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The Metro [COLOR HERE] Line, better known as the one running along the Exposition Boulevard right of way, is set for a groundbreaking Friday morning, September 29, 2006 at 8:30 a.m. The site will be near Crenshaw Boulevard.

RSVP recommended but not required to Genetha Eddins at (213) 245-5506 or via e-mail at geddins@exporail.net.

Information from Friends4Expo Transit.

The Daily News wrote another article on the anticipation of Metro Connections, completely overhauling MTA’s current route structure in favor of routes that look more like a “hub-and-spoke” system used by airlines.

Generally, I try to avoid soapboxy rants as my entries on MetroRider LA, instead focusing on personal rider essays such as What A Rush or articles of an informational nature. But as a transit rider, I am alarmed by what the bus system might look like once MTA “improves” the routes.

The same way William Tecumseh Sherman “improved” Atlanta.

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My favorite local NPR affiliate, KPCC, has really been on the ball lately with news regarding LA transportation. Here are links to a few current stories:

Roger Rudick
Diesel Multiple Units for LA
08/31/2006

Patt Morrison
A Streetcar Is Desired?
09/05/2006

Please take a look at Roger Rudick’s section on the KPCC site. He has a slew of interesting pieces on LA transit and the right ideas about Elhay mass trans.

Over at Curbed LA, there was a post about the anniversary of the methane explosion at the Ross store on Third Street near Fairfax in 1985. This led to the federal legislation against subway tunneling under Wilshire Boulevard by Hnery Waxman, which is scheduled to be repealed today. This item led to a rather spirited debate in the comments section regarding new subways vs. monorails. Check it out here.

Note my play on the MTA’s “Go Metro” marketing campaign. Now multiply that sort of wit by a thousand and you get the idea of what you are dealing with when you read the insights of the Metro Mole. I’ve had a link to the Metro Mole’s blog over in the Transit Links section since this site’s inception, and I’m sure many of you have checked it out, but for those who haven’t, this is the time.

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The Transit Coalition has set up a conference with Metropolitan Transportation Authority rail operations officials for Tuesday, October 24 at 6:45 p.m.

The information was taken from the group’s message board.

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