Los Angeles Metro Transportation Research Library

Via the Transportation Research Board

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Want a meal that’s a break from the ordinary but with great homemade flavor? Guisados Tacos in Boyle Heights, just steps from the Metro Local 68 stop at the corner of César Chavez Avenue and Saint Louis Street, could be the restaurant for you.

Imagine a sampler of mini tacos stuffed with six…

Remember the Santa Monica Air Line? How about the Los Angeles & Independence?

Probably not.

But the two historic railways will be there—and not just in spirit—when the Expo Light Rail Line begins rolling from Downtown westward in just a few months, with its first terminus at LaCienega Boulevard.

Although the Westside’s first mass rail project in 50 years feels in some ways like the dawn of an era, Los Angeles has been down this road before. In fact, it has been down the same set of train tracks: The Expo Line will run on a historic railroad right-of-way that has carried  Southern Californians, off and on, for more than 135 years now, first behind steam engines and then in iconic Red Cars.

With so much press being given to the “Subway To The Sea” and Bus Rapid Transit for Wilshire, we thought it might be a good time to look more closely at Wilshire Boulevard and its role in the shaping of Los Angeles.