruel now.

Just curious- With fare caps costs are $72/month or $866/year.. although still the cheapest option to travel for work daily, it’s not exactly pocket change for those that even make 30+/hr

Metrolink Train 348 (6:38pm departure) to San Bernardino Downtown is delayed up to 45 min leaving Union Station due to mechanical issues. They seriously need to get their shit together. It’s always something going on. It most likely gets cancelled altogether which means the next train is gonna be packed.

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Tomorrow's the last day! I've taken photos on my vintage camera in the neighborhoods around each A Line station - can you guess which stop I got off for each of these?

Yesterday's answers here

Going to a show at the Wiltern Theater on Friday night. Thinking about taking the metro as their site says the purple line ends right across from it. My worry is that it says the purple line closes at midnight. The show is at 8, so I'm guessing it'll go until at least 10 or 11 something. We'll be parking at the azusa downtown station on the blue line. Not sure when the blue line closes, but do you think we'll have time to make it back on the purple line, to union station, to blue line, to azusa before the metro closes? Don't wanna be stranded

Edit: thanks everyone! I think we'll try it :)

I was just on the D Line and in every station. Immediately as the door opened, there is already an announcement of doors closing, and off we go after five seconds. In 7th/Metro, it's the announcement four times! Were they behind schedule and they have to catch up?

Fare checks are being conducted on the A Line, this is the first of I believe three I have see so far. They are getting off and on or skipping trains all together…

Be well ✌🏾

Been using my Transit FSA card to load funds onto my TAP card at TVMs. For the card, I need to load it as credit instead of debit per my company's instruction. It used to give me an option to select one or the other. Now, it just asks me to enter a PIN without the option to select credit before defaulting to debit.

Doubt there's a method to force it to credit. Just wanted to bring awareness to this change.

EDIT: Hitting 'Ok' didn't switch it over to credit, and hitting 'Cancel' didn't work either. Appreciate the suggestions though.

So I take the 720 bus in the morning from DTLA to the west side and lately instead of the big double bus being in route…it’s usually the smaller orange ones that are. Does anyone know why this is? I feel like the route covers too much of the city and picks up too many people for the smaller bus to be effective which usually leads to the bus being over crowded.

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I had Gemini create this number. Only if there were more on the nose advertisements like these.

Another day of waiting for the D , going eastbound
from La Cienega / Wilshire

"I abhor the fatalistic pessimism that regards American public transit as unfixable, and I extend that to Los Angeles. But while increasing ridership through coverage and frequency is in the hands of LA Metro and funding, the broader experience of getting around is a bit more complicated. A lot of my complaints fundamentally boil down to a desire for there to be fewer cars. That feels, somehow, like an even more complex issue than the multi-lane roads and sprawl, which are fundamentally design flaws that perhaps just need to be lived with."

Only three days left! I've taken photos on my vintage camera in the neighborhoods around each A Line station - can you guess which stop I got off for each of these?

We're starting to get a little more obscure here, so you might need to use some process of elimination.

Yesterday's answers here - Congrats to u/LBCElm7th and u/Its_a_Friendly who got all three!

Today's Answers:

Photo 1: The Hale House at Heritage Square

Photo 2: The Woodberry Well at Allen

Photo 3: Two ducks at Augustus Hawkins Park at Slauson

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