The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday are scheduled to consider moving a key Measure R project — a connection to LAX — into the draft environmental study phase. Metro staff earlier this year finished the project’s Alternatives Analysis and held public workshops this spring to explain the project alternatives [continue reading]
Metro Green Line (2)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJWp_uT7j2s&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] The Crenshaw/LAX Line will bring a station to the intersection of Aviation and Century — closer to LAX but still 1.3 miles from the beginning of the terminal horseshoe. Some of the initial alternatives being looked to connect that station to the airport are a light rail line, a [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Editorial: A terrible transportation bill (New York Times) Both the U.S. Senate and House [continue reading]
As many readers know, Metro is planning to build a light rail station at Aviation and Century boulevards that will serve trains on the Crenshaw/LAX Line and some Green Line trains. But it will still be 1.3 miles from the Aviation/Century station to the first airport terminal (and a longer [continue reading]
With the Crenshaw/LAX Line receiving a $546-million loan from the federal government last week to speed its construction, we’ve received some questions from readers about how the project will connect to the airport. I spoke with Metro planners. Here is where things stand for now: •The Crenshaw/LAX Line will include [continue reading]
Some good news for the future Crenshaw/LAX Line, one of the new light rail lines that Metro is currently planning: The U.S. Department of Transportation announced a $1.45-million grant to help design an intermodal transit center for the Aviation/Century station near LAX. The grant was originally supposed to go to [continue reading]
