Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Crenshaw/LAX Line

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.

Metro Rail Shorts: Crenshaw and Connector Delays, Sepulveda Video, and More

By Joe Linton | May 11, 2021 | No Comments

Crenshaw now anticipated to open on November 1, 2022, shortly after the Regional Connector on August 29, 2022

Still from latest Nick Andert Metro projects video

New Unofficial Metro Projects Progress Video

By Joe Linton | Apr 27, 2021 | No Comments

Watch this 12-minute video by Nick Andert to better understand Metro progress on rail and Bus Rapid Transit projects

Airport Metro Connector rendering - via Metro Presentation

Metro Board Approves $900 Million Budget For LAX Connector

By Joe Linton | Apr 22, 2021 | No Comments

Airport Metro Connector construction is expected to begin this fall, with the facility opening in 2024.

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