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I've been wondering if splitting the A line in half at union station is a good idea, then having an express service run from major stops across the entire alignment

Most onfuriating thing about the A line is that they have a long buffer period to change drivers at Union station. God forbid someone want to go from south of Union station to north of Union station in a reasonable amount of time

The argument about the A Line’s end-to-end travel times baffles me. Few people go all the way from Long Beach to Pomona. Heck, WMATA’s Silver Line is heavy rail and is nearly as long and is over an hour end-to-end. Doubt many passengers are traveling from Largo, Md all the way out to Ashburn, VA.

The light rail in Seattle seems to run at highway speeds on the longer stretches. How much faster is heavy rail?

The figure reflect weighted density (aka "experienced density"), so the density of each square is weighted by the relative population of that square, so OC shouldn't bring it down too much.

upzone immediately around the station. problem solved