Regional Connector Meetings Kick Off Saturday
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A rendering showing how a Regional Connector station might look under 2nd street.
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — Another round of outreach meetings kicks off tomorrow for Metro's Regional Connector, a project proposed to link the Blue Line and Expo Line to the Gold Line and Eastside Extension. Four meetings in the next week offer weekend, daytime and evening time slots.
While the round really kicked off with a Thursday night session in Pasadena, the Downtown meetings get started on Saturday, November 7. The project team will be at the Wurlitzer Building (818 S. Broadway) from 10am to noon.
On Tuesday, November 10, they will be at the Central Library Board Room from noon to 1:30pm, and on Thursday, November 12, the team will be at the Japanese American National Museum from 2 - 3:30pm and 6:30 - 8pm.
The Metro board voted in September to submit the Regional Connector and the Westside subway extension to the Federal government for funding. There is intense debate over how the project will interact with Little Tokyo, however. The community last week asked Metro to reopen study of a fully-underground routing.
Ginny-Marie Case on November 06, 2009, at 03:12PM – #1
It will be an open house format, so come on in once you roll out of bed (before Noon though). You can come talk transit and have your coffee.
Ginny-Marie Case on November 07, 2009, at 12:46PM – #2
Thanks to everyone who came out!
Vero Queero on November 07, 2009, at 06:02PM – #3
I went today. I was so happy to have a Saturday meeting because I can never make the weekday meetings (live here, work in Burbank). The most important thing I learned and kind of embarrassed that I didn't already understand this: this is not to just connect the lines by terminating at another station but eventually these lines can share the same track. The Blue Line could continue on to Pasadena or East L.A., the Expo line from Culver City could do the same. Realizing that, this makes the connection that much more important. Thanks to the project team for presenting this today! And it's great to run into my friend & neighbor Bartleight who I haven't seen in a long time.
Ravi on November 08, 2009, at 11:06AM – #4
Let's talk a little transit! I live in Little Tokyo and work in the Architect/ Engineering industry. I have forwarded the meeting notices to anyone either in my neighborhood or who works on transportation/transit projects. I hope to attend the meeting in the evening here in Little Tokyo.