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Metro Announces Crenshaw Line Will Open Mid-2020; Crenshaw/Green Operations Plan Debated
Metro CEO announced that the new Crenshaw light rail line will open in mid-2020. Metro is still determining how Crenshaw will operate, and how it will interact with the Green Line.
November 16, 2018
New from StreetFilms: Los Angeles: The Great American Transit Experiment
StreetFilms and TransitCenter explore L.A. transit successes and issues, and question what is needed to make transit better serve the county's future
October 9, 2018
Planned Metro Green Line Extension to Torrance Faces Opposition from Lawndale
The city of Lawndale is fighting Metro's voter-approved Green Line extension to Torrance
September 28, 2018
New Video and Map Reveal L.A. Streetcar Transit History
Watch City Beautiful's new video on the history of L.A.'s streetcars, and see them mapped beautifully by Jake Berman
September 7, 2018
Metro’s Mid-Freeway Transit Stations Are Hellishly Loud
Metro's mid-freeway transit stations are annoyingly loud environments and may be harmful to your health
August 6, 2018
The Problem With the Metro Blue/Expo Light Rail Is… Cars
Blue and Expo trains slow to a crawl in downtown L.A. where they compete with cars. Wny not fix this problem when the Blue Line is improved next year?
July 17, 2018
Metro Planning Committee OKs Light Rail Recommendation For Van Nuys Corridor
A Metro committee approved the plan for a 9.2-mile, 14-station at-grade light rail line for the Van Nuys corridor, expected to open in 2027
June 20, 2018
Transit Lessons from Shanghai
If we fail to grasp the principle of point-to-point flexibility in transit planning, we will be forever baffled as to why transit continues to lose ridership.
May 2, 2018
Metro Retires Regional Connector Tunnel Machine
"Angeli" has completed work on two mile-long subway tunnels below downtown L.A.
January 19, 2018
Mike Kodama Explains West Santa Ana Branch “Eco-Rapid Transit” Rail Line
Metro's Measure M expenditure plan [PDF] includes two phases of construction of the West Santa Ana Transit Corridor light rail line. These are anticipated to be open in 2028 and 2041. The new rail line would go from Union Station southeast through several cities including Huntington Park, South Gate, Lynwood, Paramount, and Bellflower, with a terminus in Artesia.
October 11, 2016