Resurrecting L.A.'s Subway to the Sea

This article explains how Los Angeles’ “subway to the sea” has finally cleared important federal legislative hurdles and is closer to becoming a reality. In 1980, voters approved building the line, which would extend the Metro Red Line from downtown to the Pacific Ocean by way of Wilshire Boulevard, one of the most congested areas in the nation. But in 1985, Rep. Henry Waxman pushed through Congress a ban on the project when a methane gas explosion occurred during a tunneling operation. Twenty years later, the L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted to renew discussions of the subway project, and L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Waxman convened an APTA peer review panel to reconsider the dangers of tunneling in the Wilshire Corridor. Convinced that tunneling could be done safely, Waxman agreed to lift the ban, and the House and Senate passed legislation allowing the project to move forward. The article also describes a study the MTA has undertaken of public transit needs on the Westside of the city, and the biggest obstacle to the project—funding.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/32522860
• Authors:
  • Shim, Joan
• Publication Date: 2007-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Maps; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 24, 26
• Serial:
  • Metro
  • Volume: 103
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Bobit Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 1098-0083
  • Serial URL: http://www.metro-magazine.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Financing; Line extensions (Rail transit); Public transit; Subways; Travel surveys
• Identifier Terms: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01083245
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 2007 7:37AM