Future Extensions
The route currently known as the Red Line was originally intended to continue beyond its eastern terminus at Union Station to East Los Angeles. At the north end of the route, the Red Line was to turn west from North Hollywood station toward Warner Center. However, a 1998 proposition was passed by voters, which banned use of county sales tax revenue for subway construction due to the high cost of construction and problems associated tunneling under Hollywood Blvd.
The tunneling ban put an end to expansion of the Red Line for the foreseeable future. The route to Warner Center was turned into the Metro Orange Line, a bus transitway (BRT) service. However, in recent years, new legislation has been passed reflecting new public support for subway development, and Metro is now working on two subway projects (the Westside Subway Extension and the Regional Connector) in other parts of the county.
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