RTD Center Proposed With Stores, Housing
Transit officials are proposing a regional transportation facility in Van Nuys, possibly combining a park-and-ride lot and bus station with retail stores and senior citizen housing.
But residents near the site, northwest of the intersection of Van Nuys Boulevard and Sherman Way, said the center would sound a death knell for surrounding single-family neighborhoods.
If the Southern California Rapid Transit District develops a 5.64-acre vacant lot, “it would be the latest nail in the coffin . . . as residents will attempt in vain to drive into and out of their neighborhoods during peak traffic hours,” said Don Schultz, president of the Van Nuys Homeowners Assn. Schultz was one of about 50 people who attended a meeting Wednesday night to discuss the proposal.
The agency has applied for a $120,000 federal grant to plan the project.
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