Talk:LACMTA Orange Line
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I looked at this for about an hour and could not figure out what the original version showed. This seems like a good solution given that all of the LACMTA "colored" templates were deleted. Schmiteye 17:46, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/Deleted/November_2005#Various_formatting_templates Schmiteye 17:54, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] "Brad Sherman gets funding for Orange Line extension?"
This needs a citation. Hadn't heard anything about construction starting as early as 2007, on a extension to Chatsworth.
[edit] "Conversion" section
Who are the nameless "opponents" cited in the "Conversion" section? Why do they think that light rail won't have the same collision problems that the BRT vehicles have? The collisions have universally been the fault of auto drivers ignoring red lights, and the problem is endemic on the Blue Line as well. --Jfruh 19:13, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
- To be honest, it's the drivers fault. Most of the collisions are caused by dumb motorists breaking laws. Craking down on traffic violations will solve the problem. Pacific Coast Highway|Spam me!
Yes, but the Blue Line is under less scrutiny becauue it has railroad crossing gates, which the Orange Line currently lacks. If a motorist goes up against a 55-mile-per-hour three-car Blue Line train, they're dead. A motorist that goes up against the much lighter Orange Line bus will push the bus around and injure the bus riders (as has been the case in all the Orange Line accidents). The LACMTA Blue Line article says that accidents significantly decreased after quadrant railroad crossings gates were installed. Doing the same for the Orange Line would at least cut down on the accidents. Converting it to light-rail would at least better protect the passnegers against accidents.
Eh. I guess Metrolink has proven that a car can kick butt on a train, but overall a light-rail trian has more might over a car than a bus. I compare this to the rear-pushing to the front-leading Metrolink train cars. Critics keep calling for the Metrolink to have the engines at front to prevent another accident like the Glendale train crash. Now the critics are calling for the MTA to convert the Orange Line into an LRT to avoid accidents like these ones that have been springing up. Like I said, motorists will think twice before trying to challenge a light-rail. They'll get crushed in the process and the won't drag anybody else down, either. - Hbdragon88 23:59, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
- The key issues to justify conversion are capacity and operating expense. Orange Line traffic has already reached the point where light rail would - in theory - cost marginally less to operate. Whether this is true, and how traffic growth would affect the difference in operating cost between modes, remains to be worked out.Ldemery 06:25, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
I cleaned up the grammar, spelling, and poorly worded phrasing. NorthofDC 20:55, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
