Los Angeles Metropolitan

A city that dismantled one of the greatest streetcar networks ever built deserves a second chance. The Los Angeles Metropolitan is a speculative transit project — an imagined expansion of LA's rail system, branded from the map out.

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Brand Identity
Mapmaking
Wayfinding

Methodology

Using logic around existing track and potential track space, population density, and commute patterns (but also a fair amount of invention), this imagined transit system supports 20 heavy rail lines, an airport connection tram, and nine trolley lines.

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True to Los Angeles

The system’s primary logo celebrates the newfound legacy of gothic letterforms in the melting pot of Southern California, at once honoring Los Angeles as a leader in arts and culture and introducing an unexpected graphic style to municipal services.

The mark is a blackletter “M” whose halves come from the letters “L” and “A.”

© Jackson Kruse

2026

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