What Will L.A.’s Regional Connector Bring Us?
A Two-Mile Rail Tunnel Could Help California Recapture Its Optimism—If It’s Not Too Late
What will the Regional Connector bring us? A new transformation in California life? Or has it arrived too late to change much of anything?
The June 16 opening of a two-mile rail tunnel under downtown Los Angeles might not seem like a big deal. But its potential—and its timing—mark a pivotal moment for the future of transportation.
L.A. is opening the smartest and most significant piece of its 21st-century Metro rail system at a moment of maximum peril for public transit, both nationally and statewide. The pandemic, along with work-from-home policies and …