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Expo Bike Path
The Expo Bike Path is a Rails with trails, rail with trail Cycling infrastructure#Bikeways, bicycle path and pedestrian route in Los Angeles County, California that travels roughly parallel to the Los Angeles Metro Rail's E Line (Los Angeles Metro), E Line between and stations. The Expo Bike Path is one of two major bicycle routes in Los Angeles that share dedicated rights-of-way with public transport, the other being the G Line Bikeway in the San Fernando Valley. The Santa Monica Air Line used the Right-of-way (transportation), right-of-way from 1909 to 1953. The track was last used for freight in 1988; the county transportation agency bought the route from the Southern Pacific Transportation Company in 1991. Rail trail, Rails-to-trails advocacy groups quickly began agitating for a bike route along the Exposition corridor, with one 1992 ''Los Angeles Times'' article prophetically headlined: “A Better Path: There Are 12.2 Miles of Abandoned Rail Beds That Could Be Turned In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E Line (Los Angeles Metro)
The E Line (formerly the Expo Line from 2012–2019) is a light rail line that runs between Downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica. It is one of the seven lines in the Metro Rail system, and is operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). The line opened in 2012. The E Line largely follows the right-of-way of the former Pacific Electric Santa Monica Air Line. Passenger service ended in 1953; freight-only service ended by March 1988. Several E Line stations are built in the same location as Air Line stations, although no original station structures have been reused. Originally named the Expo Line after Exposition Boulevard, along which it runs for most of its route, the line was renamed the E Line in late 2019, while retaining the aqua-colored line and icons used to designate it on maps. When the Regional Connector is complete in 2022, the current E Line will be joined with the Eastside portion of the L Line to create an extended E Line, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
