FTA awards grants for urban rail projects
The Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced that it has allocated $281 million in Capital Investment Grants to five rail projects in Arizona, California, and Texas.
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Tunneling on LACMTA Purple Line Extension Project begins
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) has launched tunneling work on its Purple Line subway extension.
HNTB adds Chandran as project director, VP
HNTB Corporation has brought on C. Yoga Chandran, PhD, PE, GE, as a project director and vice president in Southern California.
L.A. Metro, TSA partner on security
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) and the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have joined forces to deploy “a new advanced portable passenger screening technology that will help detect weapon and explosive device security threats on the county’s transit system.”
Five options for LA Crenshaw Northern Extension
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) has released a staff report and Feasibility Study/Alternatives Analysis outlining five alternatives for the Crenshaw Northern Extension.
Light rail chosen for East San Fernando Valley corridor
Fourteen stations and a light-rail maintenance storage facility are part of the $1.3 billion transit project.
LACMTA awarded $1.8B in state grants
Los Angeles-area transit and rail freight transportation projects just got a generous public funding boost.
CHSRA, LACMTA agree to funding for grade separation project
The California High-Speed Rail Authority and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority have agreed on joint funding for a key project.
DEIR released for LACMTA turnback facility
A Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) has been released for a Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) project that will speed the turnaround time Red and Purple line trains need at Union Station, which will allow more of these trains along the lines.
CTC awards $96M to 11 rail projects
Caltrans released details surrounding $173.4 million in grants awarded to 57 projects by the California Transportation Commission. Out of the pot of funds awarded, $96.4 million will go toward 11 state rail projects.