The opening of the Conrac will be a major step forward even before the train operates. It's amazing how many LA citizens know nothing about this. LAX and the city have done a stunningly poor job of communication.
THIS COMING SUNDAY (November 3), just a few feet away from where you recorded this, a BRAND NEW Metro Rail Station, the Aviation/Century Station will be opening, and along with it, BIG changes are coming soon to the C and K Lines: •The C and K Lines are being reconfigured! •Aviation/Century Station is opening the same day serving both the C and K Lines. •The C Line will operate between Norwalk Station and the Aviation/Century Station, a new end-of-line for the C Line. The line will curve to the north towards the LAX/Metro Transit Center Station, instead of to the south, to the Redondo Beach Station, where it HAD been going, and temporarily end at the new Aviation/Century Station. •The K Line will operate between Expo/Crenshaw Station and Westchester/Veterans Station, and between the new Aviation/Century Station and Redondo Beach Station, where the C Line HAD been going until now. This is temporary - when the LAX/Metro Transit Center opens soon, the K Line will run between Expo/Crenshaw and Redondo Beach. •Riders will need to use Aviation/Century to transfer between C and K Lines and the C & K Line Link bus shuttle.
@@ES-hr6vgYes. The current plan is for the C Line to be LAX to Norwalk and the K Line to be Crenshaw to Redondo (with LAX in between). To get from the C to the old part of the K you'll have to transfer at LAX or Aviation/Century, with Aviation the better choice (as it comes first).
According to Metro, this "shiny new station" is opening today. I chuckle every time I see that. The Aviation/Century Station is actually two years old. It's been waiting for its new sister station to be completed. So I guess they've dusted it off, after the long wait. They say they've been running trains for practice and testing. I might try hopping on it this afternoon, just to visit the Aviation/Century Station.
@@EXROBOWIDOWThe Aviation/Century station only exists due to poor planning and communication on everybody's part. Metro planned and I believe even started construction on this station before LAX decided what they were going to do with the people mover. If Metro knew about the people mover when planning the K Line they would have never built this station since it is incredibly close to the actual LAX station that connects with the people mover and therefore is mostly redundant and would never meet Federal, state, and Metro standards for stop spacing. Other than possibly the stations on the Long Beach A Line loop, these two are the closest stations in the entire Metro network.
Progress looks good. It’s just odd to see this area like this when just a few years ago there was an entire community and middle school in that vicinity.
At least the K/C Lines will have merged together finally! That Aviation/Century station has been sitting there completed for two years now. It sucks that this station will have significantly less usefulness until 2026 (ridiculous), but it'll make the K Line incrementally more useful lol
Thanks as always for these updates! While I’m sure this new connector will be nicer than the current setup, I’m not sure it will necessarily be faster. But I guess anything is better than being stuffed in an old city bus and shoveled out on to the LAXit lot 😅
If the LAX Transit Center is done much later than December 2024 completion date, I'm betting on Winter 2025. Metro did say that they were going to change some routes on December 15, 2024 with the new Transit Center.
The citizens of L.A. County have given Metro 40 years of budget certainty with the passing of Prop M and other initiatives. Metro constantly has the worst metrics and outcomes as judged by other cities in the U.S. Hugely expensive costs. The highest paid executives (Stephanie Wiggins' compensation package in 2024 - $487,000, a 7% pay raise over 2023). Almost every project going over it's bloated to begin with budget. A refusal to put up barriers to block non-payers from entering the system. Filth. High crime rates onboard. And projects that are almost always delivered late. Metro now wants another tax on ordinary citizens that don't want to take their terrible project and drive to work or see their family!!! Why give them even more money to plunder without accountability? How to solve Metro's structural problems. 1 - Metro must have accountability by an independent citizens commission. Executives that preside over the types of outcomes that I just described get fired, just like in the real world. 2 - Metro needs to reduce the number of projects by 75%. They should focus their work on delivering projects at a reasonable cost, on time and below the budget.
Unfortunately, how our system works politics, billionaires and most of the US relies on outside contractors because we don't have in-house departments like EU does which is why cost balloon. It's in the budget to get the lowest bidder but the cost is always high when comes to Transportation projects here. Nandert discusses the Upcoming budgetary constraints on LA Metro and it has nothing to do with crime which mostly politically motived by the news.
I was there in Sep 2024. After getting my rental from Hertz I saw this construction and does not look close to be finished. Can one take the train and actually get off at the departure terminals?
Shuttle. That's what happens now from the C line. I think it's the shuttle with the pink stop signs at LAX. They'll just switch the shuttle stops to the Conrac and this new Transit Center Station.
I have a feeling this will open long before the Skytrain. They will probably just run shuttles from there for now to LAX. They have got to start running trains down to the Green line. Enough is enough already.
Yes, that's the plan, so only the ground level will open in a month or two to allow the K line to finally open fully. And the C line to end at this Transit Center Station. They will probably move the current LAX shuttle stop from the current C line station to this new Transit Center station.
This airport and related projects are a hot mess. The airport and it's connector won't be done in time for the Olympics, let alone the World Cup. This is what happens when you try to do too much at one time.
I walked around the Conrac the other day. It is an incredible facility. This whole system is a massive game changer.
We need more update thanks for the vids am excited for this train
I love it when a plan comes together. 😊
Brilliant, John. Exciting stuff coming our way.
Yes John Conrac is open Avis / budget and Payless group moved in a month ago
Imagine the traffic. After all, the people mover is at least 2 years away, 2026.
January 2026 is 15 months away.
@@getjeffreyJanuary 2026, so a little over 1 year away.
later in 2024? it doesnt appear to be close to being done...
They will probably just open the metro portion and the bus bays for now.
@@ES-hr6vglate January.
The opening of the Conrac will be a major step forward even before the train operates. It's amazing how many LA citizens know nothing about this. LAX and the city have done a stunningly poor job of communication.
THIS COMING SUNDAY (November 3), just a few feet away from where you recorded this, a BRAND NEW Metro Rail Station, the Aviation/Century Station will be opening, and along with it, BIG changes are coming soon to the C and K Lines:
•The C and K Lines are being reconfigured!
•Aviation/Century Station is opening the same day serving both the C and K Lines.
•The C Line will operate between Norwalk Station and the Aviation/Century Station, a new end-of-line for the C Line. The line will curve to the north towards the LAX/Metro Transit Center Station, instead of to the south, to the Redondo Beach Station, where it HAD been going, and temporarily end at the new Aviation/Century Station.
•The K Line will operate between Expo/Crenshaw Station and Westchester/Veterans Station, and between the new Aviation/Century Station and Redondo Beach Station, where the C Line HAD been going until now. This is temporary - when the LAX/Metro Transit Center opens soon, the K Line will run between Expo/Crenshaw and Redondo Beach.
•Riders will need to use Aviation/Century to transfer between C and K Lines and the C & K Line Link bus shuttle.
What I read a loooonnnggg time ago was one of the service patterns was going to be from Expo/Crenshaw to Norwalk. That must have changed.
@@ES-hr6vgYes. The current plan is for the C Line to be LAX to Norwalk and the K Line to be Crenshaw to Redondo (with LAX in between). To get from the C to the old part of the K you'll have to transfer at LAX or Aviation/Century, with Aviation the better choice (as it comes first).
Yes, but there will be a shuttle connection to bridge the gap on the K line until this Transit Center Station opens on the K line.
According to Metro, this "shiny new station" is opening today. I chuckle every time I see that. The Aviation/Century Station is actually two years old. It's been waiting for its new sister station to be completed. So I guess they've dusted it off, after the long wait. They say they've been running trains for practice and testing. I might try hopping on it this afternoon, just to visit the Aviation/Century Station.
@@EXROBOWIDOWThe Aviation/Century station only exists due to poor planning and communication on everybody's part. Metro planned and I believe even started construction on this station before LAX decided what they were going to do with the people mover. If Metro knew about the people mover when planning the K Line they would have never built this station since it is incredibly close to the actual LAX station that connects with the people mover and therefore is mostly redundant and would never meet Federal, state, and Metro standards for stop spacing. Other than possibly the stations on the Long Beach A Line loop, these two are the closest stations in the entire Metro network.
I'm banking on a late November/December opening depending on construction and train testing.
Nice scenery
Progress looks good. It’s just odd to see this area like this when just a few years ago there was an entire community and middle school in that vicinity.
Thanks, John, for another cool update. BTW, will you video the opening of the Aviation/Century station this Sunday, November 3rd?
At least the K/C Lines will have merged together finally! That Aviation/Century station has been sitting there completed for two years now. It sucks that this station will have significantly less usefulness until 2026 (ridiculous), but it'll make the K Line incrementally more useful lol
The station opened today
What merge? As far as I know the C line with go from LAX to Norwalk, and the K line from Crenshaw to Redondo Beach. That's not a merge.
Herzt and Enterprise are up next,Sixt has cars stored in the new facility already
Thanks as always for these updates! While I’m sure this new connector will be nicer than the current setup, I’m not sure it will necessarily be faster.
But I guess anything is better than being stuffed in an old city bus and shoveled out on to the LAXit lot 😅
No way they finish in November 2024
If the LAX Transit Center is done much later than December 2024 completion date, I'm betting on Winter 2025. Metro did say that they were going to change some routes on December 15, 2024 with the new Transit Center.
The citizens of L.A. County have given Metro 40 years of budget certainty with the passing of Prop M and other initiatives. Metro constantly has the worst metrics and outcomes as judged by other cities in the U.S. Hugely expensive costs. The highest paid executives (Stephanie Wiggins' compensation package in 2024 - $487,000, a 7% pay raise over 2023). Almost every project going over it's bloated to begin with budget. A refusal to put up barriers to block non-payers from entering the system. Filth. High crime rates onboard. And projects that are almost always delivered late. Metro now wants another tax on ordinary citizens that don't want to take their terrible project and drive to work or see their family!!! Why give them even more money to plunder without accountability? How to solve Metro's structural problems. 1 - Metro must have accountability by an independent citizens commission. Executives that preside over the types of outcomes that I just described get fired, just like in the real world. 2 - Metro needs to reduce the number of projects by 75%. They should focus their work on delivering projects at a reasonable cost, on time and below the budget.
Unfortunately, how our system works politics, billionaires and most of the US relies on outside contractors because we don't have in-house departments like EU does which is why cost balloon. It's in the budget to get the lowest bidder but the cost is always high when comes to Transportation projects here. Nandert discusses the Upcoming budgetary constraints on LA Metro and it has nothing to do with crime which mostly politically motived by the news.
more update pls
I was there in Sep 2024. After getting my rental from Hertz I saw this construction and does not look close to be finished. Can one take the train and actually get off at the departure terminals?
Yes when it's operational it will get you quickly to your terminal under 10 min. from the rental center.
how will people get from the metro station and rental car center to the airport before the APM is open?
Shuttle. That's what happens now from the C line. I think it's the shuttle with the pink stop signs at LAX. They'll just switch the shuttle stops to the Conrac and this new Transit Center Station.
I have a feeling this will open long before the Skytrain. They will probably just run shuttles from there for now to LAX. They have got to start running trains down to the Green line. Enough is enough already.
Yes, that's the plan, so only the ground level will open in a month or two to allow the K line to finally open fully. And the C line to end at this Transit Center Station.
They will probably move the current LAX shuttle stop from the current C line station to this new Transit Center station.
Finally got the contracts fixed ?
The contract problem was on the APM peoplemover, which is the airport's project.
i thought its 30M over budget no?
When was that reported?
It’s opening in 2026
This airport and related projects are a hot mess. The airport and it's connector won't be done in time for the Olympics, let alone the World Cup. This is what happens when you try to do too much at one time.
The connector is anticipated to open in January 2026 a few months before the world cup and 2 years before the Olympics.
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