MTA-Slides_0140 on Flickr.

Temporary street decking at Wilshire and Western during construction of the second Minimum Operating Segment of the Red Line circa 1993. The portion of the subway that runs from Wilshire and Alvarado to Wilshire and Western is now known as the Purple Line.

MTA-Slides_0296 on Flickr.

MacArthur Park in 1993 during construction of the Red Line.

subwaymaps:

Los Angeles 2020.  Since my last map of Los Angeles was posted, LA Mayor Villaraigosa and the Los Angeles MTA have decided to accelerate their subway construction timetable.  A lot.  For comparison, this is what the system looks like now. By 2020, LA should have the second-largest subway system in the U.S., after New York.

Elephants with Metro Blue Line Train on Flickr.

Not an everyday encounter between elephant pedestrians and light rail.