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Wilshire/Vermont Development Embraces The Transit Lifestyle

Contributed by Fred Camino on April 17th, 2007 at 12:24 pm

[tags]greenlagirl, transit oriented development, red line, wilshire vermont, koreatown[/tags]


Brochure for the Wilshire Vermont Station development.
Photo courtesy of greenlagirl via Flickr.

In a recent article in her “de-car-ing” series, Siel, the Green LA Girl, discovers a classy brochure for the new Wilshire Vermont Station development at none other than the Wilshire Vermont Red Line Station in Koreatown. According to Siel, the brochure shamelessly touts, for what must be the first time in LA history, the transit accessibility and the potential to be car-free as a selling point. Hell, there’s even a map of our subway system tucked into the brochure, which I also imagine is a first. Wilshire/Vermont is a great location, right at the crux of the Red Line and the Purple Line (which will hopefully one day reach all the way to the sea). The attractions and amenities of Hollywood, Downtown, and Koreatown become easily accessible thanks to the transit centered design. Take a ten minute ride down to Union Station and hop on the FlyAway for a cheap, easy, and car-free way to get to LAX. It’s great to see a new Transit Oriented Development market itself so openly as such. Hopefully the development is successful and the trend continues. I think every development, restaurant, bar, and shop in an zone easily accessible by rapid transit should market itself as such.

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There are 3 Responses to “Wilshire/Vermont Development Embraces The Transit Lifestyle”:

  1. I bet the brochure didn’t mention what time the service runs! I took the red line for the first time with a bunch of friends to watch a concert at the Wiltern and missed the last train home (ended at 11pm?)

    Comment by AK on April 18th, 2007 at 10:42 am »Reply« resta suma

  2. Yeah, the Purple Line stops service WAY too early (11:40pm I think). The Red Line runs till past 1am. I wish both hand longer hours, but especially the Purple Line, maybe this new development will help make that a reality?

    Comment by FredCamino on April 18th, 2007 at 10:52 am »Reply« resta suma

  3. To AK:

    You could’ve waited for a bus on wilshire and got off on vermont.

    Comment by Brian on April 18th, 2007 at 7:19 pm »Reply« resta suma