Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Crenshaw/LAX Line

FTA Chooses Crenshaw Line for Federal Fast Track, Will It Lead to Faster Start Date?

By Damien Newton | Oct 12, 2011 | 1 Comment

Yesterday, the White House announced that the Crenshaw Light Rail Line is one of fourteen projects nationwide selected to be part of an expedited federal review so that construction could proceed more quickly. This announcement was met with praise from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Senator Barbara Boxer and County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas. Ridley-Thomas even went so […]

Fearless Prediction: Lawsuits Coming on Crenshaw Line

By Damien Newton | Sep 23, 2011 | 16 Comments

The Source had barely published its story highlighting the Metro Board’s decision to approve the environmental certification of a Crenshaw Light Rail line that may or may not have a Leimert Park Station and definately runs at-grade through the Crenshaw communities’ top retail corridor when I caught up to Damien Goodmon, the head of the […]

Metro Board Quickly Moves on Green Construction, Position on HSR, Bike Share and Bus Studies

By Damien Newton | Aug 4, 2011 | 3 Comments

This morning, Mayor Villaraigosa’s last term as Chair of the Metro Board of Directors got off to an efficient and relatively controversy-free start as Supervisors passed motions on studying the impacts of Metro’s bus cuts and Bus Rapid Transit expansion, a second study on the costs and benefits of a bike share program, the approval […]

Ridley-Thomas’ Office in Harmony with Metro in Early Community Benefits/Protection Discussion

By Damien Newton | Jul 27, 2011 | 6 Comments

Last week, Metro staff responded to a motion by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas to create a community benefits plan for the Crenshaw Community, especially in the area where the line is scheduled to run at-grade, during construction and operations of the line. The response was a power point presentation showing where the agency currently is in […]

Ridley-Thomas, South L.A., Gearing Up for Fight Over…Light Rail Yards?

By Damien Newton | Jul 22, 2011 | 20 Comments

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 […]

Crenshaw Subway Coalition Gears up for Legal Battle. Metro Pushes Date for EIR Review

By Damien Newton | Jul 18, 2011 | 14 Comments

The Crenshaw Subway community group is kicking its planning for a legal challenge to the Crenshaw Line in to high gear, announcing an “emergency meeting” tonight to brief their members on their preparations. Originally, the meeting was scheduled because of Metro’s plans to certify the environmental documents at their August 4th Board Meeting, despite the […]

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