Dreaming on Crenshaw Boulevard

We've told you about the Subway to the Sea and the Gold Line extension from Pasadena to Ontario. Now, LAist has another favorite dream-city rail line. It's the long talked about idea of light rail down Crenshaw Boulevard:

Imagine a day when the Purple Line "subway to the sea" and Expo Line to Culver City (and eventually to Santa Monica) are a reality. Two rail lines running parallel from Downtown to the ocean -- are we mad men or what? But what about traveling north-south? Enter the Crenshaw/Prairie Transit Corridor.

Comments

[Dan W.]

Well, obviously it should go to the Airport.

I am a firm believer that there needs to a be a connector from Hollywood/Highland on the Red Line to somewhere on the Purple Line.

Perhaps that connector, sometimes referred to as the "Pink Line" could be combined with the Crenshaw line and be the same project as vital crosstown line Burbank Airport to LAX. Two airports, one line.

Instead of going downtown when it reaches Wilshire, why not head west to La Cienega (or Fairfax), then north to West Hollywood, hooking into the Red Line and going to the Burbank Airport. We could have two airports on one line, hitting La Cienega (or Faifax of San Vicente) as a north/south corridor, then Crensaw on the south to LAX.

[Simon]

Any addition to the to the transpo network is a good thing. Props to the MTA for keeping things rolling.

[n simon]

lets just build it all! and not forget to invest on our existing roadway infastructure!

[Paul]

If for every mile of subway you can build 4+ miles of light rail, go with the light rail. Follow up lines like this with more TOD. Where there are stations with connections to the rest of the grid, there will be dense growth.

Let the westsiders who rejected the subway in the '80s suffer in the gnarling traffic of today. Alternatively, let them open up their own pocketbooks and fund the difference between building the subway back then versus today. I certainly don't want MY taxes used to pay for THEIR mistake.

Building out the system in the fastest, most efficient way does not mean spending money on the most expensive, even if they are the most needed projects. The point is to get a grid going so that there are more destinations period, because that will increase demand for more lines.

Just please, no more dedicated lines in the middle of freeways; cars don't use public transportation, people do.