LA Metro Holds Naming Contest For Santa Ana Transit Corridor Project
Los Angeles Metro is holding a contest to give a name to the West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor project that connects the gateway cities of LA County (Artesia, Bellflower, Norwalk, etc.) to downtown. Below is a quote from a news article coming out of one of our local stations, KTLA Channel 5.
Despite its name, the planned transit expansion project stops short of Orange County and comes nowhere near Santa Ana. Instead the 14.5-mile segment connects Artesia to downtown Los Angeles with nine stops in the Gateway Cities along the way.
The name comes from a long-forgotten transit line between L.A. and Santa Ana operated by Pacific Electric Railway. The line hasn’t been in use since the 1950s, but LA Metro owns the right of way and the name has carried over and survived through the years. ~Travis Schlepp
You can read the full article here in its entirety on the KTLA website.
Their reason for renaming this project is that they want to eliminate any confusion on where the future Metro Light Rail train will extend, since it will not branch off into West Santa Ana or anywhere else in Orange County.
For those who want to get in on the fun and shoot for a chance to win a $100 gift card, click or tap this link (Rename WSAB). Unfortunately, this contest is only for residents of Los Angeles County, though it would be nice to hear others come up with a creative name for the Light Rail project.
To learn a little more about the WSAB project and view the documents on it, you can also visit the LA Metro WSAB page.
