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There are 8 Responses to “Metro Crenshaw-Prairie corridor meetings”:

1. Well, obviously it should go to the Airport.

   I am a firm believer that there needs to a be a connector from Hollywood/Highland on the Red Line to somewhere on the Purple Line.

   Perhaps that connector, sometimes referred to as the “Pink Line” could be combined with the Crenshaw line and be the same project as vital crosstown line.

   Instead of going downtown when it reaches Wilshire, why not head west to La Cienega (or Fairfax), then north to West Hollywood, hooking into the Red Line and going to the Burbank Airport. We could have two airports on one line, hitting La Cienega (or Faifax) as a north/south corridor, then Crensaw on the south to LAX.

   Comment by Dan W. on October 14th, 2007 at 3:18 pm »Reply«
   
   

2. This is not a major investment study - this is the EIR! It is in the constrained funding planned. It is to be funded and built.

   Comment by Damien Goodmon on October 15th, 2007 at 10:13 am »Reply«
   
   

3. So apparently the MTA has contacted Parsons Brinckerhoff to do an EIR for Crenshaw/Prairie and among other things “provide conceptual engineering services” for the corridor. As nebulous as that sounds, I remain optimistic that that could conceivably mean an underground line and not just another candy ass at-grade project. The fact that PB has done a lot of tunneling in the past is somewhat encouraging. The fact that this whole thing is being handled by the MTA is discouraging. Hopefully they will have the foresight to jog west at Venice to La Brea instead of staying on Crenshaw the whole way. Lets face it, they really should just build Damien’s tan line.

   Comment by johnny on October 15th, 2007 at 3:41 pm »Reply«
   
   

4. Just seeing a new line that goes north-south makes me giddy!

   Comment by Brian on October 15th, 2007 at 4:04 pm »Reply«
   
   

5. Here here. The Get L.A. Moving maps are great. (The only necessary change I’d make is have the Silver Line on Santa Monica instead of Sunset in West Hollywood. More people will be able to access it and Santa Monica is a bigger corridor.)

   Whether it goes switches to La Brea at Crewnshaw or cuts over to Fairfax/LaCienega/SanVicente depends on whether it’s seen as a north/south crosstown corridor or yet another way to get downtown. Either would be very beneficial, but it would be good for MTA to realize that not everyone goes downtown.

   Glad to here this is at the EIR stage.

   Speaking of north/south lines, how come there’s been no plans for a line near the 405 Fwy going from LAX north to UCLA and into the Valley? It seems the Sepulveda pass is in desperate need for an alternative.

   But go Crenshaw line. Go.

   All lines improve the system’s usability exponentially because it allows an exponential number of transfers.

   Comment by Dan W. on October 15th, 2007 at 4:46 pm »Reply«
   
   

6. Seriously about Sepulveda. I was waiting for the bus at Venice/ Sepulveda at like 4 pm and there were 3 full buses that did not stop [or passed us a little and let of a couple passengers] for us. There are riders to fill in the trains to get to the valley and back.

   Comment by Brian on October 15th, 2007 at 6:51 pm »Reply«
   
   

7. Not to mention improve service into West Hollywood/Beverly Hills/etc from North and South (especially once/if the subway to the sea is built, but even now to provide better North/South service accessibility from the existing east/west busses, especially in the evenings/nights).

   Comment by Matthew on October 15th, 2007 at 10:13 pm »Reply«
   
   

8. Speaking of West Hollywood, here is a potential alignment map for the Westside. I am thrilled West Hollywood won’t be left out.

   There is wide support for the Purple Line going west via Wilshire to the ocean (with a spur into Century City).

   However, there needs to be a connector from the Hollywood/Highland stop through West Hollywood to the Purple Line, whether that goes all the way to Santa Monica or terminates at the Purple Line stop in Century or heads down La Cienega to the Expo Line stop, it is nearly as essential as the Wilshire alignment, IMO.

   If we can get the Santa Monica Blvd. alignment in this map, we should gratefully take it.

   Although I think sending the Crenshaw Line, west and then north, rather than east on Wilshire to downtown is still an intriguing option.

   Comment by Dan W. on October 16th, 2007 at 11:29 am »Reply«
   
   

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