Celebrate the D Line extension at this block party in L.A.

 https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/news/celebrate-the-d-train-extension-at-this-block-party-in-l-a-050726 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_Line_(Los_Angeles_Metro)#Route_description  

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=L.A.+Metro+D+Line

Bank of America Plaza (Los Angeles)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_America_Plaza_(Los_Angeles)

 https://labusinessjournal.com/featured/capital-group-buys-tower-for-210-million 

https://buildingsdb.com/CA/los-angeles/bank-of-america-plaza-building/

https://downtownla.com/building/bank-of-america-plaza 

https://www.reddit.com/r/skyscrapers/comments/1l95bfr/bank_of_america_tower_is_los_angeles_is_a_classic/

K Line (Los Angeles Metro)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Line_(Los_Angeles_Metro) 

https://la.urbanize.city/post/metro-seeks-state-funds-extend-green-line-platforms 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Line_(Los_Angeles_Metro)#Rolling_stock 

Car length	89 ft (27.13 m)
Width	8 ft 8+3⁄4 in (2.66 m)
Height	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinki_Sharyo_P3010 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/LA_Metro_Rail_Expo_Line_Kinki_Sharyo_P3010_17th_St_Santa_Monica_College_Station_%2848943282587%29.jpg/960px-LA_Metro_Rail_Expo_Line_Kinki_Sharyo_P3010_17th_St_Santa_Monica_College_Station_%2848943282587%29.jpg  

https://www.metro.net/projects/kline-northern-extension Just like in SD, Seattle, Calgary and Edmonton, their LRT trains are longer than the ones on the first 2 Skytrain lines. Especially, the embarrassing Canada Line. 

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-03-24/this-rail-line-would-get-you-to-grove-beverly-center-cedars-sinai-is-it-l-a-s-missing-link In backwards BC its like it takes 2 or 3 people to turn a lightbulb than someone in Quebec. An 80m Skytrain on the first 2 lines would have to be about twice as frequent as a 152.5m Montreal Metro train to match capacity. The ridicules 50m maximum allowance for Canada Line trains would have to run 3 times as frequently as a Montreal Metro train. 

https://la.streetsblog.org/2026/03/18/metro-committee-again-sides-with-nimbys-postpones-key-north-k-line-rail-decision Unfortunatly, the Vancouver Mind Virus is all about holding back the scale of the city. Thus, anytime that a bridge or street can be narrower, a building kept shorter and especially a train kept short, is all part of the imposed symbolism of refusing to build on a BIG city scale. 

Sunny L.A. has been thinking, planning and building like a BIG city for over a century. In contrast, rainy Vancouver has been refusing to think on a big city scale throughout its history. For several decades, all White city counsels kept imposing various restrictions to keep Vancouver on a small scale. 

Los Angeles has a few Skyline clusters

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7eIpAdfOOs

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyrT6fedBpE

How this new train line that could (almost) fix Los Angeles's traffic

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlvPOX3zZI8 LA

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

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

How Los Angeles Is Building Rail Under a Living City for the 2028 Olympics

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

The Los Angeles $50 Billion 2026 World Cup Makeover

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC1ZaxI1FQM

Why Los Angeles Has So Few Skyscrapers

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0bKsHUUnX8

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

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

Fire on ship docked at Port of Los Angeles prompts evacuation of crew

 https://www.foxnews.com/us/fire-ship-docked-port-los-angeles-prompts-evacuation-crew-officials-say

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

The Oldest and Most Dangerous Freeway In America

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeLsQrP5s7k 

Port Of Los Angeles | The World's Most Unusual Port https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2NdGb5XZy8

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