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09/16/2025

High Speed Rail supporters, please join MoveLA at Union Station for on September 20th from 3-5pm for happy hour. Register now to secure your spot! https://www.socaltransitmonth.org/we_love_the_bay_high_speed_rail_happy_hour

06/23/2024

San Diego NIMBY's clash over necessary rerouting of train tunnel route to San Diego, as rail line is slowing falling into the Ocean. Much useless hysteria over relocating the line underground, despite the serious benefits, including electrification.

Neighboring cities differ on whether railroad should be moved to proposed alternative along Interstate 5

04/05/2024

One wonders about the LA Metro Contracts Department attempting to award a contract to anti-worker firm Lyft. The current vendor fought back against the award and the contract solicitation was recently withdrawn saving workers a lot of grief after protests.

LA Metro slams on the brakes in a controversial deal to turn over bike share to Lyft. What’s next?

03/26/2024

The sprawling parking lots at the North Hollywood Red & Orange Line Station will be replaced with a massive housing & retail development adding 1,500+ residential units and $80 million in rail and bus station improvements on nearly 16 acres of Metro land.

L.A. City Council gave final OK to a major housing and retail project on LA Metro land at North Hollywood rail station.

02/12/2024

Have you ever attempted driving through Elysian Park? It's a traffic nightmare. Now, a car trip reduction Gondola to Dodger Stadium is receiving public flack, as it's privately financed traveling up to the Stadium instead of AQMD financed public buses.

An aerial rapid transit project from Union Station to Dodger Stadium sounds like a happy answer to Los Angeles’ traffic woes and game day gridlock. Until you look more closely.

02/08/2024

Just mentioning, trains between LA & San Diego were halted Wednesday, January 24 due to slope failure. There is NO timetable for reopening! This disruption has a higher profile with elected officials, but not the same pressure as reopening the 10 freeway.

A slope failure halted Metrolink and Amtrak service between Orange and San Diego counties — the latest of several interruptions caused by landslides.

01/25/2024

Awesome. The West Santa Ana Branch Light Rail Line has been relocated to LA County and will be called the Southeast Gateway Line! Also, ECO Rapid Transit has been dissolved. Now, Billions of Dollars needs to be funded to build the project. Stay tuned!

Metro's future 19-mile Southeast Gateway Line will serve southeast L.A. County cities of Artesia, Bell, Bellflower, Cerritos, Cudahy, Downey, Florence-Firestone, Huntington Park, L.A., Paramount, South Gate, and Vernon

01/22/2024

The Coastal Railroad connecting San Diego, Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo is controlled by numerous Transit Agencies resulting in fractured governance and inconsistent service. A CA State Legislator urges combining these agencies to functionally govern.

Fragmented control frustrates efforts to improve train service between San Diego, Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo

12/25/2023

LA Times Columnist George Skeleton opines that the $6 Billion+ funding from the Feds means that California should get both the CA high-speed rail projects completed ASAP, so the benefits can be utilized. Linking the State together gives mobility to all.

President Biden delivered a Christmas gift for California: Billions of dollars to help build high-speed rail.

12/25/2023

Ideological Anti-transit obstructionists like Susan Shelley are opinioning that the almost ground broken Briteline West is evil, as the privately owned firm might not be profitable, possibly needing a taxpayer bailout. Briteline is a Real Estate developer!

Another questionable bullet …

11/24/2023

Hey: Transit supporters in the South Bay 📢 Join Team and
for a community walk exploring the South Bay C/K Line Light Rail Extension to Torrance. Show up for transit! 💚 Saturday, Dec. 16 at 10 am, Lawndale.
If you can volunteer with website, social media, graphic design and organization, contact bart.reed@thetransitcoalition.

RSVP:

The Office of Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell and Metro invites members of the Lawndale and Redondo Beach communities to walk through the possibilities of extending public transit in the Second Supervisorial District.

11/23/2023

¿Algun voluntario? Vermont Avenue necesita que el metro se extienda hacia el sur desde Wilshire Blvd hasta la Línea Verde. Un equipo de voluntarios tardará varios años en obtener el apoyo de la comunidad y de un grupo sin fines de lucro. Aquellos que quieren más servicio de autobús no comprenden la experiencia de los pasajeros de servicio llenos.