It was very satisfying to watch Ray delete the freeways in this video.
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It was very satisfying to watch Ray delete the freeways in this video.
When will California grant enhanced permitting authority to transit projects?
Thank you
Plan Highlights FY 25 Metrolink Reimagined: strategies applied to weekdays FY 28: strategies applied to weekends FY 29: Half-hourly SBL, Hourly VCL, AVL, OCL and other improvements systemwide, including weekends FY 32: Completion of further SCORE project segments FY35: LinkUS project completion FY35: New VCOC line FY 37 Southside island platform project completion, half hourly: OCL (part of VCOCL)
New information on Metrolink SCORE is out:
- SCORE Phase 1 not complete until after Olympics
- Half-hour service on SBL, AVL, VCL by 2032 - but not on OCL until 2037
- LinkUS will combine VC and OC lines, delivering the Tripper service we modeled in #Electrolink!
Good projects, slow timeline.
Holy shit CAHSR now planning on electrifying AV Line by 2039! @calelectricrail.org
This tragedy in Colton is a deadly reminder of the dangers of hydrogen in transportation. We need to electrify freight rail for a safe, zero emissions way to haul goods. abc7.com/post/1-dead-...
Governor Newsom highlights Caltrain electrification as a good investment. We should invest in Metrolink electrification next, right @governor.ca.gov?
Want to make this happen? Call into the Capitol Board Meeting tomorrow at 10 to support electrification, the 3rd track to Roseville, and more Sac regional service. actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...
BNSF, AAR: This is impossible
Electric Capitol Corridor and 3rd Track to Roseville need your support this Wed at 10 am. 3rd Track to Roseville will now take 24 years to finish, opening in 2036 with only 3 (not 10) trips. Email the board by 3 pm 2/17: #ElectrifyCapitolCorridor actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...
Caltrain Baby Bullet project timeline
- 1998 planning study
- 1999 implementation plan
- 2000 SB2003 appropriating $127m folded into budget signed in June
- 2002 construction starts with a 2 year schedule requiring weekend service closure
- 2004 construction complete on schedule and service starts
The state is 2 weeks late on its legally-mandated report on Southern California regional rail governance. We need real solutions: centralized funding and governance independent of hyper-local interests. Thank you Senator Blakespear for holding them accountable! sd38.senate.ca.gov/news/sen-bla...
Wow, I'm impressed. Bloomberg has the best article on the Sepulveda Line I've seen. No errors, very detailed, pushed back on nimby talking points, centered voices like Matute, Schneider, and Raman, and even mentions an EIFD! Full marks.
Trump just rolled back regulations on planet-warming greenhouse gases. California can step in by moving aggressively to electrify its passenger and freight railways, and get cars and trucks off the road.
Electrify the San Bernardino Line! Now is the time to move forward. #ElectrifyMetrolink www.pressenterprise.com/2026/02/07/m...
What are the transportation big challenges in California, and how can we address them? We have a magazine of key findings of five years of work on this, from researchers at @uclaits.bsky.social, @berkeleyits.bsky.social, UC Davis ITS, and UC Irvine ITS, coordinated by @susanshaheen.bsky.social:
"'The future of rail in Bayern is electric" A few years ago Germany led the world on hydrogen train deployment - now they are pivoting to overhead electrification and batteries after H2 trains proved to be a dud. Will CA do the same? www.railwaygazette.com/infrastructu...
Rails to busway+trails with maybe a conversion back in the future
Dumbarton express is now running 35 min service and abandoned a clockfaced timetable. Start with 20 min service, bus lanes down Willow Rd to 101 if not Middlefield (could be 7am-7pm only past 101)
sf.streetsblog.org/2026/01/22/s...
How do we fix the SCORE program? We need Metrolink to support these 3 reforms:
- Independent infrastructure manager to take over capital projects from counties
- State capacity for design & engineering
- Multi-year framework funding (not patchwork grants)
calelectricrail.org/wp-content/u...
SCORE Program: Received approval from the California Transportation Commission (CTC) for construction allocation for Marengo project during their August board meeting. We are waiting for the supplement paperwork to be officially provided to Metrolink. Requested supplemental funding allocation from CTC to complete Camera Ready design for the El Monte Siding Project. Continuing negotiations with the City of El Monte on the Purchase & Sale Agreement on the El Monte Siding project. Negotiations with Union Pacific Railroad regarding relocation of fiber-optic lines for the Simi Valley Double Track Project are ongoing. Requested construction funding allocation for the Rancho Cucamonga project. Development of the Invitation for Bids (IFB) for the San Gabriel Sub projects (Marengo Siding and Rancho Cucamonga Siding) continues. Requested supplemental funding allocation from CTC to complete condemnation for the Chatsworth Pedestrian Underpass Project. Program Delivery has finished construction and completed our Early Start projects which came in around $11M under budget. The team is working towards the construction of Metrolink-Led SCORE projects for which the design is nearing completion. With substantial completion of design, the team has a better forecast for ROW acquisitions and utility relocations that are needed for each of these projects and their associated costs. Due to substantial completion of design for Metrolink-Led SCORE projects the team has high confidence in the cost estimates for ROW acquisitions, utility relocations and construction. There is estimated to be a funding gap, totaling approximately $300M for construction projects due to inflation and material cost and general construction cost escalations seen since the pandemic and combined with higher-than-expected ROW acquisition and utility relocation needs and associated costs. It should be noted that budgets for Metrolink-Led SCORE projects were established prior to the onset of the pandemic.
The SCORE program, needed for 30 minute systemwide Metrolink service, has a $300m budget gap. The budget was set prior to advanced design, and utility relocations uncovered in design process pushed up costs.
We need separate funding & staff capacity for design so this doesn't keep happening.
Wait, so you can just fund design and engineering instead of running everything through competitive grant programs? 🤯
Which CA governor candidate will do this for regional rail electrification?
1/2
Greenpeace study shows link between the quality of public transport and trust in democracy.
In communities with poor local transport services, the right-wing populist AfD party tends to perform better.
Screenshot of Governor Gavin Newsom pointing upward, with the caption "Full electrification. Ask the folks in the Bay"
⚡FULL ELECTRIFICATION ⚡
@governor.ca.gov shouts out Caltrain electrification in his State of the State speech.
The upshot? Twenty bus routes altered, another 15 eliminated, and a light-rail line that will stop at its halfway point, requiring a transfer to get from Clackamas Town Center to downtown Portland.
Want to reduce US reliance on oil? Fund transit and electrify our trains!
NEW: Mayor Mamdani chose the third full day of his tenure to announce that he will complete the full safety redesign of deadly McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint — a project that was created under Mayor Bill de Blasio, but watered down by Mayor Adams in a corruption scandal. buff.ly/T2rESWz
sometimes it feels impossible to imagine US towns and cities without car-dominance. but i think if we could get a few humming along, and people could visit and see how fun life is using transit and renting e-bikes, we could turn the tide. a good goal is to work on the prototypes!
The next time someone says, "Oh, I'm just going 10 miles per hour over the speed limit, what's the big deal?" you should show them this
Electrolink - electrification, level boarding, and through-running - would bring the Surfliner to 2.5 hours travel time. California deserves a train like the Northeast Corridor - let's make it happen! calelectricrail.org/electrolink-...
