D train in LA

Take the D train

Last Updated: February 13, 2026Tags:

By David L. Ulin

Will Metro’s Wilshire Boulevard line be our public-transit turning point?

In February 2016, a New York-based attorney and cartographer named Jake Berman created a self-described “dream map,” imagining how the Los Angeles Metro system might look in 2040. To build out his projection, Berman incorporated “all of LA Metro’s currently unfunded projects,” as well as those already constructed or underway. The result envisions a different version, or iteration, of the Los Angeles in which we live.

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