In segment one, Hal is joined by LA Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins to talk about some of the recent changes and challenging issues affecting the Metro. Then, Metro Art Executive Officer Maya Emsden joins Hal to talk aboutĀ the art sponsored by the transit agency.
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I've been away from LA over 25 years. Coming back. I was hoping LA Metro would've been more far along.
C (Green) hasn't been finished to the complete Southbay.
The westside lightrail (or monorail) Hasn't been completely planned out from the SF Valley to LAX (via Sepulveda Pass).
A completed Pomona line, A completed Whittier line from ELA?
As long as Metro has safety issues all improvements are pointless because no one wants to ride…. Every one I know without a car would rather ride the bus ( even tho metro is faster) because on Metro you are trapped with the crazies on the Bus too (a bit) but you have option to get off on the bus…
bring back the LA Metro weekly and monthly passes why u do us dirty like that? dirty like the B line, although fast and convenient, should be called the P line lol
the Orange line should of been a rail line. even the silver lineš
I have seen lady be beaten at train pico station. Don't feel safe to me.
I think we can all agree the only 'multi layer approach' to safety is to deep clean all the buses and trains and not let a single homeless in period.
The ambassadors are really nice. I like it. But we need more armed officers
As a long time metro rider, I can tell you it is so bad that it motivated to learn how to drive in spite of severe anxiety. I honestly feel for the metro drivers the most. Im not sure they get paid enough to deal with a lot of the craziness that happens.
Does the metro system have an app yet?
It was called the Rapid Transit District (RTD).
It's unfortunately simply not safe to ride the metro outside peak hours. I'm a proponent of walkable cities with good public transit but it's simply not possible to recommend using LA Metro, especially the trains, post COVID. Observing drug use is a guarantee whenever you ride, which isn't threatening in and of itself. But about 1 in every 10 times you experience something unnerving (someone yelling threats, blood stains on seats, crack smoke), and about 1 in 50-100 times you are actually unsafe (i.e. you are the target of a sexual assault, hate crimes, direct threats and battery, etc.). 1/50 doesnt sound like a lot, until you consider that it'll take just a few weeks of roundtrip usage to never want to take the metro again. Having loved ones report sexual assault from the Transit App and having nothing come of it ensured that we're now a driving household, even though the Metro is actually much more convenient.
We wanted to take the metro to a birthday party in DTLA… but decided drive instead due to all the "homeless" and the crime.
SHES NOT ADDRESSING IT AND THATS THE PROBLEM! AND BY THE WAY AMBASSADORS DONāT MAKE IT FEEL SAFER
She lost all credibility with me when she speaks of "New York style" subway cars enhancing a feeling of safety. Apparently she's completely unaware of how unsafe the NY subway is now and we don't feel safe either. She has her talking points well rehearsed but I don't see her as a problem solver.
LA Metro requires a dedicaded armed police force, like DC's Metro Police
Spoiler Alert: Crime and homelessness is now endemic to every large metropolitan area of the world, not just LA… When studio apartments start at 4 figures a month and the minimum wage is what it is, what would one expect! The solution? Flood the city with micro-housing… 160-320 sq ft studio apartments and backyard suites that can comfortably work for everyone but families which is half the market these days…