Advocates Envision Converting San Vicente Boulevard to Linear Park
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San Vicente Park would be a three-mile-long linear park with plazas and recreational space, plus bike and walk trails connecting to future Metro stations.
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Westside Subway
February 2022 Metro Board Meeting Recap: Railyard Overrun, Unarmed Security, and More
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Transit policing, B/D Line turnback yard, N. 710 Freeway funding for multi-modal projects, Eastside L Line extension, bike parking, J Line electric buses, and Local Small Business Enterprise Program
New Unofficial Metro Projects Progress Video
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Watch this 12-minute video by Nick Andert to better understand Metro progress on rail and Bus Rapid Transit projects
How Metro Successfully Tunneled Through Challenging Conditions For First Wilshire Subway Extension
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Purple Line Extension Section 1 saw heroic efforts to probe conditions, avoid obstacles, and clear heavy steel beams in the way. Sections 2 and 3 follow.
Metro Expects to Finish Purple Line Extension Section One Tunneling This Week
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Some new details emerged last week on Metro’s herculean task of tunneling below Wilshire to extend the Purple Line subway. Metro is extending its Purple Line (now renamed the D Line) subway westward in three sections. The $3 billion section one (WPLE1) will extend the line 3.9 miles under Wilshire Boulevard from Wilshire/Western Station to […]
Metro Committee Approves $200M Cost Overrun for Purple Line Subway Extension
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Tunneling under the La Brea tar pits area is slow and expensive. The overrun of $200M - a seven percent increase - takes the project budget from $2.8 billion to $3.0 billion.