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Crenshaw Light Rail

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) officials this week gave a big boost to South Los Angeles, recommending that the Crenshaw Transit Corridor project, originally planned as a dedicated busway, be upgraded to a $1.7 billion light rail. Officials hope to fund the project, which would run down Crenshaw, through Inglewood, and to LAX, with revenues from last year’s Measure R transportation sales tax. Patt talks with officials about the impact a light rail would have on the environment and southwest Los Angeles, an area traditionally underserved by the county’s rail network.

Guests:

Bernard Parks, Los Angeles city councilman for the 8th district

Damien Goodman, with the Joint Committee of South LA Neighborhood Councils on Rail Transit