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[KevinKorell]

L.A. Downtown News, 7/29/11:

Metro Holds Meeting to Discuss Streetcar Path

The $125 million streetcar won’t open until 2015 at the soonest, but this week, Downtown stakeholders can have a say on where it will go.

On Tuesday, Aug. 2, Metro will host the final public meeting to discuss the latest route options for the streetcar. The meeting is one of the steps that Metro, as the lead agency for the project’s environmental analysis, must take in order to qualify the streetcar for federal funding, which organizers hope will pay for nearly half of the project.

More here.

[KevinKorell]

L.A. Streetsblog, 8/1/11:

L.A. Moves Closer to Bringing Streetcars Back

Tomorrow night, the L.A. Streetcar team and Metro will hold a public meeting to discuss what options will be studied for a new streetcar system for Downtown Los Angeles. There are seven options on the table, all of them serve a different need, and all of them will bring something new, or rather something old, back to the Downtown.

This story is accompanied by some interesting maps.

[KevinKorell]

Los Angeles, CA Blog Downtown, 11/8/11:

How Do You Count Riders for a Future Streetcar?

If a streetcar returns to Downtown Los Angeles, it would carry somewhere between 5,820 and 13,600 riders daily, according to a draft study done for the project.

More here.

[KevinKorell]

NBC Los Angeles, 11/9/11:

Streetcar Project Full Steam Ahead

Forget high-speed rail, what Los Angeles really needs is an old fashioned downtown streetcar.

This is the place you'll find this story.

[Sloan]

http://www.ladowntow...1871e3ce6c.html

[KevinKorell]

It's too bad the starter streetcar route won't serve Union Station, but hopefully subsequent expansions will. The more connectivity, the more passenger potential.

[Sloan]

http://www.ladowntow...1a4bcf887a.html

[KevinKorell]

Los Angeles, CA Metro Source, 12/3/12:

Downtown property owners voted to approve a new special tax district to help fund a streetcar (project home page here). The tally of ballots — all mail-in — finished a few minutes ago with 73 percent approving of the district according to the city of Los Angeles’ unofficial count.

Story here.

[KevinKorell]

Los Angeles, CA Times, 12/4/12:

Streetcar line called downtown's missing link

In a city that is often derided for its lack for public transportation, downtown L.A. is the one exception.

The city center has light-rail lines, a subway, a maze of bus routes and shuttles, links to commuter rail and even a tiny funicular that trudges up and down Bunker Hill.

More here.

[KevinKorell]

CBS Los Angeles, 3/7/13:

The Los Angeles City Council has approved a $352 million plan to build and operate a streetcar line in downtown Los Angeles.

Article here.