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A RENDERING of an aerial view of the future Los Angeles Union Station.
L.A. Metro, CHSRA Board finalize $423.34
million Link Union Station agreement
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) Board of Directors approved
a multi-million-dollar project management and funding agreement
with Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority to modernize the
historic LA Union Station through the Link Union Station (Link US) project.
The Link US project will allow trains to enter and exit from both the north
and south ends of the station, which will increase capacity for rail service
and reduce train idling times. Additionally, the project will improve connections
between Metrolink, Metro Rail and bus services. The project will also
accommodate future high-speed rail service and includes a new expanded
passageway under the tracks and new platforms, escalators and elevators.
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APTA honors 2022 Bus Safety
& Security Excellence Award
winners at Mobility Conference
▶ The American Public Transportation
Association (APTA) honored its APTA Bus
and Rail Safety & Security Excellence
Awards winners on May 3. The awards
recognize public transit providers for
their innovative and proactive safety and
security programs. These awards help to
build the industry by benchmarking successful
initiatives so other systems can
implement and fine-tune their programs
based on the findings of their peers. The
Safety Excellence awards included Gold
Winners Société de Transport de Montreal
and Metrolinx (GO Transit); Indianapolis
Public Transportation Corporation was
recognized with a Certificate of Merit.
The Security Excellence awards included
Gold Winner OmniTrans and Certificate
of Merit Winner Corpus Christi Regional
Transportation Authority.
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Fair Transit South Cook
pilot labeled a success in
first annual report
▶ Partners in the first year of the Fair
Transit South Cook pilot program have
called the initiative a success as they look
toward two more years of the program.
The three-year pilot program began
in January 2021 and is designed to
improve transit service and reduce costs
for riders on the south side of Chicago,
south suburban Cook County and north
Will County. The program is funded by
Cook County with regional partners
Metra, Pace and the Regional Transportation
Authority. Fair Transit South Cook
offers discounted fares of 50 percent on
Metra Electric and Rock Island lines and
increased service on Pace's 352 Halsted
route by 25 percent. The program is
targeted to areas where the transportation
costs as a percentage of income is
considered " very high " and where more
than 30 percent of households have an
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average commute length of more than
60 minutes. Findings during the first year
of the program include riders reporting
they are taking Metra Electric/Rock Island
lines more often because of reduced
fares and lower-income neighborhoods
are benefitting the most from the fare
reductions on Metra Electric, among
other results.
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Cook County
OCTAVIA SAFFOLD offered a testimonial
of the positive impact the Fair Transit
South Cook pilot program has had on
her life.
USDOT launches $6.4 billion
Carbon Reduction Program
▶ The U.S. Department of Transportation's
(USDOT) Federal Highway
Administration launched the new Carbon
Reduction Program (CRP) on April 21
that will provide $6.4 billion in formula
funding for states and localities over five
years. The funds can be used to expand
transportation options and help states
develop carbon reduction strategies.
Projects eligible for the funds range
from traffic monitoring and management,
active transportation, public
transportation, intelligent transportation
systems such as vehicle-to-infrastructure
communications equipment, street
lighting replacement, congestion pricing
support, deployment of alternative fuels,
among others. Additionally, any project
eligible under the Surface Transportation
Block Grant program can use CRP funds
if the USDOT secretary has certified that
the state has demonstrated a reduction
in transportation emissions both on a
per capita basis, as well as a per unit of
economic output.
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