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# Q-Line asks readers whether a subway or monorail should link downtown LA to Santa Monica
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/011206-story/
- Published: 2006-01-12T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:02:45.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Downtown, #archive-import

Officials are giving renewed consideration to construction of a subway line that would run from downtown Los Angeles to the beaches of Santa Monica. Leaders at City Hall say they are generally supportive of the 15-mile underground transit line that would free up commuters from freeway gridlock, though there is some debate as to exactly what path the transit line should take. Some officials say a monorail system might make more sense for the area.

So this week, Q-Line wants to know, “If plans for a mass-transit line between downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica go forward, what shape should they take?”

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your responses in the weekend edition. Please try to limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 12, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/011206.pdf?ref=smdp.com)