"This is the most important corridor for rail service in L.A. It's been 65 years, but it's finally opening, and it will be a high ridership, high capacity line. Wilshire is the most densely populated corridor west of the Mississippi River."
"No one back then thought it would take 65 years of political battles, funding struggles and worsening motor traffic for the Wilshire subway to actually open. Public transit experts say the $9.7-billion D Line extension, which will connect Koreatown to the Westside, is a landmark achievement in L.A. public transit history."
"The story of why it took Los Angeles so long to build a subway beneath Wilshire involves much more than a failure to get state or federal funding. It's a tale of the immense challenge of uniting this vast, sprawling metropolis of nearly 10 million people around an overarching vision of what public transit should look like and where it should go."
The Wilshire Boulevard subway project in Los Angeles has finally begun opening after six decades of delays since Governor Edmund G. Brown initiated soil testing in 1962. The $9.7-billion D Line extension connects Koreatown to the Westside and represents a major milestone for the region's public transit system. Wilshire Boulevard is the most densely populated corridor west of the Mississippi River and one of Los Angeles's most traffic-congested thoroughfares. The extended timeline reflects the complexity of coordinating transit planning across a sprawling metropolitan area of nearly 10 million people spanning 88 cities. Political infighting, local opposition from various neighborhoods, and funding challenges repeatedly delayed the project's completion over the decades.
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