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LA Metro Board Urges $16.5 Billion Investment in Transit Infrastructure
LA Metro says the budget surplus is a "golden opportunity" to improve important projects in the region's Long Range Transportation Plan
January 3, 2022
Infrastructure Law Helps Fix Amtrak Funding Woes, Rail Exec. Tells House
An infusion of $22 billion for Amtrak would allow the system to offer more reliable service, upgrade stations and work on its backlog of deferred maintenance.
December 28, 2021
Bullet Train Update, Ball Park Safety Fail
...and S.F. dedicates millions more for Vision Zero
December 20, 2021
Why Do L.A. Agencies Drop Approved Bikeways From Their Projects?
Metro, Caltrans, and L.A. City Public Works Department ignore many opportunities to extend L.A. bikeway facilities into more of a network
December 16, 2021
Infrastructure Act Will Spark State Transportation Electrification Efforts
Politicos and high-speed rail officials celebrate potential in infrastructure bill. Call on oil-industry-funded lawmakers in Sacramento to get out of the way
December 13, 2021
LA Metro’s Latest 710 Freeway Messaging Sounds All Too Familiar
Stay tuned - probably for another decade - to find out if Metro's latest community messaging is sincere, or just another iteration of the past couple decades of lip service to a community-driven process.
December 10, 2021
Commentary: San Jose BART Extension Needs a Rethink
It's time to jettison the ill-advised, deep, single-bore plan for the new BART subway
December 9, 2021
LA Rail Projects Move Forward – With Funding from High-Speed Rail
New road/rail grade separation in Santa Fe Springs - plus updates on other L.A. projects to prepare for high-speed rail, including in North L.A. County
December 8, 2021
Metro Approves Transit Policing Contract Extension, While Setting Up Some Shift to Alternatives
The one year contract extension combines with other Metro approvals to queue up a planned partial shift of resources away from armed law enforcement to a community safety approach
December 3, 2021
