The funding will support efforts to make improvements to transit and pedestrian infrastructure ahead of the 2028 Olympics.
“The Biden Administration has awarded the Los Angeles region nearly $900 million for public transportation and infrastructure improvements ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics,” reports Travis Schlepp for KTLA, boosting the region’s efforts to improve transit for Olympic visitors — and, presumably, residents.
According to Schlepp, “The bulk of that money will be put toward two projects, including the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project, which will add light rail train service in the San Fernando Valley between Van Nuys and Sylmar.” The funding will also support the D Line Subway Extension Project, which extends the city’s subway system by nine miles from downtown to the Westside.
The new funding also includes $160 million for “street and transit infrastructure, traffic safety and connectivity between neighborhoods” such as bus service improvements and ‘first/last mile’ projects, and $10 million for pedestrian safety improvements.
Other funded projects include a cap park over the 101 freeway, a pedestrian bridge at the Port of Long Beach, and a project that will pedestrianize a section of Wilshire Boulevard to restore park space and improve road safety.
FULL STORY: Los Angeles awarded $900M for transit improvements ahead of 2028 Olympics
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