Recent Streetsblog LA posts about E Line (Expo Line)

Metro Service Changes Take Effect This Sunday, Including Fewer Night Trains

By Joe Linton | Jun 22, 2016 | 25 Comments

This Sunday, June 26, Metro will be making their twice yearly “service changes” to bus and rail service. This typically means minor cuts, often justifiable, but still incrementally making riders’ lives a little worse and incrementally contributing to declines in ridership. Metro’s The Source has a fair summary of the agency’s latest round of transit service […]

Eyes on the Street: Metro Expo Line 2 Has Parking Available

By Joe Linton | Jun 8, 2016 | 33 Comments

Someone get the word out to all those eager Metro Expo Line riders that the L.A. Times, Los Angeles Magazine and KTLA5 were so concerned about! Get the word out to Pacific Palisades! Lo and behold, it turns out that there is actually plenty of car parking available along the newly-opened Metro Expo Line phase 2. […]

Open Thread: Expo Phase Two Grand Opening

By Jason Islas | May 20, 2016 | 19 Comments

The day Los Angeles transit enthusiasts have been waiting for finally arrived this morning when the 6.6 mile extension of the Expo line opened, bringing passenger rail back to the westside of L.A. County for the first time since 1953. Opening festivities continue tomorrow with celebrations at five of the seven new stations and a celebration […]

The Expo Line Opening and the Way Forward

By Dana Gabbard | May 20, 2016 | No Comments

Today is the day. While many were happy about the Gold Line Foothill Extension opening earlier this year, I think the level of excitement about today’s opening of the Expo Line extension to Santa Monica is several magnitudes greater. As Kathy Seal eloquently detailed in her recent post, this project was made possible by authentic grassroots activism, […]

Metro Did the Right Thing By Not Over-Parking Expo Line Phase 2

By Joe Linton | May 18, 2016 | 96 Comments

Metro’s Expo Line Phase 2 opens this Friday. Though there is a lot of excitement and praise for the line, the Expo extension from Culver City to Downtown Santa Monica has also received some criticism. Note that Expo Phase 1 weathered its own criticism, and exceeded expectations. Some critics are suggesting the line could be “doomed” […]

Touring the Soon-To-Open Metro Expo Line Phase 2

By Jason Islas | May 11, 2016 | 4 Comments

The countdown has begun for the opening of Expo Phase 2 with just over a week left before the 6.6 mile extension of the Expo line opens to the public. Starting on Monday, various members of the media, public officials, and municipal employees, community groups, and other stakeholders began getting sneak peak rides from the Culver […]

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