MTA is currently building a beautiful and innovative 14- mile- long Busway that will run from North Hollywood to Woodland Hills and is due to open later in the Fall of 2005.
According to a recent press release: “When complete, the Metro Orange Line will incorporate a host of innovative construction and design features, from advanced traffic light signal priority system to artistically designed transit stations, more than 3,000 parking spaces at five park & ride lots, bicycle and pedestrian paths and native landscaping.”
There are sections of the busway, mostly in Sherman Oaks and Woodland Hills, where grasses, trees and other shrubs have been planted in profusion. However, where the Busway runs through industrial Van Nuys, the plantings seems to have evaporated or have not yet been installed. One hopes that the MTA has not pandered to the wealthy areas of the city by lavishing all the landscaping on those districts–and suddenly run out of money for the Van Nuys leg of the route.
Maybe the construction schedule has arranged for the end points to be finished first and the middle area of Van Nuys to be last. Here in Van Nuys we desperately need the public transportation and convenience of the Busway as well as its civic and natural beauties.
Here in Van Nuys 