Los Angeles is on the verge of precipitous change. For decades, autocentric growth has sent the city down a path of wildly unsustainable and inequitable development. The orgiastic construction of freeways throughout the 20th century divided and destroyed neighborhoods, created well-documented environmental issues, and fostered reckless sprawl. To address these problems, the city is now embarking on a decades-long program of investment in its public transportation system. The purpose of this article is to make this program easily understandable, outlining and explaining all of the existing, proposed, and under-construction rail projects in and around the Greater Los Angeles area.
How I Fully Realized My Black Identity in 2020
My first memory of feeling “other” in a group of black people was at Kim Hill’s 11th birthday party. It was ’99 into the…