LOS ANGELES—A judge has formally denied a challenge to an agreement between Metro and a private company concerning the possibility of a proposed private, multimillion-dollar aerial tram to transport riders on gondolas between Union Station and Dodger Stadium.
The California Endowment’s Los Angeles Superior Court legal action targeted the gondola project headed by Aerial Rapid Transit Technologies, which defends the project as proven technology and clean transportation. But the petitioner, a nonprofit group, argued there was insufficient public input.
Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff issued a tentative ruling ahead of Jan. 6’s hearing in which he said he was inclined to reject the petitioner’s claims. He then took the case under submission and finalized his rejection of the petition on Monday….