Recent Streetsblog LA posts about K Line – Crenshaw/LAX Line

The Metro K Line. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Metro’s K Line Is Open! Rail Returns to Crenshaw Boulevard, the Heart of Black Los Angeles

By Joe Linton | Oct 7, 2022 | No Comments

Today, Metro opened its newest light rail line to the public: the 8.5-mile $2 billion K Line, also known as the Crenshaw/LAX Line. In celebration, rides are free on the entire Metro system all weekend. Opening ceremonies were held in Leimert Park Village. The location was notable, both because it is the cultural beating heart […]

Metro K Line test train in 2020 - photo via Metro

Metro Announces Crenshaw/LAX Line Will Open October 7

By Joe Linton | Sep 22, 2022 | No Comments

Crenshaw's grand opening will be October 7, 2022, with a noon ribbon-cutting at Leimert Park

The full Rail-to-River project runs approximately 10 miles across South and Southeast L.A. Segment A, currently under construction, runs along the Slauson corridor before heading southwest at Western and paralleling Hyde Park Boulevard. Segment B will run along the length of Randolph to the river. Source: Metro

Metro Re-Approves Randolph as Rail-to-River Route After Dedicated Bike/Walk Path Plan Had to Be Scuttled

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 26, 2022 | No Comments

The planned bike/walk infrastructure has been significantly downgraded

Overview of Metro’s Proposed Fiscal Year 22-23 Budget

By Joe Linton | May 10, 2022 | No Comments

Metro's $8.8 billion FY22-23 budget includes transit service hours returning to pre-COVID levels, but so did the FY21-22 budget. Metro is also increasing annual funding for freeway expansion, while decreasing annual funding for transit expansion.

Crenshaw/LAX rail line testing - photo via Metro's The Source

Most of Metro’s New Crenshaw/LAX Light Rail Line is Substantially Complete – Opening Could be December 2022. Update: CEO “Fall 2022”

By Joe Linton | Mar 18, 2022 | No Comments

If all goes well - which hasn't been the case for Crenshaw/LAX so far - the new rail line could open to the public as early as this December, though early 2023 is likely

The new Elysian Valley L.A. River bridge opens next month. May 2021 construction photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Friday Round-Up: River Bridge Opening [Canceled], Metro Rail, and Ktown Rocks

By Joe Linton | Feb 18, 2022 | No Comments

Metro's Crenshaw/LAX and Regional Connector rail lines could open this year. Metro's DTLA heavy rail yard re-do overshot its budget by $75 million. A new river bridge opens next month. Koreatown anti-camping rocks haven't budged.

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