Recent Streetsblog LA posts about E Line (Expo Line)

Will There Ever Be a Bike Path for Expo Line Phase II?

By Damien Newton | Nov 17, 2011 | 3 Comments

It’s been a year since a group of Westside homeowners filed a lawsuit against the Expo Bike Path that would run adjacent to the rail line through the Westside into Santa Monica. The homeowners alleged that the categorical exclusion (CE) granted to the bikeway (a technical term meaning that only a partial environmental review is […]

Expo Botanical Garden at Westwood and Expo One Step Closer to Reality

By Damien Newton | Nov 16, 2011 | 1 Comment

I have to admit that when Jonathan Weiss first described his idea for a Westwood-Expo Botanical Water Garden (WEBWG) at the Westwood Station for the Expo Line, I thought it would never happen. Three years later, it would be a major upset if some sort of Botanical Garden wasn’t built at the station site, as […]

BREAKING NEWS: CPUC Approves All Expo Phase II Crossings

By Damien Newton | Nov 10, 2011 | 3 Comments

Earlier today, the California Public Utilities Commission gave the green light to proceed with construction of Phase II of the Expo Line. CPUC was widely expected to delay their decision on whether or not the rail/road crossings for Phase II were safe enough and that they wouldn’t cause excess pollution by creating traffic delay. In […]

Negligent Driver Tries to Take an Early Trip on Expo

By Damien Newton | Oct 27, 2011 | 7 Comments

By now, many of you have seen the pictures that Gökhan Esirgen took of a car sitting on the Expo tracks at the station of Exposition Boulevard and Vermont Avenue that appeared on the Transit Coalition forum Tuesday evening. A quick call to the Expo Construction Authority confirmed that the picture shows exactly what people thought […]

Government as Advocates: Expo Construction Authority Wants Your Comments to CPUC

By Damien Newton | Oct 18, 2011 | 10 Comments

The Expo Construction Authority is anxious to stop history from repeating itself. When clearances for the first phase of the Expo Line appeared all but certain, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), a regulatory agency which regulates privately owned public utilities in the state of California, including electric power, telecommunications, natural gas and water companies, […]

Thoughts While Riding the Expo Bike Lane

By Damien Newton | Oct 17, 2011 | 17 Comments

Last week, I had a chance to ride on the recently-installed bike lane that runs parallel to the Expo Light Rail Line in South Los Angeles from USC to La Cienega Boulevard. At first, the lanes run on Exposition Boulevard until La Brea where they shoot up to Jefferson Boulevard. There has already been some […]

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