Different Trains of Thought

From the Bruin of Feb. 12:

The Undergraduate Students Association Council passed a resolution Jan. 17 calling on UCLA to endorse a heavy rail alternative for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project and criticizing Vice Chancellor Michael Beck for meetings that the Los Angeles Metro says breached their pre-development agreement with BYD.*

The corridor aims to link UCLA and Westwood to the existing Metro network in the San Fernando Valley, according to the Metro website. Currently, seven plans are being evaluated through public comment, including both monorail and heavy rail options. UCLA is currently engaging with Metro on all six of the seven proposals that involve a system expansion, said David Karwaski, director of mobility planning and traffic systems at UCLA Transportation, in an emailed statement. The other proposal won’t expand Metro’s system at all and involves stopping the project in its entirety. Despite opposition from homeowner groups and a lack of clear support from UCLA leadership, USAC unanimously endorsed all alternatives that would add a heavy rail line with a stop at UCLA Gateway Plaza...

Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2023/02/12/undergraduate-students-association-council-supports-construction-of-heavy-rail.

*BYD (Build Your Dreams) is a Chinese company that manufactures electric vehicles.