This morning, city and state leaders celebrated the beginning of construction of the Inglewood Transit Connector (ITC). The project was long intended to be an automated people mover connecting SoFi Stadium and the nearby Metro K Line. When available funding proved insufficient for full people mover construction in time for the 2028 Olympics/Paralympics, the project was scaled back.
The initial phase, under construction, will include park-and-ride mobility hubs, streetscape, and event-day shuttle bus service connecting Inglewood venues to both the C and K Lines. The first phase is designed to lay much of the groundwork for a later people mover phase.
Inglewood Mayor James Butts touted the ITC as making taking transit “the first choice, because it’s the easiest, fastest way to get where you’re going.” Butts emphasized that the first project project phase focuses on “what brings relief now to our residents and our businesses.”…