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Posted 30 July 2015 - 06:05 PM

KTVU-TV, Channel 2 in San Francisco, CA, 7/23/15:

 


After years of blight, LA Rosa Parks Station expects update

 

A Los Angeles Metro station named after civil rights activist Rosa Parks is getting an upgrade after years of blight.

 

Transit riders have long complained about crime, poor lighting and overall drabness at the Rosa Parks Station in Willowbrook

 

 

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It would be difficult to fix, but its position in the middle of the Anderson Freeway (the Green Line platform) will always suffer from noise and air pollution.   Maybe they can take the opportunity to build some sort of sound wall to cut down on the decibels.



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Posted 27 August 2018 - 10:57 AM

Progressive Railroading, 8/27/18:

 


 

LA Metro starts Willowbrook Station improvements

 

 

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), federal and state officials last week marked the start of major improvements to the Blue Line's Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station in Willowbrook, California.

 

 

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Posted 10 August 2021 - 08:39 PM

Mass Transit magazine, 8/10/21:

 


 

 

   L.A. Metro completes Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station improvement project    

 

 

 

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (L.A. Metro) completed the renovation of the Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station.  

 

Story here.    Finally, it took a few years.  



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