The Land Use Committee reflects on our community…

This land is your land, it is my land, it is our land—
As it was then, and is now—

Old Stage Coach Road
Old Stage Coach Road through Santa Susanna Pass from San Fernando Valley to Simi Valley, California. Photo source: Wikipedia

The Land Use Committee reflects on our community…

This land is your land, it is my land, it is our land—
As it was then, and is now—

Old Stage Coach Road
Old Stage Coach Road through Santa Susanna Pass from San Fernando Valley to Simi Valley, California. Photo source: Wikipedia

Train Station
Train Station opened in 1983, in community of Lankershim, at corner of Chandler Blvd, and Lankershim Blvd. The depot operated for Southern Pacific until 1958. Now property is owned by Metro Transit Authority. Photo provided by Terry Guy.

Train Station
The depot is one of the oldest existing structures in the San Fernando Valley, has been named a cultural / historic monument by the City of Los Angeles. The Red Car trolleys were built to run beside the railroad, and ran from 1911 through 1952 when about 100,000 people used them. Photo source: Alan Weeks with the Pacific Electric Historical Society and Patch.

Metro Orange Line Station
Now surface street stations where the Orange Line Bus had 744,756 riders in the month of February 2013. Photo source: About.com

Bus
An articulated bus on the Orange line, on dedicated bus lanes, is named after the many citrus groves that grew in the SFV. There is a front rack for bicycle riders to carry their cycles as far west as Canoga Park. The Orange Line began in 2005 in North Hollywood & the Chatsworth Station opened June 30, 2012. The opening cost was $23 million per mile. Photo source: Wikipedia.

North Hollywood Red Line Station
The North Hollywood Subway is the northern terminus for the Red Line and is near the old train depot. The subway trains go below the Santa Monica Mountains, near the Hollywood Bowl, to downtown, and other connections, all underground, since the beginning in 2000. Photo source: Wikipedia.

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