Inglewood's proposed transit system is expected to cost $600M to build and $18-20M annually to operateCITY OF INGLEWOOD
The city of Inglewood "wants to build its own elevated transit system to ferry visitors" to The Forum, the adjacent Rams/Chargers stadium opening in '20 and a potential Clippers arena, according to a front-page piece by Jason Henry of the PASADENA STAR-NEWS. The 1.8-mile "automatic people mover would start in downtown Inglewood" near the L.A. County Metropolitan Authority’s Crenshaw/LAX light-rail line and would "end at the site of the Clippers’ proposed Inglewood Basketball and Entertainment Center at Century Boulevard." A round-trip "could take just 13 minutes." The proposed transit system is "estimated to cost" more than $600M to build and an additional $18-20M "annually to operate." Though no specific funding source "exists yet, officials hope to form an Enhanced Infrastructure Finance District to use property tax increment money on the project." Their proposal also "would seek a public-private partnership to cover some of the costs." The system "could carry up to 2.6 million riders annually, with many of those visitors coming to the city for football games, concerts and other events" (PASADENA STAR-NEWS, 7/17).
