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  Saving Gas — Authority: 161
  
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• Transit tax campaign aims at non-riding St. Louis County voters

  
  Political Fix — Authority: 613
  John Nations A campaign for a half-cent increase in the transit tax for Metro will stress the stake the majority of St. Louis County voters — who don’t travel on buses or MetroLink – have in the region’s transit system. “We’re going…
  6 days ago

• Metro will give us a holiday train if we tell them we want it!

  
  Curious Feet St. Louis — Authority: 116
  Metro will do a holiday MetroLink train this year if there is enough public interest. It would run every Friday and Saturday in December. I am SO EXCITED about this! If I were still in St. Louis, I’d volunteer to be an elf! The Chicago Transit Authority has a long-running tradition of running a Santa Express ...
  1 week ago

• MetroLink Prom photos!

  
  Curious Feet St. Louis — Authority: 116
  Grossly belated! My apologies–moving to Michigan ate my free time. Here are links to photos from MetroLink Prom! If you have a link of your own (or a link to Prom photos you’ve seen around the web), please share in the links section and I will put them up! Miss MetroLink’s own album from 2009 Nazim ...
  1 week ago

• CA4HSR Submits LA-SD Scoping Comments

  
  California High Speed Rail Blog — Authority: 548
  Yesterday was the deadline to submit scoping comments to the California High Speed Rail Authority for the Los Angeles to San Diego project segment. Californians For High Speed Rail submitted the following comments to the CHSRA regarding the route and station choices. You can read the whole document here, and below I ...
  1 week ago

• Ditch the Train: The San Bernardino Sun reports...

  
  Curbed LA — Authority: 617
  The San Bernardino Sun reports on reactions to Metrolinks proposed fare rise and as expected, people are saying theyll ditch the train for their cars if fares rise . More on the costs: "Metrolink officials are considering a 6 percent fare hike as well as possible service cuts to solve a nearly $4.5 million budget ...
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• New MetroLink bridge at Vandeventer

  
  Along for the Ride — Authority: 407
  Metro is getting ready to replace the crumbling bridge that carries MetroLink tracks over Vandeventer Boulevard in St. Louis. What the Vandeventer bridge will look like. RENDERING COURTESY OF METRO. The $5 million replacement project will require shutting MetroLink in that section for about…
  1 week ago

• Metrolink board delays decision on fare hike after thousands protest

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 818
  Faced with strong opposition from riders and questions about agency finances, the board of Southern California’s commuter rail agency today postponed a decision on a proposed 6% fare increase just three months after the last rate hike. After receiving protests from thousands of riders, Metrolink board members opted ...
  2 weeks ago

• Metrolink board to vote on proposed fare hike, the second in 3 months

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 818
  The Metrolink governing board is expected this morning to decide whether to raise fares by up to 6% on top of a 3%  increase instituted three months ago. Citing a sharp drop in ridership from the economic slump and moderating gas prices, the agencys staff has called for another fare hike beginning in January to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Dont Let Arnold Schwarzenegger Divide and Conquer

  
  California High Speed Rail Blog — Authority: 548
  One of the consistent points this blog has made since we launched in March 2008 is that HSR is part of an overall effort to revive passenger rail in California. HSR isnt a substitute for other forms of local rail - in some places, like the Peninsula and Southern California, it enhances local rail by enabling more and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Editorial: OCTA’s route cuts will hurt students

  
  Daily Titan — Authority: 547
  In an attempt to make up for a $330 million budget shortfall that will occur over the next five years, the Orange County Transportation Authority plans on cutting its bus service by 150,000 hours a year. Public transportation is a necessary way of getting around for many people, and a cut in bus routes will have a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Metrolink Considering Counterproductive Rate Hike

  
  HolyCoast.com — Authority: 586
  After my experience with Metrolink last night Im not inclined to use their services again anytime soon, but if they go through with this rate hike a lot of other people will quit using them too: The five-county rail agencys board is scheduled to decide this week whether to increase fares by as much as 6%. Some ...
  3 weeks ago

• Freight Train Derails In Los Angeles, Blocks Metrolink Commuter Lines

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 506
  Windsor Genova - AHN News Writer Los Angeles, CA (AHN) - A freight train of Union Pacific derailed near Metrolinks Union Station and prevented commuter trains from going to Los Angeles on Monday.
  3 weeks ago

• Thanks Metrolink for Screwing Up My Evening

  
  HolyCoast.com — Authority: 586
  We had plans tonight to hop aboard the Metrolink in Laguna Niguel, ride to Fullerton for dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory, and then ride home again. When we got to the station there were signs all over, including the scrolling electronic signs, that all trains today would use Track 2 because of platform ...
  3 weeks ago

• Train Buffs Killed in Fullerton

  
  HolyCoast.com — Authority: 586
  The Amtrak station in Fullerton is one of the most popular places in Southern California for train buffs to congregate. Every day about 100 trains pass through the station, including the scheduled AMTRAK and Metrolink trains, and dozens of Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight trains headed to or from the Port of Los ...
  3 weeks ago

• Orange County Trains Slow After Metrolink Train Hit Pickup

  
  Los Angeles Injury Lawyers : : 888-400-9721 — Authority: 113
  November 4, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports the Orange County train lines were slowed after an early morning crash . According to Angela Starr at approximately 6:45 a.m. a Metrolink train struck a stalled pickup truck in the vicinity of Norwalk. A Chevy pickup truck was traveling northbound on ...
  3 weeks ago

• Metrolink train strikes pedestrian in Claremont [Updated]

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 818
  Metrolink is reporting that its San Bernardino Line Train 314 struck a trespassing pedestrian at Indian Hill Boulevard in Claremont. The accident was reported about 3:35 p.m. Passengers were reportedly being transferred to another train. [ Updated 5:28 p.m.:] Los Angeles County fire officials said the pedestrian ...
  3 weeks ago

• Metrolink train hits truck, causing delays but no injuries

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 818
  A Metrolink train hit a stalled pickup truck about 6:45 a.m. today in Norwalk, causing several delays on its Orange County line trains. The accident occurred near Rosecrans Avenue and Marquardt Avenue, said Metrolink spokeswoman Angela Starr. A Chevy truck was traveling northbound on Marquardt and making a left turn ...
  3 weeks ago

• MetroLink expansion would take many years, Metro officials say

  
  Along for the Ride — Authority: 407
  Robert Baer If the region started now to plan for the next MetroLink expansion, eight years may pass before the new segment opens, Metro officials say. And under questioning from from St. Louis County Councilman Greg Quinn, R-Ballwin, Metro President Robert Baer said it…
  3 weeks ago

• They’re watching me.

  
  KateOhKatie blogs — Authority: 418
  It’s a pretty common daydream/fantasy, I think, to imagine that you’re a secret celebrity, that you’re being watched and admired when you don’t realize it.  To imagine that people *notice* you, just for being you.  That people miss you when you’re absent. Here’s the thing – and I know this is gonna ...
  4 weeks ago

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