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Curbed LA has heard it twice now--Metro's Gold Line Eastside Extension between downtown LA and East LA will open in August. Little Tokyo UnBlogged took a safety walk with officials around the tracks and found that people had many concerns about crossings and signage: "The other questions that came up time and again were the lack of language-appropriate signage (some of the signs that were up did have Spanish translations). Many in the group expressed concerns over how local Japanese and Korean residents, most especially seniors, would be able to read the warnings." UPDATE: Metro says no firm date has been set. Read more here.
Gold Line Rumors: Opening in August*
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I'm guessing typo as if they were "able" to, there wouldn't be cause for concern.
Ummm... I hate to sound insensitive but why do we have signage in all different languages. In my opinion there needs to be one system when it comes to public works.
So people are able to read the signs and NOT get killed. In NYC, for example, you can get a ballot in 5 official languages (English, Spanish, Mandarin, Korean and Polish, I believe).