June 30: This Date in Los Angeles Transportation History

2012: The Metro Orange Line Extension opens.

The four-mile addition to the 14-mile east-west San Fernando Valley busway extends service north-south from Canoga Park to Chatsworth.

The project is the first identified in Measure R to begin construction in 2009 and is completed 3 1/2 years ahead of schedule and $61 million under budget.

More information can be found in the June 25, 2012 Metro press release, the June 29, 2012 Metro press release, the June 29, 2012 post on Metro’s The Source, and the June 30, 2012 post on Metro’s The Source.