logoalt Hacker News

Riding the D in Los Angeles: city hopes new subway stations will be game changer

69 pointsby raybblast Sunday at 11:09 PM34 commentsview on HN

Comments

ETlollast Monday at 2:36 AM

God it's frustrating how slow making these rail transits has been. The D line was literally planned out back in the 1960s and it took this long? I understand the plethora of problems the engineers faced when completing this. But I find it funny that once the World Cup was planned to be in LA, that's when LA leadership expedited all the legal and corporate hurdles in order to make sure we don't have another carmagetton

show 4 replies
otterleytoday at 12:29 AM

Author delivers the lolz:

“Friday’s grand opening was full of fanfare and big D energy.”

show 1 reply
vinckryesterday at 11:13 PM

Coming from Germany I found it funny how tiny the subway lines are in major cities in the US compared to medium-sized cities here.

I always thought Germany was a country centered a lot around cars but it was so much more extreme in the states; seemed not possible to live in a city(!) without a car.

show 2 replies
euroderflast Monday at 3:44 AM

I've lived in LA and I've lived in Scandinavia. And car life sucks. So good luck and Godspeed, Los Angeles.

percentceryesterday at 10:47 PM

Los Angeles just needs buses that come through frequently enough to obviate the need to check the schedule. Also dynamic bus routing, which would reduce the total number of buses required for this.

show 1 reply
NDlurkeryesterday at 10:36 PM

Ride the D? Wow

show 1 reply
kitsune1yesterday at 10:09 PM

[dead]

donkey_brainslast Monday at 2:21 AM

[flagged]

show 3 replies
washingupliquidyesterday at 11:05 PM

[flagged]