#  Five New Miles of Wilshire Peak-Hour Bus-Only Lanes are Open

     Details    Joe Linton   ![logo](https://www.citywatchla.com//templates/ja_teline_v/images/logo.png)         April 09 2015       [ARCHIVE](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive)   - [  Previous Article **Calling Out the High-Tech Hypocrites** ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8802:calling-out-the-high-tech-hypocrites&catid=16)
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> ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2015/030e.png)NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS-Elected officials and agency representatives gathered Wednesday to host a ribbon-cutting event for Wilshire Boulevard’s newest peak-hour bus-only lanes. The $31.5 million project, dubbed the Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is a joint effort of Metro, LA City, and LA County. The bus-only lanes operate from 7-9 a.m. and 4-7 p.m.
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> The celebration took place at the La Brea Tar Pits. Speakers included L.A. Mayor and Metro Board Chair Eric Garcetti, Federal Transit Administration Team Leader Ray Tellis, County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Metro Boardmember Jackie Dupont-Walker, Metro’s Interim Deputy CEO Stephanie Wiggins, L.A. City Councilmembers Mike Bonin, Tom LaBonge, and Paul Koretz, and others. The event was attended by about 120 people, mostly governmental staff.
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> Streetsblog readers will [remember](http://la.streetsblog.org/2011/05/13/metro-staff-reccomends-full-8-7-mile-wilshire-bol-but-city-council-will-make-the-call/) the [struggle](http://la.streetsblog.org/2011/06/14/city-council-approves-7-7-mile-route-for-wilshire-bus-only-lanes-asks-metro-to-consider-8-7-mile-route/) to get this project underway. Due to politics, the bus lane facility ended up somewhat on-again off-again. Though most of Wilshire Blvd within the city of Los Angeles is included, the bus-only lane does not include Westwood’s “Condo Canyon” stretch, nor the parts of Wilshire inside the cities of Beverly Hills and Santa Monica. *([Read the rest.)](http://la.streetsblog.org/2015/04/08/five-new-miles-of-wilshire-peak-hour-bus-only-lanes-opened-today/%20)*
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> Vol 13 Issue 30
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> Pub: Apr 10, 2015

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