A coalition of business organizations, labor unions and community activists known as We Do Our Part LA has started a petition calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to move forward with its plans for the Westside Subway Extension.
The petition reads:
Hey MTA! Please approve the Westside Subway Extension! We support the subway because it will create a green alternative and much needed mass transit for the 300,000 people who travel to the Westside every day. And, it will create much needed jobs right here in L.A.
As of Sunday the petition has more than 1,000 signatures, according to Lisa Cohen of We Do Our Part LA.
"The MTA is in the process of holding hearings about the proposed Westside Subway Extension project, which the We Do Our Part coalition strongly supports," Cohen said. "This is exactly the kind of infrastructure project the coalition believes can put people back to work, get the economy going and benefit L.A. in the long run."
The Westside Subway Extension would expand the Purple Line, which goes from downtown L.A. to Wilshire Boulevard/Western Avenue, to a station at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Brentwood. The proposed route would bring subway stops to Beverly Hills, Century City and Westwood along the way.
Current plans for the subway call for to reach Century City, a decision by many Beverly Hills civic leaders and residents. There is also a for people who want to prevent Metro from routing the subway under BHHS.
We Do Our Part LA is holding a Westside Subway Extension Support Rally on the corner of Constellation Boulevard and Avenue of the Stars in Century City—the location of Metro's proposed Century City station—April 25 at noon in support of Metro's plans to build a stop there. Los Angeles Councilman Paul Koretz will be a featured speaker at the event.
Editor's Note: This article has been amended to state that the We Do Our Part rally is at noon on April 25. Apologies for any confusion.
The most dangerous thing is panic. Even if there is a blackout, trains run on to the next station by inertia. Emergency lights will go on as well, so keep calm and follow the staff's instructions. Beverly Hills is looking foolish throughout this process.
"We" don't believe Sitrick & Company, BHUSD, or the astro-turf centurycitysubway.org.
You know what's devious and deceptive? Intentionally selecting a domain name for your BS website that confuses people and makes them think the site is affiliated with the Century City Chamber of Commerce, who by the way is FOR the Constellation Blvd station location, and is the same group that put forth the petition Marie referred to in the article.
A quick perusal of the WeDoOurPartLA website reveals they are VERY transparent about their sponsors: http://wedoourpartla.com/?q=partners Now please CenturyCitySubway.org reveal who is paying you and how much? No answer? How about $500K in public money stolen from our children's future paid to the Sitcrick and Company.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Act http://www.excellence.dgs.ca.gov/StudentSafety/S7_7-1.htm http://www.seismic.ca.gov/pub/Field%20Act%20Findings%20.pdf http://www.seismic.ca.gov/pub/CSSC_2007-03_Field_Act_Report.pdf
Funny, yet expected, since the Field Act has nothing to do with subways. It's a piece of legislation with a provision mandating that schools in seismic zones be built to certain standards, and another provision mandating that pre-Field act schools in seismic zones be retrofitted to those standards. There is no mention of subways in the Field Act, which makes sense when you think about it, since building 3' thick concrete tubes 70 feet underground makes the ground MORE stable and not less. You can fool these poor BHHS parents that you've worked up into a tizzy, but you can't fool the rest of us. Nice try though! You guys are earning your pay, I'll give you that.
What part of "danger of building along the earthquake fault" don't you get? Extensive research has proven that digging along Santa Monica Blvd (the earthquake fault) is unsafe, and would present much higher danger than building under BHHS. But you, NIMBY's, don't seem to care about safety. The NIMBY'ism of BH residents (and BHUSD in particular) is just astonishing. For starters, why don't you guys do some research about subway systems around the world, and learn for yourselves that everywhere subways are built under all sorts of structures, including SCHOOLS, hotels, apartment complexes, etc., etc. Beverly Hills cannot seem to comprehend that subway tunnels/stations do not affect the ground-level activities, including schools, etc. BHUSD needs to be educated about lots of things (including benefits of mass transit) before they dare to educate others
Why are all of the people who don't use the High school so callous toward the people who care about it?
how is that safer than a tunnel? its essentially a much larger empty space