Metro unveils new Kinkisharyo pilot rail car
Metro unveiled the first of 78 Kinkisharyo P3010 rail cars this morning. The first pilot car will be used for testing to ensure it is fully compatible with Metro’s system [continue reading]
High Desert Corridor draft environmental study is released
Caltrans and Metro today released the long-awaited draft environmental study for the High Desert Corridor project, which contemplates a new 63-mile freeway between Palmdale in Los Angeles County and the town of Apple Valley in San Bernardino County — along with a possible high-speed rail line, bikeway and green energy transmission corridor. [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Wednesday, September 17
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Transportation headlines, Monday, August 25
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Gold Line Eastside project environmental document released (San Gabriel Valley Tribune) Coverage of the release on Friday of the Eastside Gold Line Phase 2 environmental [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Friday, August 8
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Transportation headlines, Wednesday, July 2
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Transportation headlines, Friday, September 6
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Transportation Headlines online newspaper, which you can also access via email subscription (visit the newspaper site) or RSS feed. Have a transportation-related article you want included [continue reading]
New video advocates for High Desert Corridor project
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTIndCYxeHs&w=584&h=329] The above video was recently released by the High Desert Corridor [HDC] study team. For those new to the project, the HDC proposes to construct a new 63-mile east-west freeway between the 14 freeway and State Route 18 in the Antelope Valley. A rail link parallel to the new [continue reading]
Metro, Caltrans to Hold Public Meetings on High Desert Corridor (HDC) Project
Here’s the press release from Metro: The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) and Caltrans is holding a series of four public meetings to provide information and seek comment on a proposed new transportation corridor linking Palmdale and Victorville. The project, called High Desert Corridor (HDC), is a 63-mile-long [continue reading]
Metro to hold public hearings on unmet transit needs in North County and City of Avalon
Metro will be holding a series of Transportation Development Act (TDA) Article 8 public hearings for the use of TDA Article 8 funds in the North County and the City of Avalon. The TDA Article 8 funds are for those areas of Los Angeles County that do not have Metro [continue reading]