We’ve been installing new, 7’ faregates at rail stations since March. Unsurprisingly, the first two stations to receive them, Firestone and Lake stations, have seen dramatic reductions in unpaid entries. The new gates have now arrived at Wilshire/Vermont, North Hollywood and Vermont/Santa Monica stations on the B Line. In addition to being much more difficult to sneak through without paying, the new gates make it much easier for passengers with bicycles or luggage. They are also equipped with se

When the Blue Line opened in 1990, it marked the first time Los Angeles had rail transit in nearly three decades. Another three decades later, the A Line was joined to the northern section of the L line via new connecting stations downtown, turning it into the world’s longest light rail line. Today it serves 44 stations and 48.5 miles of track between Long Beach and Azusa. This year, four additional stations will open — Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne/Fairplex and Pomona North — making the line ev