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Metro Transit Ridership and Service Rebounding; System Still Hindered by Operator Shortage
Metro transit ridership is up over the past couple months. This Sunday, Metro is adding service, gradually restoring bus service cut at the outset of the pandemic.
October 21, 2022
High-Speed Rail Sustainability Report 2022 Released
Too bad the station renderings show such car-centric places
October 19, 2022
Commentary: New York Times Publishes California’s Discredited, High Speed Rail-Hating Hack
State's infamous, Whac-A-Mole reporter who hates everything on rails pops up again
October 14, 2022
Metro’s K Line Is Open! Rail Returns to Crenshaw Boulevard, the Heart of Black Los Angeles
In celebration, rides are free on the entire Metro system all weekend.
October 11, 2022
Emergency Work to Stabilize Cliffs Above SoCal Railroad Tracks Will Take Months
Amtrak, Metrolink, and freight operations from Laguna Niguel to Oceanside are suspended meanwhile. A permanent solution is years away.
October 4, 2022
Where Metro and Caltrans Are Widening the 405 Freeway
The agencies are chopping 405 Freeway expansion projects up into short segments to avoid scrutiny
September 29, 2022
Eyes on the Future of Caltrain
San Francisco VIPs (and anybody else who was in the area) got a first look at the future of transit in the Bay Area
September 29, 2022
Metro Announces Crenshaw/LAX Line Will Open October 7
Crenshaw's grand opening will be October 7, 2022, with a noon ribbon-cutting at Leimert Park
September 22, 2022
Are Embarcadero BART Fare Sweeps Justified?
As if there aren't enough unavoidable reasons trains are delayed, BART police created a new one
September 14, 2022
CA High-Speed Rail Authority Releases Draft Plan for Palmdale to Burbank Section
High-Speed Rail riders will be able to go from Burbank to Palmdale in under 20 minutes (with a non-stop travel time of 13 minutes). On Metrolink today, this trip takes just over 90 minutes.
September 14, 2022
