May 25, 2021
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“We learned the unfortunate and tragic passing of George Floyd was something that is completely unacceptable. What we also learned is that public, peaceful protests matter. We had historic protests. We saw thousands and thousands, and in some cases millions of people globally, who came out and protested to say ‘we must end racism,’” said UCLA’s Tyrone Howard.
Juan Matute, deputy director of the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies, was optimistic about the Purple Line’s prospects, despite the fact that the COVID-19 ridership drop arrived on the heels of an already up to 25% decline from peak ridership levels around 2014. The new extension is “probably the most important transit project in America, outside of Manhattan,” he said, because it links high-density corridors in Los Angeles.