Podcast: What light rail will bring to South L.A.

Crenshaw Line
A Metro Expo Line prepare crosses Crenshaw Boulevard at Exposition Boulevard. The brand new Metro Crenshaw Line, which is able to run 8.5 miles from the intersection of Crenshaw and Exposition south and west towards LAX, is scheduled to open this 12 months.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Occasions)

After South L.A. erupted in anger 30 years in the past, authorities officers promised to finish the neighborhood’s financial disparity as soon as and for all, and make investments. It’s a promise that many residents say stays unfulfilled. However is that lastly going to alter?

At this time, Half Two of our L.A. riots anniversary protection will deal with the Crenshaw Line, a light-rail system that some South L.A. leaders say will assist the neighborhood enhance — and others worry will deliver gentrification.

Learn the transcript.

Host: Gustavo Arellano

Friends: L.A. Occasions enterprise reporter Samantha Masunaga

Extra studying:

Dealing with schedule delays, L.A. Metro seeks $120 million extra for Crenshaw Line

Meet six artists making the general public artwork you’ll quickly see on Metro’s Crenshaw/LAX Line

Opinion: The Crenshaw Line is a begin, however L.A.'s most transit-dependent neighborhoods want extra choices

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