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Long Beach Light Railway (LBLR)

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Basically if Long Beach, California had a similar automated light metro system to the DLR in London, with connections to LA Metro and GLEN, my proposed freeway-median commuter rail system. Further inspiration is taken from the Vancouver SkyTrain, the Københavns Metro, the Honolulu Skyline and the Singapore MRT Downtown Line. I'm working on the assumption that Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is going to focus on upzoning retail and industrial areas rather than razing and rebuilding suburban neighborhoods. Certain stations are placed at areas that have potential for TOD. These stations are marked with an *. * indicates select properties, ** indicates a whole lot (strip mall, town center, empty parking lot) and *** indicates an entire urban renewal. Each branch has 12 minute headways, or 5 trains per hour (TPH) in each direction. These branches then interline, allowing certain corridors to reach shorter headways (i.e the Ocean Blvd. Subway has 3 minute headways from Anna Brown to Granada Beach, 2 minute headways at Arena/Convention Center and 4 minute headways from Cesar Chavez Park to Landmark Square and at the Toledo). Lines L1, L3 and L5 have 10 TPH per direction, as each of these lines has two branches. Lines L2 and L4 have 5 TPH per direction. Rolling stock would be akin to the Hitachi Rail Italy Driverless Metro vehicles used in Honolulu, Copenhagen and Taipei, among others. Rail lines would implement CBTC to increase headways, safety, speed and reliability.
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Ridership
348M
Cost
$ 27.4B
Stations
108
Lines
18
Modes
3
Length
180 km
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Long Beach Light Railway (LBLR) by
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Basically if Long Beach, California had a similar automated light metro system to the DLR in London, with connections to LA Metro and GLEN, my proposed freeway-median commuter rail system. Further inspiration is taken from the Vancouver SkyTrain, the Københavns Metro, the Honolulu Skyline and the Singapore MRT Downtown Line. I'm working on the assumption that Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is going to focus on upzoning retail and industrial areas rather than razing and rebuilding suburban neighborhoods. Certain stations are placed at areas that have potential for TOD. These stations are marked with an *. * indicates select properties, ** indicates a whole lot (strip mall, town center, empty parking lot) and *** indicates an entire urban renewal. Each branch has 12 minute headways, or 5 trains per hour (TPH) in each direction. These branches then interline, allowing certain corridors to reach shorter headways (i.e the Ocean Blvd. Subway has 3 minute headways from Anna Brown to Granada Beach, 2 minute headways at Arena/Convention Center and 4 minute headways from Cesar Chavez Park to Landmark Square and at the Toledo). Lines L1, L3 and L5 have 10 TPH per direction, as each of these lines has two branches. Lines L2 and L4 have 5 TPH per direction. Rolling stock would be akin to the Hitachi Rail Italy Driverless Metro vehicles used in Honolulu, Copenhagen and Taipei, among others. Rail lines would implement CBTC to increase headways, safety, speed and reliability.
Map type: local | Total track length: 112 miles | Center coordinate: 33.807, -118.1414 | * A Line: (Light rail/interurban, 10 stations) Rancho Dominguez (to Montclair), Wrigley Heights, Memorial Medical, Poly High, St. Mary, Cereza Way, Promenade, Long Beach, Pacific South, St. Mary * O Line: (Light rail/interurban, 3 stations) Reservoir Hill (to Union Station), Gridley, Artesia * (4a) - Los Olivos: (Commuter/suburban rail, 6 stations) Vista Del Mar (to Santa Clarita), Wrigley Heights, Signal Hill, LGB, CSULB, Rossmoor/Leisure World (to Balboa, Los Olivos, La Veta, UCI) * (4c) - Anaheim Canyon: (Commuter/suburban rail, 4 stations) Coolidge Park (to Santa Clarita, Porter Ranch, CSULA), Virginia, Reservoir Hill (to Duarte), Cerritos (to Anaheim Canyon) * (4b) - La Veta: (Commuter/suburban rail, 6 stations) Vista Del Mar (to Santa Clarita), Wrigley Heights, Signal Hill, LGB, CSULB, Rossmoor/Leisure World (to Balboa, Los Olivos, La Veta, UCI) * (5d) - Terminal Island: (Commuter/suburban rail, 4 stations) Coolidge Park (to Santa Clarita, Porter Ranch, CSULA), Vista Del Mar (to Santa Clarita), Gaylord, Terminal Island * (5c) - Long Beach: (Commuter/suburban rail, 4 stations) Coolidge Park (to Santa Clarita, Porter Ranch, CSULA), Vista Del Mar (to Santa Clarita), Gaylord, Long Beach * (5e) - CSULA: (Commuter/suburban rail, 4 stations) Coolidge Park (to Santa Clarita, Porter Ranch, CSULA), Vista Del Mar (to Santa Clarita), Gaylord, Long Beach * (2a) - Duarte/City of Hope: (Commuter/suburban rail, 5 stations) Reservoir Hill (to Duarte), Los Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, Los Alamitos**, Rossmoor/Leisure World (to Balboa, Los Olivos, La Veta, UCI) * (4d) - UCI: (Commuter/suburban rail, 6 stations) Vista Del Mar (to Santa Clarita), Wrigley Heights, Signal Hill, LGB, CSULB, Rossmoor/Leisure World (to Balboa, Los Olivos, La Veta, UCI) * L1a: (Metro/rapid transit, 12 stations) Cesar Chavez Park, WTC/Molina, Landmark Square, Arena/Convention Center**, Anna Brown, Bixby Park, Bluff Park, Granada Beach, Belmont Shore, Naples, Marina Pacifica**, Seal Beach* * L3a: (Metro/rapid transit, 19 stations) McAuley St.***, Glorywhite St.*, McBride*, Keynote St.*, Plaza South**, Deborah St.**, Los Altos, Traffic Circle***, Bennett Av., Colorado Lagoon*, The Toledo, Granada Beach, Bluff Park, Bixby Park, Anna Brown, Arena/Convention Center**, Landmark Square, WTC/Molina, Cesar Chavez Park * L4: (Metro/rapid transit, 21 stations) Cesar Chavez Park, WTC/Molina, Landmark Square, Arena/Convention Center**, Anna Brown, Bixby Park, Bluff Park, Granada Beach, The Toledo, Spinnaker Bay**, VA Rubin*, CSULB, Conquista Av.*, El Dorado Park, Los Alamitos*, Kaylor St.***, Noel St.***, Siboney St.***, Cypress***, Larwin Park**, Cypress College*** * L1b: (Metro/rapid transit, 13 stations) Terminal Island, Canal Av.**, Willmore, Palmer Ct.*, Armory, Hellman*, Rose Park*, Bluff Heights*, Granada Beach, Belmont Shore, Naples, Marina Pacifica**, Seal Beach* * L3b: (Metro/rapid transit, 19 stations) Terminal Island, Canal Av.**, Willmore, Palmer Ct.*, Armory, Hellman*, Rose Park*, Zaferia**, Traffic Circle***, Los Altos, Deborah St.**, Plaza South**, Keynote St.*, McBride*, Rynerson Park, Los Cerritos**, Gridley***, Ashworth St.***, Cerritos*** * L5a: (Metro/rapid transit, 23 stations) Cypress College***, Watson St.**, Forest Lawn*, Belshire Av.***, Hawaiian Gardens***, McBride*, Faust Av.**, Viking Village*, LBCC/Norse Village, Douglas Park/Exchange***, LGB, Kilroy***, Traffic Circle***, Bryant*, Rotary Centennial*, Gundry Av.*, Cambodia Town*, Armory, East Village*, Arena/Convention Center**, The Pike, Aquarium, Queen Mary/Cruise Terminal * L5b: (Metro/rapid transit, 18 stations) Virginia Av.**, Andy St.**, Lakewood***, Fairman St., Douglas Park/Exchange***, LGB, Kilroy***, Traffic Circle***, Bryant*, Rotary Centennial*, Gundry Av.*, Cambodia Town*, Armory, East Village*, Arena/Convention Center**, The Pike, Aquarium, Queen Mary/Cruise Terminal * L2: (Metro/rapid transit, 16 stations) Coolidge Park, Houghton Park, Michelle Obama**, Carmelitos*, Bixby Knolls**, California Heights*, Memorial Medical**, Lewis Av., LBCC/AUHS**, Rotary Centennial*, Zaferia**, Bennett Av., Colorado Lagoon*, The Toledo, Belmont Shore, Bayshore
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