MTA to choose routes for Westside subway, downtown light-rail connector

Staff recommend route to the VA hospital in Westwood; other options would go to UCLA or Santa Monica, and West Hollywood. The downtown project would link the Gold Line, Blue Line and Expo Line.

Local transportation leaders are scheduled to select routes Thursday for two missing links in the county's transit system — the subway extension to West Los Angeles and an underground connector for light-rail lines that will allow riders to cross the region without time-consuming transfers.