Bel Air Down There: L.A.’s Wealthiest Try, Once Again, to Fight a Subway Tunnel
By Alissa Walker
Curbed
Feb. 10, 2022
"Yes, Metro’s subway option would require tunneling below Bel Air. But these people live on a literal mountain range, making it unlikely that residents would ever see, feel, or hear what’s happening underground. They would also be paid on the off chance that tunneling would occur on their turf, approximately 100 feet below their infinity pools. As for the possibility of any air vents (Bel or otherwise) being installed on the area’s streets — which are, despite the wrought-iron gates keeping people out, still property of the city — grates aren’t even part of the proposal for the neighborhood. What you’re seeing here is the last desperate flailing of anti-transit NIMBYism in L.A. as it sputters out. Even Beverly Hills, which for decades notoriously beat back the subway’s arrival with expensive lawsuits, has acquiesced, and is building a shiny new station a block from Rodeo Drive that will open in three years. It’s past time for Bel Air to get onboard."
https://www.curbed.com/2022/02/bel-a...s-angeles.html