This Week In Livable Streets
Metro board committee meetings, Metro D Line, and more
By
Joe Linton
3:02 PM PDT on October 13, 2026
Metro board committee meetings, Metro D Line, and more.
- Very soon – Election Day is Tuesday 11/3, just three weeks away. Vote early! Streetsblog endorses NO on Prop 43 and NO on Prop 45.
- Wednesday 10/7 – Metro will host a 12-1 p.m. virtual construction update meeting for D Line subway extension phases 2 and 3 through Beverly Hills, Century City and Westwood. Find meeting details at Eventbrite.
- Wednesday and Thursday 10/14-15 – Metro board committees will meet to discuss and vote on various agenda items in advance of next week’s full board meeting. Find agendas and staff reports at Metro board webpage.
- Ongoing: The National Day Laborer Network continues to urge those that can to adopt a corner to help protect day laborers and vendors from ICE sweeps. See their webpage to register to adopt a corner or attend a workshop on how to help.
- Ongoing scheduled Metro service alerts:
- Next week: Metro will temporarily close its three new D Line Stations for electric equipment construction work. La Brea, Fairfax and La Cienega stations will be closed Friday 10/23 through Sunday 11/1.
- Metro B Line communication systems installations and track maintenance is resulting in delays, single-tracking, some station closure bus bridges, etc. mainly between Wilshire/Vermont and North Hollywood; work will continue weekends (and some late weeknights) through end of January 2027.
- Metro G Line construction bus/bike detours are in effect through 2027. The Sepulveda Station area closure is in effect through December 2026.
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