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The world’s longest light rail line just got nine miles longer. The Metro A Line now extends from Pomona to Long Beach, via downtown L.A. and Pasadena. Check out SBLA coverage of last Friday’s grand opening festivities in Pomona.
It took more than half a year for Metro to approve an additional $1 million for CicLAvia-type events. Other board actions on freeway widening, governance, Pacoima Metrolink, workforce housing, Olympics, and more.
Bass faintly echoes Mamdani’s “free fast buses” but after three and a half years of mostly Bass inaction at Metro, her election year conversion sounds tepid and unconvincing