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Dec 30, 2016, 7:17 pm
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I believe this is the LA times article that chrisl137 was attempting to link to.
Dec 31, 2016, 2:31 pm
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Avis shuttle bus took 35 minutes last night from Terminal 1 to the lot. It's hard to imagine a worse airport traffic design than what LAX has now.
Dec 31, 2016, 3:28 pm
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I'm still amazed that people try to do curbside pickup/dropoff in the loop. It's enough of a nightmare often enough that I'd rather have people find their way out of the airport and do an off airport pickup.
Jan 1, 2017, 12:45 pm
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I still cannot understand why the original Green Line plan did not include an LAX station. That would have opened up a way for thousands of passengers every day to get in/out of the congested area. Drop-offs and pick-ups for so many people could have been spread out among Green Line stations.
Jan 1, 2017, 4:02 pm
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Los Angeles Daily News (2008):
Why Green Line stopped short of LAX
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The first thing to understand is that the Green Line was not built on its own merits, but as a condition for the construction of the Century Freeway.
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The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, the precursor to today's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, began the process of planning the route.
At the western end of the Century Freeway, the line could either go north to LAX, which employed about 35,000 people, or south to El Segundo, home to about 90,000 aerospace workers. "It was a clear decision it would be better to go into the El Segundo employment area," said Richard Stanger, who was the commission's director of rail planning. "The models and everything indicated it was much better to go into El Segundo and focus on the needs of the everyday worker." But the models could not predict the collapse of the Soviet Union and, with it, the aerospace industry. By 1993, El Segundo had lost 45,000 jobs. By that point, however, construction of the Green Line was well under way.
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The Federal Aviation Administration also worried that a rail line would interfere with navigational equipment at the end of the runways and that overhead electric wires would intrude into flight paths. To solve that issue, the line would likely have to go underground, greatly increasing its cost.
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The first thing to understand is that the Green Line was not built on its own merits, but as a condition for the construction of the Century Freeway.
<snip>
The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, the precursor to today's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, began the process of planning the route.
At the western end of the Century Freeway, the line could either go north to LAX, which employed about 35,000 people, or south to El Segundo, home to about 90,000 aerospace workers. "It was a clear decision it would be better to go into the El Segundo employment area," said Richard Stanger, who was the commission's director of rail planning. "The models and everything indicated it was much better to go into El Segundo and focus on the needs of the everyday worker." But the models could not predict the collapse of the Soviet Union and, with it, the aerospace industry. By 1993, El Segundo had lost 45,000 jobs. By that point, however, construction of the Green Line was well under way.
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The Federal Aviation Administration also worried that a rail line would interfere with navigational equipment at the end of the runways and that overhead electric wires would intrude into flight paths. To solve that issue, the line would likely have to go underground, greatly increasing its cost.
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Jan 1, 2017, 4:46 pm
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Blame the old Soviet Union.
Los Angeles Daily News (2008):
Guess they didn't foresee Uber.
Jan 1, 2017, 5:25 pm
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Personally, I agree with former Los Angeles City Councilmember Ruth Galanter who said that she used to believe in conspiracy theories until she discovered incompetence.
Jan 3, 2017, 12:28 am
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I still cannot understand why the original Green Line plan did not include an LAX station. That would have opened up a way for thousands of passengers every day to get in/out of the congested area. Drop-offs and pick-ups for so many people could have been spread out among Green Line stations.
Jan 3, 2017, 1:30 pm
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I also don't see why they didn't link all four lines at a single point, like Union Station. To get from the San Gabriel Valley to LAX (assuming Green goes to LAX) on the train, you have to take Gold to Red to Blue to Green, and people I know who've done it say it's about 2 hours. I can drive from home in about an hour, and take the Gold line to the Flyaway in a little more than that. In principle the Flyaway is a good substitute for taking the train all the way, but if it's constrained to overloaded roads then it stops being as useful. I've been on it when drivers have taken alternate routes, but this last time I was close to walking through the Sepulveda tunnel.
Jan 3, 2017, 1:31 pm
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I also don't see why they didn't link all four lines at a single point, like Union Station. To get from the San Gabriel Valley to LAX (assuming Green goes to LAX) on the train, you have to take Gold to Red to Blue to Green, and people I know who've done it say it's about 2 hours. I can drive from home in about an hour, and take the Gold line to the Flyaway in a little more than that. In principle the Flyaway is a good substitute for taking the train all the way, but if it's constrained to overloaded roads then it stops being as useful. I've been on it when drivers have taken alternate routes, but this last time I was close to walking through the Sepulveda tunnel.
Yes, the "Regional Connector", as the previous poster mentioned.
That ban on subway construction was repealed a few years ago, thankfully.
Jan 17, 2017, 2:47 pm
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Moderator's Note:
Posts discussing the immediate practical impact of the January 23, 2017, shuttle changes were moved to the following thread:
Please let's keep the focus of this thread on the long term plan to overhaul the ground transportation at LAX.
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Please let's keep the focus of this thread on the long term plan to overhaul the ground transportation at LAX.
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Feb 13, 2017, 9:27 am
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LAX Capital Improvements Program e-Newsletter
ConRAC Request For Proposals Issued
Release of a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) at the end of November began, the process to select a team to build and operate the proposed Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Consolidated Rent-A-Car facility (ConRAC).
The ConRAC, which would be located near Interstate 405 in Manchester Square, would consolidate more than 20 car rental offices in one convenient location. In addition to improving the passenger experience, the proposed facility would help free up terminal curb space and significantly improve traffic conditions in the Central Terminal Area (CTA), provide rental car companies with operational efficiencies, and allow new uses of Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and privately-owned property surrounding LAX.
The ConRAC and a proposed 2.25-mile Automated People Mover (APM) would eliminate altogether the need for rental car courtesy vehicles entering the CTA. The facility is projected to eliminate more than 3,200 daily rental car shuttle trips on city streets and CTA roadways, resulting in significant reduction in emissions
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Release of a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) at the end of November began, the process to select a team to build and operate the proposed Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Consolidated Rent-A-Car facility (ConRAC).
The ConRAC, which would be located near Interstate 405 in Manchester Square, would consolidate more than 20 car rental offices in one convenient location. In addition to improving the passenger experience, the proposed facility would help free up terminal curb space and significantly improve traffic conditions in the Central Terminal Area (CTA), provide rental car companies with operational efficiencies, and allow new uses of Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and privately-owned property surrounding LAX.
The ConRAC and a proposed 2.25-mile Automated People Mover (APM) would eliminate altogether the need for rental car courtesy vehicles entering the CTA. The facility is projected to eliminate more than 3,200 daily rental car shuttle trips on city streets and CTA roadways, resulting in significant reduction in emissions
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Feb 13, 2017, 10:54 am
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The Consolidated Rent-A-Car facility is long overdue. It's hard to imagine a worse setup than LAX now for getting between a terminal and your rental car. Some passengers are now spending more time doing that than they spent in the air en route to LAX.
Feb 14, 2017, 9:33 am
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Amen to that. I can't think of a worse airport at which to deal with car rental.
Feb 14, 2017, 9:47 am
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After the joys of waiting for a shuttle on the noisy, smoky lower level, you finally get to the rental lot -- and get to endure the worst service I've seen at any American rental offices. It hardly matters which company, though I confess I had a good interaction with Avis the last time I rented at LAX.