Tunneling is finished on LA Metro D Line extension, a milestone for $9.5B project – Daily News

Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, left, joins a Metro tour of the not yet completed Metro D (Purple) Line’s Wilshire/Fairfax station on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 in Los Angeles. Metro has completed the tunneling of the D (Purple) Line Subway Extension Project connecting downtown and West L.A. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily … Read more

Buses and trains see some delays, but public transit works well in storm – Daily News

Transit officials in Southern California reported incidents of buses avoiding standing water and fallen trees and some train delays, but overall the public transportation system is operating fairly well in the midst of a multi-day, torrential storm that is dropping record amounts of precipitation. With dozens of canyon roadways closed, and a mudslide closing off … Read more

10 Freeway closure, 405 toll lanes open, new Metro rail lines – Daily News

From a major freeway shutdown to the opening of carpool lanes and two new passenger rail lines, the transportation picture in Southern California saw some notable changes in 2023. Since 21 million residents are fragmented by barriers, mostly by geography, but also by the daily blockages created by soul-stealing traffic, not everyone will have noticed … Read more

As Malaysia’s next king takes up Singapore high-speed rail cause, is it a case of too costly, too late?

The ruler reportedly said the project remained viable if financed privately and should be realigned to run through the troubled Forest City mega-project, in which he is a key investor, and that the cost would not have ballooned so much if the government had not been “on-off-on-off” in its decision on the HSR. Malaysia’s decision … Read more

Front Range Passenger Rail is chosen to receive major federal support

The federal government will provide $500,000 in seed money to help kick-start construction of Colorado’s Front Range Passenger Rail project between Fort Collins and Pueblo — a decision that brings the prospect of millions more in future funding. The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Railroad Administration are set to announce that the rail … Read more