CONNECTING LOS ANGELES

摘要

Los Angeles may be considered the "world capital of car culture" - as L.A. Weekly declared it last year -but the transit agency serving Los Angeles County is pursuing one of the most aggressive light-rail expansion programs in the nation. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, known locally as Metro, is currently overseeing five major rail projects under construction: the Crenshaw/LAX; the Regional Connector; the Purple Line Extension; the Exposition Transit Corridor, Phase 2 to Santa Monica; and the Gold Line Foothill Extension through the San Gabriel Valley foothills. The first three are being built by Metro, and construction authorities are building the other two. When completed, Metro also will operate the Expo Transit and Foothill Extension lines.