U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg took a ride on LA's K-Line, the latest light rail line to be built in the area and scheduled to open later this year, ABC 7 reported. The line connects the Crenshaw and Leimert Park neighborhoods to the rest of the subway lines.
"Whether you're riding the line to work or whether you're driving on roads that'll be less congested or whether — for [the] first time ever — you'll be able to take transit to fly out of LAX," Buttigieg said, the station reported. "It's a big deal."
The line connects the Crenshaw and Leimert Park neighborhoods to the rest of the subway lines, ABC 7 reported. The station reported it would boost local business, as the goal is to make it easier for people to visit and shop along the stops.
"Stations like these are also essential that we have an equitable system, which works to increase access to underserved communities," Paul Holland Smith with Metro Youth Council told the station. "It is my hope that this will increase visibility to this community but also give access to the surrounding areas."
The rail investment will attract new business and residential investment, Buttigieg said.
"It's shaping the opportunities of that starting point and ending post, too," the secretary said
