PHASE 1: DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES TO CULVER CITY

The Exposition Light Rail Transit Line (Expo Line) will travel along the Exposition railroad right-of-way between downtown Los Angeles and Culver City. It will share a track and two stations (7th St/Metro Center and Pico) with the Metro Blue Line as it leaves downtown Los Angeles. It will then travel along the Exposition right-of-way to the newly approved and funded aerial station at Venice/Robertston. Nine new stations will be constructed along the Expo Line route. In addition to the station at Venice/Robertson, the new stations will be located on Flower at 23rd Street and Jefferson, and on Exposition Boulevard at USC/Expo Park, Vermont, Western, Crenshaw, La Brea, and La Cienega.

The Expo Line will be approximately 8.6 miles in length and parallel the heavily congested I-10 freeway. It is scheduled to open in the summer of 2010. Estimated travel time from downtown Los Angeles to Culver City is under 30 minutes with a projected ridership of 27,000 by 2020. The Expo Line project is considered a “Transit Parkway” that will be enhanced by bike and pedestrian paths, as well as trees and landscaping along the alignment.

PHASE 2: CULVER CITY TO THE BEACH
The proposed extension of the Expo Line is currently undergoing the environmental planning process. A draft EIS/EIR was available for public comment Winter 2009. The environmental studies for this project are expected to be completed by December 2009/January 2010.

• Phase 1 News

Please visit our newly updated Galley tab. There you will find galleries for construction photos, renderings of what the Expo Line will look like, community outreach photos and detailed information about the Expo Arts Program which includes artists bios and samples of their work. Click here to get to the Gallery!

Newest Edition of the Expo E-News is here!
Get up to speed on the latest news on the Expo Light Rail Line by downloading the latest edition of the Expo E-News by clicking here.

The artists for each station have been selected. To view artists bios and a sample of their work - please click here.
 
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• Phase 2 News

Request for Letters of Interest
If your firm is interested in submitting a proposal in response to the upcoming Request for Proposals (RFP) process for design and construction of the Expo Phase 2 Project, we would appreciate receiving a Letter of Interest from your firm/joint venture no later than June 30th, 2009. For more details, please click here.

Preferred Phase 2 Alignment
On April 2, 2009, the Expo Construction Authority Board of Directors directed staff to pursue the Exposition Right-of-way (ROW) and Colorado Avenue as the preferred alignment for Phase 2 of the Expo Line project. To view the media advisory, please click here.

All media requests, please contact:
Gabriela G. Collins
Ph: 213.243.5535
Fax: 213.243.5553
Email: gcollins@exporail.net

EXPO HOTLINE: 213.922.EXPO(3976)