LA's Wilshire D Line Opens After 65-Year Transit Saga
TL;DR
After decades of political fights, funding hurdles, and local opposition, Los Angeles finally opens the Wilshire corridor’s D Line as a 3.92-mile initial segment with three new stations, moving toward a nine-mile extension to Westwood by 2027 and anchoring a future regional rail grid to ease the city’s sprawling traffic.
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- Why it took 65 years for L.A. to build its most important rail line Los Angeles Times
- First phase of D Line extension to open Friday, unlocking Wilshire Boulevard LAist
- How to ride the D Line Extension’s Section 1, opening this Friday, May 8! LA Metro
- D Line debuts: Metro shared the opening events at three new Wilshire stations NBC Los Angeles
- Celebrate the D Line extension at this block party in L.A. Time Out Worldwide
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