Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Crenshaw/LAX Line

The Leimert Station, While Welcome, Brings Uncertainty to The World Stage

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 18, 2013 | 4 Comments

I looked at my watch and groaned inwardly. It was now 8:20 p.m. Although my spirit felt educated, nourished, and warmly embraced, my stomach was starting to shout unflattering obscenities and I could no longer ignore the loud complaints of my brain about the pile of work awaiting me at home. I hugged artist, filmmaker, […]

Hope on the Horizon?: The Crenshaw Line and the Question of Jobs

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 9, 2013 | 6 Comments

At the Ready-to-Work rally on Saturday organized by the Black Worker Center, L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas reassured the crowd of job hopefuls gathered in Leimert Park that the Project Labor Agreement (PLA) Metro had adopted in 2012 would ensure a portion of the jobs for the Crenshaw Line would go to the disadvantaged. Said […]

Does the Crenshaw Subway Coalition Have Enough Juice to Alter Metro’s Crenshaw Plans Again?

By Damien Newton | Jun 28, 2013 | 7 Comments

Yesterday, the Metro Board of Directors awarded the nearly $1.3 billion construction contract for the Crenshaw Line to Walsh/Shea Corridors Construction. While the decision was unanimous on the dais, it was not a popular one in the room. Dozens of speakers spoke out asking the Board to not award a contract to anyone who would […]

Major Blowback from City Council Members Over Leimert Park Funding Plan

By Damien Newton | Jun 12, 2013 | 7 Comments

A new Metro Board report released to the public on Monday details where Metro found the $120 million needed to build the Leimert Park Station for the Crenshaw Line, and many people aren’t happy. In fact, Los Angeles City Council Members Paul Koretz and Bill Rosendahl are so unhappy, they introduced a motion yesterday that […]

Yes Virginia, there will be a Leimert Park station on the upcoming Crenshaw/LAX Line

By Ted Rogers | May 23, 2013 | 4 Comments

It’s time to declare victory in the battle for a Leimert Park Metro station. In an exceptionally fast-moving turn of events — by government standards, anyway — the Metro Board has voted today to fully fund what had been considered optional Crenshaw/LAX Line stations at Leimert Park and Hindry Ave. The move comes just one day after […]

Breaking news — Metro board votes to fully fund Leimert Park, Hindry stations on Crenshaw Line

By Ted Rogers | May 23, 2013 | No Comments

Steve Hymon of the Source reports that the Metro Board has just voted 10 -1 to fully fund what had been considered optional Crenshaw/LAX Line stations Leimert Park and Hindry Ave. The move comes just one day after the L.A. City Council voted to spend a total of $55 million in future Measure R fund […]

Show More Stories