Recent Streetsblog LA posts about E Line (Expo Line)

Touring The Future Expo Line Phase II Bikeway

By Gary Kavanagh | Apr 27, 2012 | 6 Comments

On Earth Day this past Sunday, the Expo Line Phase II Bicycle Advisory Committee, of which I am a member, was given a tour of the Expo corridor and bikeway proposals with a few of the private consultants and public planners involved in the project. Looking at diagrams is never a sufficient replacement for some […]

Closing Argument: Damien Goodmon Talks Expo Safety at Farmdale Station

By Damien Newton | Apr 25, 2012 | 13 Comments

As part of a collaboration with Intersections, South L.A. I had a chance to speak with Damien Goodmon, the head of the Citizen’s Campaign to Fix the Expo Line. While I jokingly refer to Goodmon as “my evil twin,” a reference to both some people getting us confused and his no-holds barred style of advocacy; […]

Music, Art, and Mimes, Oh My!: The Expo Line Throws Itself a Party

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 24, 2012 | 3 Comments

In economics, “free riders” are usually a bad thing. Starting Saturday, however, Metro encourages you to test out the Expo Line on its opening weekend by free riding to your heart’s content (well, from 5 A.M. to 7 P.M., that is). To make the proposition more inviting, Metro is throwing itself a party on wheels. […]

Touring the New Expo Line with the “Ethnic Media”

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 20, 2012 | 29 Comments

I was invited to join other members of the “ethnic media” (Metro’s term, not mine) yesterday for a preview of the Expo Line. Set to open to the public on April 28th, trips between Culver City and downtown L.A. along the 8.6 miles of new line will be free all of next weekend. The Metro […]

Is It Finally Over?: Court Denies Appeal of Expo Phase II Environmental Documents (Updated, 3:00)

By Damien Newton | Apr 17, 2012 | 2 Comments

As excitement builds over the soon-to-be opening of Phase I of the Expo Line, it appears the legal challenges to Phase II may be at an end. Earlier today, the State of California Court of Appeals Second Appellate Division Eight formally rejected the appeal of an earlier decision that the Expo Construction Authority followed state […]

Activists the Key in the 25 Year Journey Leading to the Expo Opening

By Dana Gabbard | Apr 12, 2012 | 6 Comments

Oct. 24, 1990. That is the date when the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, one of the predecessor agencies to Metro, purchased the right of way from Southern Pacific that the Exposition Line is being built on. The remarkable thing is among those commenting on the item at the LACTC meeting nearly a quarter century ago […]

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