Metro Crenshaw-Prairie Study Corridor meetings

October 15, 2007
6:00 pm	to	8:00 pm
October 17, 2007
6:00 pm	to	8:00 pm
October 20, 2007
9:00 am	to	11:00 am

[tags]los angeles, mta, public transit, crenshaw boulevard, leimert park, inglewood[/tags]

Metro hosts three meetings to discuss a major investment study for Crenshaw Boulevard between Wilshire Boulevard and the Century Freeway.

The alternatives offered are Metro Rapid Bus (it already exists), Metro Rapid Transit (a dedicated lane) or light rail. The streets in the study include Crenshaw, as well as Hawthorne Boulevard and Prairie Avenue south of downtown Inglewood.

Metro accepts comments by telephone, e-mail and mail along with the public meetings. The telephone number for the project is (213) 922-2736. E-mail may be sent to project manager Alan Patashnick at patashnickalan@metro.net. Written mail may also be sent to:

Alan Patashnick
Metro Planning Director, South Bay Area
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Mail Stop 99-22-3, One Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Comments become part of the public record. All correspondence must be received by November 5, 2007.

The list of meetings:

• Monday, October 15, 6 to 8 p.m., Darby Park, 3400 W. Arbor Vitae St., Inglewood.
  Transit access: Metro Rapid line 710 (exit at Manchester Avenue or Century Boulevard), 115/315, 117 and 210.
• Wednesday, October 17, 6 to 8 p.m., Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, 4718 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles.
  Transit access: Metro lines 33/333, 68/368 and 212/312; and LADOT DASH Midtown.
• Saturday, October 20, 9 to 11 a.m., Audubon Middle School, 4120 11th Ave., Los Angeles.
  Transit access: Metro Rapid lines 710 and 740, Local lines 40, 42, 105 and 210; and LADOT DASH lines Crenshaw, Leimert/Slauson and Midtown.