Expo Communities United

P.O. Box 781267 · Los Angeles, CA 90016 · (323) 932-1959 phone / fax

www.ExpoCommunities.com · expocommunities@yahoo.com

 

Dear Neighbor:

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MTA is planning an Exposition Blvd. rail line that will run 225-ton trains at speeds up to 55 mph, every 5 minutes in both directions from 4 am to 2 am at street level.

 

A street level Expo Rail Line puts our children in grave danger.

Within 50 feet of the tracks are Dorsey HS, Foshay Learning Center, Alexander Jr. Science Center, Orthopedic Medical Magnet School, Central Area LA Middle School #4, Al-Madinah School, Turning Point School, and three parks: Rancho Cienega Park, Baldwin Hills Park and Syd Kronenthal Park.  Twelve more schools are within walking distance of the tracks (Weemes, Bradley, Baldwin Hills, Cienega, Bright, 6^th Ave, Coliseum St., Virginia Road, 32^nd Street, Martin Luther King Jr., Willows and Echo Horizon), as are numerous more parks.

 

A street level Expo Rail Line will drastically increase traffic congestion.

17 north/south streets will be permanently closed, cutting off access to fire & emergency services

 

A street level Expo Rail Line will cause significant noise pollution.

Everyone who lives, works, goes to school, owns a business or attends church within one-half mile of these tracks will experience noise pollution with bells, horns and train noise from 4am to 2am (22 hours a day).  Our children will have their learning environment disrupted.

 

We are asking the Expo Line Construction Authority and MTA to build the train underground using the cost-efficient “cut and cover” method.

 

WE MUST ACT NOW:

1. Attend the monthly Expo Communities United meeting on the 4^th Tuesday of every month at the Baha’i Center 5777 Rodeo Rd, LA, CA 90016 near La Cienega (rides may be available) & go to www.ExpoCommunities.com for more info.

 

2. Please express your concerns to these Expo Line Board Members:

 

County Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke: 500 W. Temple St., Room 866, L.A., CA 90012; (213) 974-2222

LA City Councilman Herb Wesson: 200 N. Spring St., Room 430, L.A., CA 90012; (213) 473-7010

LA City Councilman Bernard Parks: 200 N. Spring St., Room 460, L.A., CA 90012; (213) 473-7008

LA City Councilwoman Jan Perry: 200 N. Spring St., Room 420, L.A., CA 90012; (213) 473-7009

 

Expo Communities United is a coalition of homeowners and community associations organized to assure that the MTA Expo Rail Line is built correctly so it can operate without disrupting our neighborhoods and threatening our children.