L.A. Metro approves underground Sepulveda Transit Corridor

 https://tunnellingjournal.com/metro-approves-underground-sepulveda-transit-corridor 

https://stc-lametro.hub.arcgis.com/pages/fc2a940c6cd94d1db7e51ed73c34cd9b

https://stc-lametro.hub.arcgis.com/pages/alternatives2 

https://www.meridiam.com/news/meridiam-and-partners-selected-to-develop-locally-preferred-alternative-for-la-metros-sepulveda-transit-corridor-project/ 

https://www.sepulvedatransit.com/

Why LA Built the World's Longest Light Rail line

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnhA_GEqD7w

LA’s $24 Billion plan for a new Subway Line

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62PlMN_mzSg 

https://www.metro.net/projects/sepulvedacorridor/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepulveda_Transit_Corridor 

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-22/this-multibillion-dollar-transit-project-could-improve-traffic-across-la-it-goes-to-vote-today 

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-01-20/sepulveda-pass-transit-future 

https://thesource.metro.net/metro-board-to-consider-advancing-c-line-extension-to-torrance-and-sepulveda-transit-corridor-at-january-meeting/

LA Metro passes railway project to connect San Fernando Valley and West LA

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm_yGbMi3Vs

The L.A. Mega Plan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eZh--ABfZg

SD and SF vs. LA

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izx7Y_qw_NQ 

San Diego and SF have their downtowns right up to the water, but Downtown LA is a good ways inland. 

The 17 Mile Area That BROKE California's Megalopolis Why Los Angeles Is Americas Most Confusing City

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vzfvk1sl3E 

Why Los Angeles Is America's Most CONFUSING City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJWb50AUAxc 

Why Los Angeles Is Americas Most Confusing City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUclitPknhE 

LA

The Transamerica Pyramid in SF

The Transamerica_Pyramid was permitted to be about 400 feet taller than the LA+City+Hall. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transamerica_Pyramid#Gallery  

The very narrow pyramid in SF is almost twice the height of the tallest pyramid in Egypt. Will LA ever be allowed to have a pyramid tower as tall or taller than the one in SF?

Does Los Angeles have the Most Confusing Skyline?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ljqamDgwg  

https://archinect.com/news/article/150013536/watch-a-century-of-downtown-l-a-s-development-in-2-minutes-of-3d-animated-renderings

Back in the day, the KEEP L.A. SHORT crowd really wanted to make sure that no building in SoCal was as tall as the tallest Egyptian_pyramid. Thus, the Giza_pyramid_complex was taller than anything in LA until the late 1960s. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza "Initially standing at 146.6 meters (481 feet), the Great Pyramid was the world's tallest human-made structure for more than 3,800 years."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_City_Hall#History "It has 32 floors and, at 454 feet (138 m) high..."  https://calisphere.org/item/cf1903e53170db536690f3f8690925a0  Just a little pyramid on top of a building that is shorter than the tallest pyramid in Egypt. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Los_Angeles_City_Hall_%28from_the_West%29.jpg/960px-Los_Angeles_City_Hall_%28from_the_West%29.jpg   

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Pyramids_from_afar_%282%29.tif/lossy-page1-800px-Pyramids_from_afar_%282%29.tif.jpg 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giza  

https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/vintage-photos-los-angeles-1940s-1960s

Of course LA would eventually allow some buildings to be twice as tall as the tallest Egyptian pyramid. 

https://www.commercialcafe.com/blog/evolution-downtown-la-visual-timeline/

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=26&status=15

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=LA+City+Hall 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Transamerica+Pyramid+in+SF

Los Angeles and its traffic problems

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7CxiqNnm80  

While LA has a subway, it's not that extensive. Of course several other cities have more lines.

What the future has in store for Sydney's Metro! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZlV329Ba8g

Inside the $60 Billion Metro Transforming Sydney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe3y7Rlhk9c&t=2s

African Cities

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA-zbbgHcL8

Les États-Unis vont Construire la Plus Haute Tour du Monde

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEYvZFmdQqI

An Overview of Urban Planning in Los Angeles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CipNVHhOER8

Why is the Purple Line in L.A. so Short? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4F0hB2nEcE 

Why fixing LA’s transit crisis feels impossible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIlLC0KNCYc  

Why Traffic Is So Bad In Los Angeles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S76lKWeU_xc 

Why LA Destroyed Its World-Class Transit System https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwKv3_WwD4o There was such a drive to have nice, wide highways, but no one seemed to realize that eventually just having an extensive highway system will become overloaded. 

Why is LA traffic so bad? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbiI9ainetY  

The real cost of freeways in LA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS6WrJZKbjs Wide highways can certainly accommodate a large volume of traffic, but if there isn't an efficient bus and rail system, it all gets overloaded. 

Did GM really kill the streetcar in Los Angeles? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnFVBfhpprU   

LA's $40 Billion Plan to Transform for the 2028 Olympics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkKsiIaycU8

The Post building complex sells for over $1.1 billion

 https://vancouversun.com/news/quadreal-sells-the-post-heritage-building-vancouver This stump building+complex doesn't even have 26 floors. It's not much taller than this 22 story stump in LA. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_National_Plaza This was the first office complex to rise over 50 floors in LA.

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=2301 52 stories opened in 1972. 

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/city-national-tower/1395

LA and then Calgary were able to have a double tower complex of over 50 floors, but Vancouver just has a double stump thats not even 25 floors.

https://www.brookfieldproperties.com/en/our-properties/bankers-hall-west-175 47 stories

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=6993 1989 

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7073 2000 

52 floors in total.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bankers_Hall_Towers_%281%29_%288068206826%29.jpg 

https://www.stockaerialphotos.com/media/7c75217e-6cc2-4918-a259-888bc934fd8f-bankers-hall-towers-calgary    

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Post+building+complex

The LA Metro's Airport Station is a Huge Success!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TsUH1tmmBM , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAX/Metro_Transit_Center

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_International_Airport#Metro_Rail_and_the_LAX_Automated_People_Mover

https://www.flylax.com , https://www.flylax.com/lax-traffic-and-ground-transportation 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAX_Consolidated_Rent-A-Car_Facility 

Although not as grand as a 10 car BART train, at least LA never opted to have a 2 car joke of an airport train like YVR has.  

Evolution of the Los Angeles Metro 1900-2028 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH9toJw6-k8

Rain to pick up Monday afternoon as storm system moves south

 https://abc7.com/live-updates/southern-california-weather-storm-drench-los-angeles-orange-san-bernardino-riverside-ventura-counties/18148478/

It's so depressing to see the Greater LA Area get Seattle & Vancouver like rain.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-17/wettest-november-on-record-for-downtown-la-as-more-rain-moves-in

https://weather.com/forecast/regional/news/2025-11-14-california-storm-atmospheric-river-la-flood-threat

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-15/storm-of-season-pounds-southern-california-bringing-mudslides-flooding 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/weather/california-rain-flood-storm-los-angeles-forecast.html  

the Greater LA Area

23 million people under flood alerts as Los Angeles braces for month's worth of rain in a day

 https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/floods/24-million-flood-alerts-los-angeles-braces-months-rain-day-rcna241884   

the Greater LA Area

The L.A. K Line

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9dfPOpdNxI 

LAX Finally Has A Train Station! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft7eS_EAFzk 

The LA  Regional Connector https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu0wIc_3IfE  

Why the LA Metro (Mostly) isn't a Metro Train or a Subway System https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukG5whsjTIs 

Metro Los Angeles G and J Lines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0wc0UQ-SOg

Is LA's Airport Train Actually that Useful?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-9O8UYX3FQ 

The Amazing Transit Comeback of Los Angeles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd0Zm7T1npE

L.A.'s Forgotten pedestrian Bridge Network Abandoned - Oceanwide Plaza (Los Angeles’ Graffiti Towers)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2eam0Zhdac 

The Abandoned - Oceanwide Plaza (Los Angeles’ Graffiti Towers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=840EVoHAyvE