Metro's Board of Directors has taken an important step toward correcting the "historic mistake" (to use the words of LA Mayor Eric Garcetti) of terminating the Green Line 2 miles short of LAX: This Thursday the board unanimously approved a new Crenshaw light rail line station at Aviation Boulevard and 96th Street, where airport-bound passengers can check in for their flights before getting on a People Mover for a ride to terminals at LAX. While the Measure R sales tax has funded the planning of this station, it will not fund construction; Metro needs to ID a new source of funding to build it. The new station would also serve some Green Line trains. Many airports -- including those in San Francisco and Chicago -- use People Movers to transport passengers from rail lines into their terminals.

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