Making the LAX Transit Connection
April 23, 2012 1 Comment
This week, Metro’s Board of Directors is scheduled to discuss sending the “Green Line to LAX” project into the draft environmental study phase. This means that a few options are going to be studied in much more depth. There’s also a proposal to rename the project “Metro Connector to LAX,” which is a great idea, as it has the potential to serve both the Green and Crenshaw lines (and possibly even additional future lines).
The first two alternates for the LAX Connector include a Light Rail Branch extending off the Crenshaw/Green lines (with either 2 or 3 stations inside the terminal area) or a Light Rail Trunk that would move the Crenshaw/Green lines under the airport (with one station in the terminal area).
I’ve been to the meetings for this project and have meant to write about it for a while. Fortunately, the alternatives being recommended for further study are those I would have suggested, so now I can focus on the merits of this much smaller group of alternatives.
