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Feds Pass Downpayment for Next Phase of California High-Speed Rail
The negotiations continue in D.C., but money for additional legs of California's projects should be available soon--if L.A.'s politicians get out of the way
November 8, 2021
LA Times’s Latest High-Speed Hypocrisy
Latest article blames high-speed rail for every ill in the Central Valley, from rodents to drug addiction
November 2, 2021
Five-Year-Olds Can Now Ride Free on Metro!
As of yesterday, Metro fare policy reads: “Children under age 6 may travel free with a fare-paying adult on bus or rail”
October 29, 2021
Commentary: Computer-Driven Trains Can’t Get COVID
Even as Europeans extend the scope of automated trains, Bay Area leaves riders stranded because it won't exploit this revolutionary transit tool
October 29, 2021
Four Things L.A. Can Do to Make Hollywood Bike-Share More of a Success
Hollywood has 12 new docking stations housing 162 new bikes - bringing Metro Bike Share's total to 3,470 total bikes at 236 docking stations
October 28, 2021
Pasadena Canceling Grade Separation Gives Metro Another Chance to Do Right with 710 Funding
With Pasadena seeking to moving funding around, what projects Metro chooses to fund will be an early test of whether or not culture change is taking root
October 28, 2021
SPUR Talk: Bullet Trains and Big Cities
A look at how high-speed rail could transform large metropolitan areas
October 26, 2021
Is Metro Committed to an Effective Clean Truck Program?
Metro established a task force to address 710 Freeway corridor investments, advocates question why the rush for a Clean Truck Program outside that established process?
October 26, 2021
LA Metro Is Selling 605 Freeway Valley Boulevard Project as Good for Equity, Climate, Active Transportation
The 605 Freeway/Valley Blvd project isn't among the most destructive widening projects that Metro and Caltrans do, but it's bad.
October 21, 2021
Metro Plans to Close Loophole that Charges Five-Year-Olds Full Fare
The proposed revised fare language would simply read: “Children under age 6 may travel free with a fare-paying adult on bus or rail.”
October 19, 2021