Damien Goodmon
Streetsblog LA
Does the Crenshaw Subway Coalition Have Enough Juice to Alter Metro’s Crenshaw Plans Again?
Yesterday, the Metro Board of Directors awarded the nearly $1.3 billion construction contract for the Crenshaw Line to Walsh/Shea Corridors Construction.
June 28, 2013
Battle Over Crenshaw Line Gets National Nod from New York Times
It was a rainy day on October 20, 2010, much like today. Days before her most recent re-election, Senator Barbara Boxer was in town, with USDOT officials in tow, to announce a $543 million no interest loan to expediate construction of the Crenshaw Line. At this point, it was all but official that the Crenshaw Line would be a light rail line. A parade of public officials that included Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Congress Woman Jane Harman and Boxer herself all took to the podium to praise each other and the Crenshaw Line.
November 29, 2012
Crenshaw Subway Files Suit Against “MTA” Over Crenshaw Enviro. Docs
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October 27, 2011
Ridley-Thomas, South L.A., Gearing Up for Fight Over…Light Rail Yards?
At first, it looked like a pretty innocuous motion on a Metro Board Planning and Programming Committee Agenda. Item #19, passed quickly and unanimously by the committee, shuffles $170 million in funds dedicated towards Red Line expansion, partially from Measure R, to cover the "unmet costs" to complete the rail yards for Expo Phase II light rail cars. (Note: As was pointed out in the comments section, the staff report says that the Southwest yard is for Green/Crenshaw Line cars, not Expo cars.)
July 22, 2011