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Manchin Machinations Seem Promising for Bullet Train
Federal funding picture remains in flux.
March 8, 2022
Highway Widening Chief Abdollah Ansari Has Left Metro
Ansari was one of the agency's most rigidly pro-freeway and pro-car-capacity leaders
March 1, 2022
February 2022 Metro Board Meeting Recap: Railyard Overrun, Unarmed Security, and More
Transit policing, B/D Line turnback yard, N. 710 Freeway funding for multi-modal projects, Eastside L Line extension, bike parking, J Line electric buses, and Local Small Business Enterprise Program
March 1, 2022
Documents Completed on San Francisco Leg of High-Speed Rail
The next step towards getting the San Francisco to Merced section of California's High-speed Rail project shovel-ready was taken Friday with the completion of a required environmental study of the alignment. This all-important connection between the Central Valley and Silicon Valley has been a "long time coming and this is a big milestone," said Boris Lipkin, Northern California Regional Director.
February 25, 2022
L.A. Metro Evaluating Phasing Eastside Gold Line Extension to Whittier
The 9-mile Eastside Gold Line light rail extension is expected to cost $6.1-6.5 billion, so construction could be phased, with a shorter initial segment
February 18, 2022
Committee Approves L.A. Metro Station Bike Parking Contract
Metro is upgrading keyed lockers to digital ones, expanding 850 existing station lockers to 1,000 new e-lockers
February 17, 2022
Some Questions About Metro’s Proposed North Hollywood Station Development
NoHo joint development would be great - if it included more affordable housing, less parking, quality bikeway connections, and lots of people walking
February 11, 2022
Easier Transfers Between BART and Muni
Maybe Muni and BART don't hate their customers after all? BART adds new platform-level fare gates in the subway
February 10, 2022
Caltrain Governance Negotiations Inch Forward
The Caltrain board inched forward in painstaking negotiations on three-county governance at its meeting on Thursday.
February 8, 2022
