
The 405 Freeway is pictured running through the Sepulveda Pass. Los Angeles Metro staff recommended a modified version of alternative five of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project – which includes a heavy rail train station underneath UCLA’s campus – to the LA Metro board’s planning and programming committee Friday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Jan. 14 at 1:54 p.m.
Los Angeles Metro staff recommended a modified version of alternative five of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project – which includes a station on UCLA’s campus – to the LA Metro board’s planning and programming committee Friday.

Parts of Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood will close this week because of construction on a new Los Angeles Metro station.
The westbound side of Wilshire Boulevard between Veteran Avenue and Westwood Boulevard will be blocked from 11 p.m.
This post was updated Oct. 26 at 10:36 p.m.
UCLA professors said a new state law allowing higher-density housing near major transit stops – including in Westwood – could make housing more affordable overall.
This post was updated Oct. 23 at 11:23 a.m.
Around 10 student leaders and elected officials held a rally in support of creating a UCLA stop for the future Sepulveda Transit Corridor on Oct.
A May 19 forum put on by the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies examined how Los Angeles could use the upcoming 2028 Olympics to improve infrastructure, mobility and accessibility.
Two upcoming Westwood public transit projects have the potential to reduce traffic at UCLA.
The D Line Subway Extension Project will extend the subway line nine miles along Wilshire Boulevard and will include a Westwood/UCLA station, which is set to open in 2027.
Los Angeles Metro officials discussed preliminary costs and scheduling for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project at a May community meeting Thursday.
The meeting, held at the Westwood United Methodist Church, included information stations about the different stages of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project – a plan to expand accessible public transit from the San Fernando Valley to West LA through the Sepulveda Pass – as well as a presentation and Q&A session with LA Metro.
This post was updated June 1 at 11:59 p.m.
Los Angeles Metro will soon have its first chief of police and emergency management.
Metro announced in a May 7 statement that William Scott, who was the San Francisco Police Department’s chief for eight years and worked for LAPD for 27 years, will lead the new Transit Community Public Safety Department.
Students will determine the future of the Bruin U-Pass in the 2025 Undergraduate Students Association Council election.
The 2023 Universal Access Transit Pass Referendum, which provides UCLA students with TAP cards for unlimited public transit across Los Angeles County for what was initially $3.30 per quarter, is set to expire in 2026.

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