{"id":60858,"date":"2026-05-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/07\/why-it-took-65-years-for-l-a-to-build-its-most-important-rail-line-los-angeles-times\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:00:00","slug":"why-it-took-65-years-for-l-a-to-build-its-most-important-rail-line-los-angeles-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/07\/why-it-took-65-years-for-l-a-to-build-its-most-important-rail-line-los-angeles-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Why it took 65 years for L.A. to build its most important rail line &#8211; Los Angeles Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxPZC1Wbkg2RFNybXg5WGtvWWtjLUxuRXpkR1MyQmJUVFFEaE9RWm1TRjFPNWhvU3FDYWJhck9sVnNOSklab3dRUWp5WU1SWVFsTTBHaGxxcEdqZlFwTHZEUllONkpWOVF6OTU1XzJjSDdiSFBxMzFSeXFoYmcydUt2ZVhtQ0FQa01aR1N6QlF3QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Why it took 65 years for L.A. to build its most important rail line<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Los Angeles Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxOOHlyMmFKY1Z3NHRBTDdZT0hQYVdqR1dMWHhFMTE2ckV1bUlQaGh3T1UyVHlET0JqU1hZVzF5dlpEYTlVT21JRWdrdU80S3FIMHpSVHlyMTdNLTBhZlpmR0taWDVWX2FTdEVxU2hxSTRrcWExR2xBeVJpbzNzeU1oeHEzcENRTzFhdmd5MTBrLTQ5YWVrT0E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">First phase of D Line extension to open Friday, unlocking Wilshire Boulevard<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">LAist<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxOR3VoeUpHM201RTlWNXBUMEx0WHE2aTN6UmFFakR3OW43ampldC15dzdGWjc1SHhvSjFJb3ZxejBrQjRtVTJ0RmRnMF9fTWRzVlRQMjdjeUJZZlZ5VmR3T0tma0sydnZsOU5MUk9wYU1WemNRYUthTnZ1Tk90b1g0RFBMWHBYOVl4bE84emF3V2M0OHBpV2ctZEExamxzcmM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">How to ride the D Line Extension\u2019s Section 1, opening this Friday, May 8!<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">LA Metro<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">D Line debuts: Metro shared the opening events at three new Wilshire stations<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC Los Angeles<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidEFVX3lxTE5pSUxOYXVhM0tHc3daWUlRSURCNjVxV2d6N0FselhDZzBYZkIyR1lNWDNVZWZVMUQ1SzRocEttekJ0UWc5WVowa2RzOTh5OTZCX2RQMXVCMDJKWC1EbmhMSGNIeC1OWWxhSlpNamNVVEZJd0lw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Take the D Train!<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Larchmont Buzz<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why it took 65 years for L.A. to build its most important rail line&nbsp;&nbsp;Los Angeles Times First phase of D Line extension to open Friday,&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/07\/why-it-took-65-years-for-l-a-to-build-its-most-important-rail-line-los-angeles-times\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}