Los Angeles SkyRail Express (LASRE)

https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/inf ... it-options

LA SkyRail Express partners with Keolis to further enhance region's transit options

Los Angeles SkyRail Express (LASRE) is partnering with Keolis in North America. Keolis operates and maintains a broad range transportation networks with shared mobility solutions across 13 countries, including trains, buses and coaches, on demand transport and automated metro and tramway systems.
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"We are honored to form this partnership with LASRE. We look forward to working closely with other prestigious and experienced transit professionals such as John Laing, BYD, Skanska, HDR, Innova and Gensler to further enhance the regions transit option between the San Fernando Valley and the Westside," said Gerald Francis, president, Keolis commuter service.
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Under the PDA, LASRE is working collaboratively with L.A. Metro to provide the most modern high-capacity SkyRail solution to ease congestion on the I-405 (Sepulveda) corridor between Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley to the Westside in the shortest timeframe possible; providing a long-term sustainable solution, which integrates with the existing transit networks in this densely populated region.

SkyRail would be configured for a potential peak line capacity of up to 22,000 passengers per hour per direction (pphpd), with a two-minute headway. Recognizing the importance of connectivity to UCLA, the SkyRail Alternatives are developed with inputs considered from all stakeholders to facilitate connectivity. Given the design flexibilities of SkyRail, LASRE aims to deliver the project with the fastest construction time possible.

In case anyone else was wondering what on earth SkyRail is, it's a monorail built by the Chinese BYD consortium.

https://en.byd.com/skyrail/

There are no existing systems in operation today and only one trainset has been currently built for Bahia in Brazil.

It astonishes me that one of the two remaining proposals still involves a monorail.

Here is link. Awful lot of infrastructure for it.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/a ... 3#image=19

west point wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 9:30 pm Here is link. Awful lot of infrastructure for it.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/a ... 3#image=19

So, it's an update of that one in Germany.

Huh?

The LA project has nothing to do with maglev.

The options are automated monorail, automated heavy rail, or heavy rail with a driver.

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