BzCat, while I'm mostly in agreement with everything you've written, it's not true that the guidance systems and trains are complete, let alone that they've been fully functional for nearly a year.Per construction monitoring reports that the APM developer (LINXS) is required to publicly post as part of its bond financing, the final train cars are still being assembled in Pittsburgh and aren't expected to arrive in LA for another two or three months. There's also equipment on the guideway that's still being installed, though they should hopefully be done by the end of the month. What's more concerning about the guidance equipment is that they've found a significant amount of workmanship issues with it post-installation.

Furthermore, the most delayed station (CTA West/Bradley) is delayed not because of LAWA slowing down construction, but seemingly because of poor design on the part of the A&E team, to the extent that LAWA has now gone so far as to ask for an independent review of the entire station's design.

And all of this isn't even touching on the electrical issue at the rental car center, which is what seemingly led LAWA and LINXS to the brink last summer and still might delay opening.

For what it's worth, the developer is blaming LAWA IT for the latest round of delays, not (just) Metro.