{"id":36960,"date":"2014-01-29T10:41:56","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T15:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/rail-alone-cant-reinvent-los-angeles\/"},"modified":"2014-01-29T10:41:56","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T15:41:56","slug":"rail-alone-cant-reinvent-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/rail-alone-cant-reinvent-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"Rail alone can't reinvent Los Angeles","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
With the Crenshaw\/LAX light-rail line groundbreaking last week, Los Angeles now has three rail transit projects under construction \u2014 an example of how the city is leading the country in a rail renaissance.<\/p>\n
The “city that destroyed cities,” as GQ recently described L.A. for pioneering auto-oriented development, has been planning and building a multibillion-dollar rail network, thanks in part to up to $13 billion in local sales tax funds from a successful 2008 measure.<\/p>\n