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The MTA board passed its largest annual budget ever, held fares at current levels, gave support to — but declined to fund — a Crenshaw rail station at Leimert Park, and approved 7.7 miles of interrupted peak-hour bus lanes on Wilshire Boulevard. The Leimert Park station issue took up hours of discussion and debate, and in the end station advocate Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas voted against the board's statement of support. Map of the Crenshaw route (click to enlarge) from Metro:
