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"In addition to removing tens of thousands of cars from the road - 64,000 daily riders by 2030, according to transit authorities - the 15.6-mile Expo Line is expected to spawn a variety of mixed-use real estate projects, as some of the city's previous rail lines have done. A project including more than 500 units of housing and a 300-room W hotel was recently completed at Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, and a rental and retail complex was built at Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue in 2007."
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