Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Rail

Most of Metro’s New Crenshaw/LAX Light Rail Line Is Substantially Complete

By Joe Linton | Mar 21, 2022 | No Comments

If all goes well - which hasn't been the case for Crenshaw/LAX so far - the new rail line could open to the public as early as this December, though early 2023 is likely

Proposed L.A. Metro FY22-23 Budget: More Freeway Widening, Less Transit Construction

By Joe Linton | Mar 18, 2022 | No Comments

While the Metro FY22-23 budget figures are still in flux, the latest proposal shows a 30 percent increase in freeway expansion and a 9 percent decrease in transit expansion

Ghost Train Podcast Explores Denver’s Troubled Rail Expansion, with Lessons for Other Locales

By Joe Linton | Mar 14, 2022 | No Comments

Ghost Train is the story of how one polluted, traffic-choked city went all in on trains, and what happened when that plan jumped the track.

Amtrak's newest Acela. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Manchin Machinations Seem Promising for Bullet Train

By Roger Rudick | Mar 8, 2022 | No Comments

Federal funding picture remains in flux.

Highway Widening Chief Abdollah Ansari Has Left Metro

By Joe Linton | Mar 1, 2022 | No Comments

Ansari was one of the agency's most rigidly pro-freeway and pro-car-capacity leaders

February 2022 Metro Board Meeting Recap: Railyard Overrun, Unarmed Security, and More

By Joe Linton | Mar 1, 2022 | No Comments

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

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