The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Board Planning and Programming Committee unanimously approved the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) to the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project at its Jan. 14 meeting. The vote could reshape transportation from the San Fernando Valley to West Los Angeles.
The project would build an underground heavy rail line connecting the Van Nuys Metrolink Station to the Expo/Sepulveda E Line Station. The project will also connect to the G Line on Van Nuys Boulevard and the future Metro D Line at Wilshire and Westwood boulevards, creating a direct transit connection through one of the most congested corridors in the region. The rail line would ease transportation to UCLA, L.A. County’s third-largest employer, and other major job centers in the Westside such as Century City and Beverly Hills, by providing commuters a 20-minute total journey from the Valley to UCLA.
