Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Rail

Metro CEO Wiggins Moves Highway Program Under Planning – To Encourage Multimodal Projects

By Joe Linton | Nov 17, 2021 | No Comments

In order to encourage multi-modal projects, Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins recently moved highway projects under the agency's department of Countywide Planning & Development.

Commentary: BART Police, a Resolution

By Roger Rudick | Nov 12, 2021 | No Comments

An open letter to BART's most pro-bike directors

Amtrak's newest Acela. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

This post is supported by GJEL Accident Attorneys

Feds Pass Downpayment for Next Phase of California High-Speed Rail

By Roger Rudick | Nov 8, 2021 | No Comments

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

Cal HSR construction: Photo Joe Linton/Streetsblog. Rat image: Tambako The Jaguar's Flickr

LA Times’s Latest High-Speed Hypocrisy

By Roger Rudick | Nov 2, 2021 | No Comments

Latest article blames high-speed rail for every ill in the Central Valley, from rodents to drug addiction

Five-Year-Olds Can Now Ride Free on Metro!

By Joe Linton | Oct 29, 2021 | No Comments

As of yesterday, Metro fare policy reads: “Children under age 6 may travel free with a fare-paying adult on bus or rail”

Commentary: Computer-Driven Trains Can’t Get COVID

By Roger Rudick | Oct 29, 2021 | No Comments

Even as Europeans extend the scope of automated trains, Bay Area leaves riders stranded because it won't exploit this revolutionary transit tool

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