PHASE 1: DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES TO CULVER CITY
The Exposition Light Rail Transit Line (Expo Line) will travel along the Exposition railroad right-of-way between downtown Los Angeles and Culver City. It will share a track and two stations (7th St/Metro Center and Pico) with the Metro Blue Line as it leaves downtown Los Angeles. It will then travel along the Exposition right-of-way to the newly approved and funded aerial station at Venice/Robertston. Nine new stations will be constructed along the Expo Line route. In addition to the station at Venice/Robertson, the new stations will be located on Flower at 23rd Street and Jefferson, and on Exposition Boulevard at Trousdale Parkway, Vermont, Western, Crenshaw, La Brea, and La Cienega.
The Expo Line will be approximately 8.6 miles in length and parallel the heavily congested I-10 freeway. It is scheduled to open in the summer of 2010. Estimated travel time from downtown Los Angeles to Culver City is under 30 minutes with a projected ridership of 27,000 by 2020. The Expo Line project is considered a “Transit Parkway” that will be enhanced by bike and pedestrian paths, as well as trees and landscaping along the alignment.
PHASE 2: CULVER CITY TO THE BEACH
The proposed
extension of the Expo Line is currently in the early stages
of the environmental planning process. A draft EIS/EIR is anticipated
to be available for public comment in Winter 2008. Over the
next year, Authority staff and the environmental consultant
will work closely with the communities along the Phase 2 corridor
and will conduct meetings at strategic milestones during the
planning process. |
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