Recent Streetsblog LA posts about E Line (Expo Line)

It’s Official: Back to Court for Expo Phase II and NFSR

By Damien Newton | Sep 27, 2011 | 15 Comments

As promised, Neighbors for Smart Rail (NFSR) is appealing the decision of Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Thomas McKnew to dismiss their lawsuit alleging that the Expo Construction Authority violated state environmental law when doing their studies of the future light rail lines route. The appeal was filed nearly two weeks ago, on September 15, […]

Expo Phase I Moves Forward, Phase II Back to Court (Updated, 11:30))

By Damien Newton | Sep 15, 2011 | 4 Comments

(Update: Bart Reed of the Transit Coalition reports from the Metro Board Committee hearings that “pre-revenue testing” has not started yet, but other tests continue. Metro staff also confirmed the long-standing rumor that the Expo Line Phase I will open in early 2012.) The past 24 hours brought mixed news for backers of the Expo […]

Expo Update: And Twenty Years Later, Ground Was Broken

By Damien Newton | Sep 12, 2011 | 4 Comments

Sometime in the late 1980’s, the last Southern Pacific Freight train rumbled along Exposition Boulevard in West L.A. and Santa Monica before voters passed Proposition C and the newly formed Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority purchased the entire right of way. What followed was two decades of studies, public hearings, lawsuits, Phase I of the Expo Line […]

Culver City and Expo Authority Reach Agreement, Station Plan Moves Forward

By Damien Newton | Aug 8, 2011 | 2 Comments

While many eyes focused on the Metro Board Room last week, the Expo Construction Authority also met to discuss a series of contract updates and construction news. But for Expo watchers there was also some major news on the Culver City front. Negotiations between the City and the Authority seem to be back on track […]

The Expo/Culver City Standoff Drags On, But Authority Says It Won’t Affect Opening (Updated: 8:45 P.M.)

By Damien Newton | Jul 13, 2011 | 8 Comments

It’s been two weeks since staff for Culver City and members of the Expo Construction Authority faced off in a public meeting over the status of the Culver City Station and money that the Culver City has promised the Authority. When Streetsblog first reported on the controversy, the fear was that the standoff could effect […]

More Expo Delays? Fight Between Expo Board, Culver City Could Delay Final Phase I Station

By Damien Newton | Jul 6, 2011 | 8 Comments

In November of 2007, the Expo Construction Authority and Culver City agreed that instead of building a “temporary” station at the terminus of Phase I of the Expo Project, that the Authority would build the permanent aerial station in time for the grand opening of Phase I. As part of that agreement, Culver City agreed […]

Show More Stories