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# Letter: Extending the Green Line to LAX by surface route or subway
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/033005-story-20050330-3/
- Published: 2005-03-30T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T06:29:05.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica Airport, #archive-import

*By Edwin Stegman Santa Monica*

The Green Line could be extended, on the surface, 1 1/4 miles north from Aviation Boulevard and Imperial Highway to 98th Street and then west five eighths of a mile to Airport Boulevard, north to 98th Street and west to the airport. The Green Line would travel between the hotels lining Century and Airport boulevards and the huge public parking lots on 96th Street.

Here is why this plan is superior to the mayor’s proposal: I propose boring a subway below airport terminals. The Green Line would go underground east of Sepulveda and circle under the airport.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 30, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/033005.pdf?ref=smdp.com)