San Fernando Valley

The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley in southern California, lying mostly within the city limits of Los Angeles.

Transportation

Although the Valley is part of Los Angeles, its development pattern is almost exclusively suburban, and the automobile is the dominant mode of transportation. Several freeways criss-cross the Valley. Most of the major thoroughfares run on a cartographic grid; notable streets include Ventura Boulevard and Mulholland Drive.

Related Topics:
Freeway - Ventura Boulevard - Mulholland Drive

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Despite the dominance of the automobile, the Valley has two Metro subway stations, in Universal City and North Hollywood, which opened in 2000 as an extension of the Metro Red Line Subway connecting the Valley to Hollywood and downtown Los Angeles. The Orange Line, an east-west Bus Rapid Transit line due to be completed in October 2005, will connect the North Hollywood Metro station to Warner Center in the west Valley. Two commuter rail lines connect the Valley to downtown Los Angeles, and an express bus line operates on Ventura Boulevard, with more express bus lines being planned for other routes across the Valley.

Related Topics:
Metro - Universal City - Hollywood - Bus Rapid Transit - Warner Center - Commuter rail

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