The Los Angeles Metro Blue Line closure slated to begin later this month will hit 12 stops including the one at Willow Street. It’s scheduled to be wrapped up in May after Metro finishes an improvements project, but already, some Metro riders are furious.

Daria Crockett always keeps her Metro card close. She uses the Blue Line almost every day since she doesn’t have a car.

Just looking at the map of closures at the Willow Street stop upsets her.

“Rosa Parks? That cannot be shut down,” said Crockett.

Crockett is the oldest of three sisters. Her whole family is scattered all over California.

Metro is the main way she gets around. It’s how she got to her father’s house in Westchester for Christmas. It’s also the only way she’s able to see her fiancée.

Buses are supposed to pick up the slack during the closure, but Crockett has doubts.

“This is going to be bad. Shuttles? Come on,” exclaimed Crockett.

Crockett uses a walker as she boards the train.

Metro rail stretches almost 100 miles. The Blue Line is about a fifth of that. By Metro’s own count, in December 2018 more than 1.6 million people used the Blue Line, which is Metro's oldest and most heavily used light rail line.

Rail riders like Crockett have to keep in mind there are three buses covering the Blue Line during the closure, which starts January 26, 2019. One of the buses is free and even runs during the weekends. There’s only one bus that stops at every closed Blue Line station: the 862 local.

Metro hasn’t given a hard finish date, just “late May.”

“They know they’re not going to be done by May. They’re never done by the date,” said Crockett.

For more information on the Metro Blue Line closure: https://www.metro.net/projects/new-blue-line-improvements/what-stations-are-closed-when/