From LA subway blog: Metro Board meeting on Long Range Transportation Plan this Thursday

The LA Subway Blog: Metro Board meeting on Long Range Transportation Plan this Thursday

Juan and Sirinya talk about what happened on the way to the Subway to the Sea and other things

Metro Board meeting on Long Range Transportation Plan this Thursday
Monday, June 8, 2009

Thursday is a crucial step in making sure the Wilshire Subway is funded. Measure R provided the funds for additional transit projects like the Subway to UCLA. The Wilshire Subway is currently in second place on a long list of projects to be funded with Measure R funds. On Thursday, the board will finalize which projects make the cut, and how they are prioritized. Having Wilshire Subway supporters will help the politicians make the right decision - to fund the Wilshire Subway, which will have the maximum benefit not only for UCLA and the Westside but all of Los Angeles.

Join Bruins for Traffic Relief on Thursday at 1pm at the Metro Board Meeting adjacent to Union Station. You can take the bus or subway to Union Station. Check Metro's Trip Planner for instructions on how to get there on transit. Just remember that the subway will bring the trip time from Westwood to Union station to around 30 minutes, and enable you to take subway transit to go downtown, Hollywood, and many other places giving you a more holistic experience of Los Angeles and all the things it has to offer.

If you are a UCLA student, staff, faculty, or affiliate, please wear school colors to show your support.

Council Unanimously OKs More Shopping for the Westfield shopping center in Century City. Westfield's plans call for designating a location for a subway stop should the Metro Purple Line, the Jimi Hendrix Line, be extended to the Pacific Ocean

Council Unanimously OKs More Shopping | NBC Los Angeles

Council Unanimously OKs More Shopping

Updated 1:30 PM PDT, Tue, Jun 2, 2009



This is the future you ... after tomorrow's Alice + Olivia trunk show, of course. Yes, you really will be that happy-go-lucky.


The expansion of the Westfield shopping center in Century City, a plan that calls for condominiums and more retail shops and parking, was unanimously approved Tuesday by the Los Angeles City Council.

The $800 million project, which calls for a 39-story tower with 262 apartments and condos, was given the OK without discussion between council members.

Westfield's plans call for moving Bloomingdale's to the condo tower, adding 1,900 parking spaces and designating a location for a subway stop should the Metro Purple Line be extended to the Pacific Ocean.
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In 2005, Westfield made over the center's movie theaters, dining terrace and added retail shops to the second level of the mall.

Westfield expects the center to generate $8.1 million a year in tax revenue -- up from the current $6.7 million -- once the work is completed in 2013.


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