Expo Line

20th and Olympic right by Santa Monica brew works.

Well, before and before the expo line went by, um, I remember the scoping process when we were getting all these letters about the Expo Line.

I was like, what the hell is this? I was like, time to go because I had to go to West Hollywood because it literally ran through the backyard of this apartment complex, which is still there.

I was like, well, that would have been good to easily get on and off for work.

I read everything.

I saw it.

I frankly think the Expo Line should have been below ground, but that's a whole other conversation that we're not talking about.

Also, the Expo Line should not stop for cars.

look, you're going to be a problem where we drop you off.

I've often heard people in Santa Monica say that that city's decline really either started or amplified when the E-Line opened up there.

Well, now there's another

community that's not very happy about that.

That's true.

Yeah, it's true.

I mean, that's what you heard in Santa Monica was that, look, people can go up to 7th Street in downtown Los Angeles, hop on the E-Line, maybe without paying, and get off at the beach and do what they do there instead of downtown.

Now, I don't like the argument that downtown is where it belongs.

yeah these are destinations this is kind of place building place keeping um you know like you said we're kind of our element is really uh spanning the entire region with uh connectivity and access and equity of course um You know, on a personal note, I really think, you know, I'm going off topic here.

I think that, well, what used to be called the Expo Line was a real game changer.

You know, the connectivity to Santa Monica across Expedition Park when I went through Culver City, that really showed, okay, now we can connect east to west now, right? Because that was always the barrier in LA.

when I was a kid, east side, west side, right? I mean, almost two different cities, you know, culturally, physically, et cetera.