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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 19/08/2026

The thing is the headways are already halved thanks to the regional connector, so this wouldn’t cause frequency to drop any further.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 07/08/2026

I’d have the two lines interline for a few stations. I’m not entirely sure where the turnback tracks are but maybe somewhere between South Pasadena and Sierra Madre Villa.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 07/08/2026

A common proposal I’ve seen is to break it at Union, which is a terrible idea because 1. It undoes the one seat ride benefit the RC was built to fix. 2. Easy B/D-A transfers at 7MC are forced into the LAUS labyrinth. 3. Forces two transfers in a row for Foothill-East LA travelers which is absurd.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 06/08/2026

The last two trains don’t go to Pomona. They stop at APU/Citrus College. I don’t know how often I would run it, but it sucks that an incident in South LA affects trains across the entire line.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 06/08/2026

This would enable the ability to walk from the Metro station to anywhere in the Village Plaza and the JACC plaza without having to cross a road.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 06/08/2026

Also one about further pedestrianizing Little Tokyo. This would include closing 2nd Street to cars between San Pedro and the entrance to Joe’s Parking (which would be turned into a roundabout) and Central Ave between 1st Street and the parking garage entrance at Japanese Village Plaza.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 01/08/2026

Topics include: - How to Fix the 7th/Flower Bus Stop at 7th Street/Metro Center - The Best Way to Get to LAX - The Mythical Union-LAX Line (and Why it Can Wait) - Breaking Up the A, and Where to Do It - The Washington/Flower Junction - Westside Bus Enhancements

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 01/08/2026

I’m not a transit tuber, but sometimes I think of video essays I would make if I was or had like an extra six hours in every day.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 14/07/2026

So it turns out that structure does not belong to LA Metro, but I’ve been looking to see what its function is. Apparently, it belongs to a company called CenTrio bsky.app/profile/side...

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 14/07/2026

Oh wow you're right! Ok then, while my point regarding its loudness still stands, I wonder what it's there for. Also noticed it has more fans installed now versus 2012.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 14/07/2026

Or just convert the roads to green space. Make it a trail with a few spots to stop and sit. Again, this is a steep hill, so might have to get creative like how Grand Park is structured for pedestrians.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 14/07/2026

So yeah, housing? Hmm. I'm all for removing Flower and Kosciuszko by the station. You might be able to carve some space for another tower or two by the Skye apartments (the Flower Towers?) but would have to take out the swimming pool or tennis courts. And stay clear of 2nd or else hit the tunnel.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 14/07/2026

If you've ever been by the shaft, it can be quite loud, and I don't know how many people would want to live next to what is essentially a roaring engine 24/7.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 14/07/2026

Many point to the parcel of land southwest of the station. It's pretty big and you could increase real estate by knocking out Flower, but in addition to this steep grade, also on this parcel of land is the regional connector's ventilation shaft, visible in this image by Hope St.

Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill station and the empty lot next to it home to a ventilation shaft.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 14/07/2026

First of all, yeah. Sucks that it's wedged between three roads. The connector bridge helps get you to Grand Ave. Second, there IS a fair amount of housing within 1000 feet of the station, but unlike a lot of transit stations surrounded by 5-over-1s, the Bunker Hill housing is much more vertical.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 14/07/2026

Now that I can call Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill my home Metro station, I feel I can speak better about the many Reddit posts and that one video from lej_explains about the TOD around the station.

Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill station on 2nd, Hope, and Kosciuszko.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 05/07/2026

Big downtown events like parades, festivals, and conventions like Anime Expo make me wonder how the fuck we ever lived without the regional connector.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 01/06/2026

The thing about those busways is they aren’t really busways. They share traffic with private vehicles. They just have to pay a toll, so it usually results in less traffic, but I have definitely been on a J more than once in a congested express lane. Usually approaching the 105.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 01/06/2026

The little plant buffers are optional. I just think they look nice.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 01/06/2026

Metro's proposal for Historic Broadway bus lanes vs. my own.

Metro proposes removing outdoor dining to add bus lanes to Broadway.

I propose removing car traffic, adding bus lanes and bike lanes, and expanding the dining section of Historic Broadway.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 01/06/2026

I’m just going by Metro’s guidelines. Personally I think they should be stronger but I don’t make the rules.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 31/05/2026

100% of the Vermont BRT will be dedicated bus lanes, so it gets in. NoHo-Pas won’t be 100%, but it’ll crack the 50% minimum requirement. No idea why it’s that low. Lincoln is too far away to know.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 31/05/2026

It depends on the section. If it’s all like the Figueroa section, yeah. If it’s all like the Olive section, no. Keep in mind the J only has dedicated bus lanes downtown. While it’s on a freeway, it shares the HOT lanes with traffic.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 31/05/2026

Also, I think even if Vermont opens first, it will still get the L, because no one wants to call a line that goes straight through South LA the N line.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 31/05/2026

Metro’s BRT guidelines state that only full BRT will get special designated branding while the 5 lite BRT lines will not.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 31/05/2026

Letter predictions for upcoming Metro busway/rail lines: [L] - Vermont BRT [N] - NoHo-Pasadena BRT (Q) - ESFV LRT (R) - SEGW LRT (S) - Sepulveda HRT [T] - Lincoln BRT

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 30/05/2026

I could make a scrapbook of photos of people parking in the La Brea bus lanes during designated bus only hours. And no, these weren’t a few minutes past 4 PM. These were deep into peak hours.

Several cars parking in the bus only lane.

One car parking in the bus only lane. Notably, the rest of the road is bumper-to-bumper traffic.

Even more cars parked in the bus only lane.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/05/2026

Wow. Spencer Pratt sounds like Trump: fake victimhood, nonstop grievance, speaking in superlatives like it’s wisdom. And folks are falling for it. People just need to admit they don’t want honesty. They want a charismatic con man who tells them what they want to hear while picking their pockets.

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Kenny Uong @kennyuong.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Burbank, CA folks: this is likely the last chance to get Burbank City Council on board with Metro’s original plans for the NoHo to Pasadena BRT Project: side-running lanes with street parking preserved. They currently support mixed-flow lanes along Olive Ave., but that defeats the purpose of BRT 🚨🚌🚏

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 03/05/2026

If you are looking to watch something a little more pro-Metro, might I recommend Speed?

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 02/05/2026

There are some really nice shots of Westlake/MacArthur Park station in that movie.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 19/04/2026

Mr. Charlie’s is as good as everyone says it is, but it’s in one of the worst places imaginable to get to by transit: on La Brea near Melrose Ave. The D extension will make it slightly easier, but it’ll still be a 212 bus trip north.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 03/04/2026

SkyLink announcements somewhat audible from just outside the station.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Congratulations to Seattle's Sound Transit, America's fastest-growing train network, which is opening an 7-mile, 3-station extension across Lake Washington today! This is the system's 5th new segment opened in 2 years, continually pushing ridership up to new record highs!

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 28/03/2026

ITF West curbs moving along. The connecting roadway appears to be getting a traffic light installed and might even connect to Airport Boulevard?

ITF West curbside TNC pick up and drop off zones looking east.

ITF West curbside TNC pick up and drop off zones looking northeast.

Entrance to the ITF West TNC lot. Signs overhead directing traffic to Sepulveda Boulevard on the left and to all freeways on the right.

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Streetsblog L.A. @streetsblogla.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

SBLA's write-up of today's Metro K Line approval vote - messy but ultimately a fairly good sign for future transit in So Cal la.streetsblog.org/2026/03/26/m...

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Metro Board Unanimously Advances K Line North Light Rail Extension - Streetsblog Los Angeles

Mayor Bass backed off of her push for indefinite delays requested by some mid-city residents opposed to tunneling under their homes

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Attn - huge impact to southern California rail here. They're proposing ANOTHER 3 year EIR and delaying construction on our critical rail corridor. @ridesd.org has a form out - slacktivist.org/initiative/l...

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Slacktivist

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 26/03/2026

Those Lafayette Square homeowners talk about Ralph’s like it’s a fucking temple.

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 26/03/2026

Welp I spoke my public comment in front of the metro board

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Streets For All @streetsforall.org · 21/03/2026

🚨 THURSDAY: Show up to save the K Line Northern Extension! 🚨 Mayor Bass and her allies on the board may once again try to delay it over NON issues. NIMBYism is putting the whole project at risk. SHOW UP, TAKE ACTION: mailchi.mp/streetsforal...

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Corey Barnes 🚴🏻‍♀️🚊 (they/them) @side.coreymbarnes.com · 19/03/2026

Somewhat related but Cedars-Sinai announced today they're acquiring the Beverly Connection shopping center for future expansion, right across the street from future La Cienega/Beverly station. lamag.com/fashion/shop...

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Cedars-Sinai Buys Beverly Connection in $270 Million Deal

Cedars-Sinai buys the Beverly Connection retail center for $270M, securing a major Beverly Grove site steps from its Los Angeles campus.

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