Light Rail in Cheviot Hills (Los Angeles, California)

From: David Kates
Length: 03:57

David Kates surveys West Los Angeles residents about whether a light rail line should be routed through a wealthy neighborhood. Read the full description.

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Playing: Light Rail in Cheviot Hills (Los Angeles, California)
From: David Kates

Lightrailstaples_small Construction is underway on the Exposition Light Rail Line from Downtown Los Angeles. Now transit planners are hoping to extend the line from Culver City to Santa Monica. David Kates reports the two proposed routes near one West L.A. neighborhood are the project's main source of controversy.

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Construction is underway on the Exposition Light Rail Line from Downtown Los Angeles. Now transit planners are hoping to extend the line from Culver City to Santa Monica. David Kates reports the two proposed routes near one West L.A. neighborhood are the project's main source of controversy.

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Light Rail for Cheviot Hills?

Construction is underway on the Exposition Light Rail Line from Downtown Los Angeles. Now transit planners are hoping to extend the line from Culver City to Santa Monica. David Kates reports the two proposed routes near one West L.A. neighborhood are the project's main source of controversy.

Ambient: Expo Line Scoping Meeting Crowd Noise

LISTENING TO SOME CHEVIOT HILLS AREA RESIDENTS, YOU'D THINK THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS BEING INVADED BY ANGRY MILITIA...

1. Bruno: It's the death of a neighborhood.
2. Jeff: All it's going to do is facilitate the inner city to this part of the city.
3. Dennis: It's not going to be policed.

THE LIGHT RAIL LINE BEING CONSIDERED WOULD FOLLOW THE OLD EXPOSITION BOULEVARD TRAIN TRACK BORDERING CHEVIOT HILLS. IT LIES BETWEEN CENTURY CITY AND THE 10 FREEWAY. BUT MANY HOMEOWNERS IN THE COMMUNITY WANT TH...
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