Local News in Brief : Monorail Plan Slowed
The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission on Wednesday refused a request for an immediate environmental study of Supervisor Mike Antonovich’s proposal for a monorail or “magnetic-levitation train” through the San Fernando Valley.
The commission instead handed the proposal over to a 32-member committee recently formed by the Los Angeles City Council to study Valley transit needs.
Antonovich, who represents most of the Valley and is facing a vigorous reelection challenge June 7, is proposing that a monorail or other advanced technology line be built along the Hollywood and Ventura freeways from Union Station downtown to the Ventura County line.
Several members of the commission, which is building a countywide network of light-rail lines using conventional technology, have taken offense at the supervisor’s suggestion that they are employing outdated technology.
Commissioners said the selection of an east-west rail route for the Valley has proven to be politically difficult and is best left to the council’s committee, which meets next week.
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