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It was a moment some longtime Angelenos never thought they’d see.
A group of politicians stood at a site on Wilshire Boulevard just west of the 405 Freeway to break ground on the final leg of a subway that will eventually take riders from downtown L.A. into the Westside.
The idea of mass transit under what is perhaps Los Angeles’ most iconic boulevard has been a dream for decades, but faced numerous obstacles including neighborhood opposition over crime and worries about explosive methane gas pockets.
But the slow march of the Purple Line west also underscores a larger mass transit boom that accelerated during the pandemic, even as ridership on buses and trains plummeted. Metro used the 70% ridership drop and reduced traffic caused by COVID-19 closures to push forward several projects, including the Wilshire subway.
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Santa Clarita City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to voice opposition to a Metro study looking into the implementation of a freeway toll program.
Los Angeles Metropolitan Authority officials said the goal of their study was to find a traffic-reduction program feasible before the 2028 Olympics, and to use those funds to create additional transit options, new roads and higher-capacity freeways.
“Metro’s Traffic Reduction Study is not proposing any toll road plan through Santa Clarita,” Dave Sotero, a spokesman for Metro, said Friday. “We are conducting a feasibility study first to understand the potential for congestion pricing and additional transportation options to address traffic and provide people with more high-quality ways to get around.”
Metro train operator shot in Boyle Heights; shooter flees [Los Angeles Times]
A Metro train operator was shot twice around 4:10 a.m. after pulling into the Indiana Station along the L Line in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles, authorities said Friday.
Initially transported to a hospital in what was believed to be critical condition, the operator is now stable and expected to live, said Ramon Montenegro, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Transit Services Bureau.
The shooter has not been found. Montenegro said detectives will review camera footage from the train platform and train car. It’s not yet clear whether the assailant fired from inside the train or outside.