With hybrid and remote work here to stay, Metrolink rail service needs to evolve and expand to stay relevant. Here are five ways to restructure Southern California’s regional rail service for the future.
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Posted inCommunity Opinion
Tucker: The Real Winner of Rail Infrastructure Investments
A recent Voice of OC article asked who benefits from improved rail infrastructure? Rail improvements stabilize the economy, improve mobility, reduce automotive vehicle miles traveled, and lower harmful emissions and congestion. Well-functioning rail infrastructure brings economic, environmental, and societal advances that benefit everyone. Who benefits from rail infrastructure? Everyone.
Posted inTransportation
Industrial Freight Trains May Be the Real Winners of OC’s Coastal Commuter Rail Project
In what’s supposed to help commuters, critics say the Serra Siding project may help industrialize a vanishing Southern California coastline between Orange County and San Diego.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Nelson: How Many Rocks Will it Take to Hold Back the Pacific?
Between a 29-inch track deflection and waves slapping trains in San Clemente to serious landslides in Del Mar, does endless band aiding of coastal rail make sense?
Posted inGovernment
Residents Challenge Who Gets Priority Access to Orange County’s Coast
A set of debates up and down Orange County’s scenic coast has residents questioning whether ideas about public coastal access only have the wealthy in mind.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Nelson: Metrolink’s $50 Million Serra Siding Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test
Metrolink wants taxpayers to add a $50 million second track along two rapidly eroding public beaches, impacting 7 Capistrano Beach hotels, over 1 million annual beachgoers, 7,000 residents and numerous local businesses. Ridership through this segment has been flat since 2010 and is now about 3% of capacity. No local needs assessment has been provided.
Posted inAnaheim, Buena Park, Countywide, Fullerton, Top Stories, Transportation
A Glimpse at High Speed Rail in OC
The California High Speed Rail Authority hosted open houses in Buena Park and Anaheim to promote the 30-mile project between Los Angeles and Anaheim, which will run at the speed of a normal commuter train.
Posted inAnaheim, News Briefs, Transportation
Anaheim Council Asks OCTA to Keep Streetcar Option Open
Anaheim City Council members are asking the Orange County Transportation Authority to keep the city’s streetcar project as a priority despite a lack of local, state, or federal funding for the project.
Posted inAnaheim, Transportation
Anaheim Council Votes to Continue With Streetcar Despite Lack of Funding
Mayor Tom Tait proposed killing the streetcar project entirely because it has been denied funding from both the Orange County Transportation Authority and the federal government. But the council majority shot down the proposal.
Posted inAnaheim, Government, Top Stories, Transportation
New Transit Center Has Glitter But Not Ridership Gold
While ARTIC, Anaheim’s gleaming new $185 million transit hub has made an architectural statement along the 57 Freeway, its initial ridership numbers are lagging way behind estimates.
