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California Transit Nerd

2 years

For those who expect to see a set of labels at the top I won't have any. I'd rather you ask my position on something that assume from those labels. closest you'll get for intercity travel cars< Bus< trains< electric trains

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California Transit Nerd

@riley_gdr

2 years

@TheHistoryOfTh2 @AugustJPollak The unions want better pay, healthcare, more staff as they’ve cut 30% in the last 5 years and consistent schedules as the current on call 24/7/365 is destroying people. Class 1 want to save every dime then can and give it to Wall Street as they are failing slowly.

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@jameallow @CityOfMemphis How the profit margin on roads, most airports? That’s right they lose massive amounts of money but are done for the public good.

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@riley_gdr

2 years

@Abierman117 @MadiHilly A flawed reactor design that had a history of issues and design failures known from the start. Rushed into production and issues hidden under the guise of national security. Also every production reactor in the west has a thick containment building. Something Russia cut for costs

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@Jeffinatorator Shared machines absolutely suck. Consistently they were out of service or just nasty even with freshly installed machines

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@riley_gdr

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@InvestingMerc @DrChrisCombs Yeah and all the teslas that were rated highly had massive amounts of crash zones afforded to them by not having a combustion engine under the hood

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@riley_gdr

1 year

@dana916 This a branchline owned by a small company who hauls mostly grain. This is excepted track. Limited to 10mph and freight only They’ve rebuilt most of the track The video is clearly sped up at points

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@riley_gdr

5 months

@EdmondCantos @WorksYucca @CJHandmer @teddyfeld Rivers which are currently having major issues with droughts.

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@riley_gdr

9 months

No they should. The project needed reform and if you listen to the current staff they don’t want to repeat the mistake of CP1-3 and it’s insane costs. They delayed and redid contracts to lower costs and increased competition for future segments, track, trains.

Alec Stapp

@AlecStapp

9 months

The California high speed rail project is an insane boondoggle and they should stop throwing good money after bad

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@riley_gdr

3 months

Quick little @CaltransHQ roast for hydrogen trains By ZE they mean hydrogen most of which isn't green hydrogen I love how much this next slide bends the truth What are we going to run 2-3 of these sets on most service, 250 seats isn't a lot an 90mph top speed sucks

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@riley_gdr

2 years

@jkwessel @TallDarknJewish @expolineledger @Amtrak @PacSurfliners We've got 2-3 major tunnel sections to build along the coast here. Getting it done faster is going to be a real challenge but we need to. 2035 for Del Mar is too far. The State really needs to take out the checkbook and fund rail

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@riley_gdr

2 years

@elliotsharron @townble09 @LaurenKGurley Actually having enough staff. Class 1 have cut 30% of their staff in the last 5 years. Key safety tasks are being rushed and trains are so long they can’t fit into siding and have mechanical issues that take hours to resolve because the train is 2-3 miles long.

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@riley_gdr

4 months

This wouldn’t be so hard if @metrolosangeles would actually double track from Chatsworth to Van Nuys like they were supposed to 10 years ago

MetrolinkVC

@MetrolinkVC

4 months

On Saturday and Sunday, January 13-14, VC Line trains will not operate due to track maintenance. Alternate transportation will not be available. For more info visit

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@riley_gdr

2 years

@CougarSpider It’s not. Car average speed is lower than the 70s, more derailments, the RR are the biggest oil users after the US army, carload freight is dead and we’ve done all this by overworking people, cutting staff and reducing infrastructure.

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@riley_gdr

5 months

This is so stupid and is unlikely to save as much as claimed. the cost difference between a 28ft TMB and a 33-35ft is a rounding error on a project this large.

Paul Wennberg

@PaulOWennberg

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@calelectricrail Del Mar realignment by SanDag has assumed value-engineered TBM to reduce diameter saving $200M. How? b/c "overhead electrification of the trains is not planned for the corridor and .. should assume use of battery- or hydrogen-operated trains in the future.

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@riley_gdr

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The feds should deny it so VTA is forced to fix the project

Monica Mallon

@monicamallon

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Q: Can you talk about the cost? A: The cost is $12.7b and half is secured by local $ and the state. We are working towards a full funding grant agreement from the feds for the rest.

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@riley_gdr

2 months

@sdut I see we got the transportation experts to provide imput. Oh wait we got 2 local NIMBYs

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@riley_gdr

6 months

Now can we use this as an excuse to double track more of the SB line, its already in design so lets speed it up like AV in the 90s.

Metrolink

@Metrolink

6 months

Traffic in and out of LA is being significantly impacted due to the closure of a portion of the 10 Freeway in Downtown LA. We’re adding extra cars and service along the San Bernardino Line. Learn More:

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@riley_gdr

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This is the cover store they are trying to go with to justify their terrible choice which exists to appease a handful of business

BART Silicon Valley

@vtabsv2

20 days

The top of the tunnel we’re building needs to be about 50 ft. underground. So why do we build so far down? To increase the amount of cover over the tunnel to help control the surface settlement and to help with the buoyancy resistance of the tunnel. #vtabsv2 #educational #vtatbm

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@riley_gdr

2 years

@B_rian_B @MadiHilly There’s no waste with solar and wind? Those blades and pannels need replacement every 20-30 years.Know what we do with massive fiberglass blades? Burry them in landfills We can cut both of those massively if we actually had good Project Managers and didn’t allow local corruption

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@riley_gdr

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@t_NYC How are driverless trains unsafe? They’ve been used across the world for decades

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@riley_gdr

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@YIMBYLAND 200m should get you EIR and 33% if not higher design along with a bunch of the surveys needed.

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@riley_gdr

1 month

ah yes, because fare gates would have prevented a shooting *checks notes* outside the station This should be her last term in office she loves lying

Debora Allen

@debora_allen1

1 month

Another homicide near BART gates: Until we get #faregate replacement at all ⁦⁦ @SFBART ⁩ stations, along with reversing the spiraling down numbers of #police officers, ⁦ @SFBART ⁩ will never be any more safe than the street outside.

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@riley_gdr

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If I wrote some blogs on California rail and transit in general would people be interested?

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@riley_gdr

3 months

Goal is late March to have the rail line reopen. Just a 2 month+ closure on the busiest passenger corridor in the state and 2nd busiest in the county

OCTA

@goOCTA

3 months

Feb. 22 Update: The OCTA & Metrolink project team has started staging equipment to begin construction on a catchment wall to protect the rail line in #SanClemente at Mariposa Point. Drilling is expected to begin as early as 2/27, weather permitting. Info:

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@riley_gdr

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@alanhenney That wasn’t even close to a stop you got down to what 5mph. It’s not a slow down and yield sign

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@riley_gdr

2 years

@TheHistoryOfTh2 @AugustJPollak The RR are having more and more safety issues from poor upkeep. They are spending the bare minimum on capital. They are losing old major shippers like coal. Single or small groups of cars move at a painful pace slower than the 70s and unreliably so no one wants to ship with them

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@riley_gdr

5 months

Amtrak sold 7 coaches, 3 coach baggage, 3 sightseer lounges and 3 sleepers. California really should buy all of those cars and rebuild them to expand our fleet now and to give us enough railcars to bring a sleeper train back via the coast

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@riley_gdr

2 years

@philritz1 @AndrewDLewis The cube was the worse way to get density possibly. We can easily build taller structures that use a good layout to make sure every bedroom has a window

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@riley_gdr

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@RM_Transit @TaupeAvenger They already have 20 cars on order. 10 this year and 10 next

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@riley_gdr

4 months

This is bad the project needs more run though tracks not less

numble

@numble

4 months

January 2024 LA Metro update on Link Union Station. Utility relocations starting. Looks like project has been value-engineered (cost cutting): 4 platforms instead of 7, thinner bridge over US-101 holding fewer tracks, shortened platforms so tracks can converge before bridge.

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@riley_gdr

5 months

Stockton to Bakersfield and Santa Barbra to San Diego have more trains than Toronto to Montreal.

cars.destroyed.our.cities

@CarsRuinedCity

5 months

Despite being the same distance apart, there are 89 fewer trains every day between Montréal and Toronto than between Milan and Rome. The former also takes two hours longer. Canada can do better.

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@riley_gdr

1 year

@jake_gotta Make it 4-5ft wide and put 2 seats below it then we are getting closer to what should be the default bus stop

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@riley_gdr

3 months

I see @CaHSRA has gone lets copy the UK This whole thing should be in house. California needs to be buying key passenger routes from the freight railroads wherever possible I won't be suppressed if all upkeep is contracted out which has had major issues before

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@riley_gdr

2 years

@the_transit_guy Right now refinery issues. Our special blend costs more, we’ve got a bit higher taxes than most states .67$ a gallon. However for a decade now there’s been an extra .1-.2$ per gallon cost can’t be accounted for outside of a markup by oil companies

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@riley_gdr

4 months

Happy this is done. Great working with @streetsforall @RailPAC and @calelectricrail Thank you to @Transit_Co @Surfrider @circulateSD @ride_sd and others for signing it link shortly

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@jake_gotta Grayhound is not functional. They are cutting service left and right along with increasing not caring about riders because it’s the transportation of last resort

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@riley_gdr

2 years

@SnazzyQ I’ve always had otter boxes last me 4-5 years. Combine that with large packs of screen protectors. I spent ~20 a year. It’s just not really an option to have my phone out of service. Everything I do has MFA tied to my phone.

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@riley_gdr

8 months

@numble There has been more than enough community input to decide heavy rail is the right pick. So Alt 4-6 is the only path forward

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@riley_gdr

3 months

@CaltransHQ They specifically sandbagged electrification by not considering that nearly identical battery units are capable of 100 miles off wire and so services like Oakland to Santa Barba could easily be done with Salinas north and Goleta south along with a mid run recharge around SLO

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@riley_gdr

3 months

Oh just day 7 of this closure. It’s been closed for 260 of the last 460 days

Caltrans HQ

@CaltransHQ

3 months

Caltrans today issued an emergency declaration for the OC landslide that has affected a major Southern California link that provides critical commuter, intercity and freight rail service. @CAgovernor @CA_Trans_Agency @goOCTA @CaltransOC @metrolinkoc

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@riley_gdr

3 months

Battery light rail sounds good until you realize that for anything more than a handful of trains having a short off wire section it becomes a massive burden, battery packs don't last that long with daily cycles far higher than almost anything else

Monica Mallon

@monicamallon

3 months

Q: What are the benefits of battery light rail vehicles. A: Less wire maintenance, you can still operate when the wires are down. We are looking at how it's working in Europe with battery trains.

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@riley_gdr

2 months

The wall to protect the @PacSurfliners in @goOCTA territory is being started The current goal is late march

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@riley_gdr

1 year

@cloud_spotted @KetuAlbrecht the 89 quake did very little damage to skyscrapers, they'll handle the next one just fine

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@riley_gdr

3 months

@CaltransHQ California has been short rolling stock for 15 years now and instead of ordering more venture sets and rebuilding more F59 to provide service in 2-3 years Caltrans wants more experimental trains to meet some stupid order that ignores how modal shift can reduce emissions

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@riley_gdr

3 months

@CaltransHQ 4 was stupid but okay now we've got 10 units coming which will not be good. Stadler you'll make great things but you needed to laugh Caltrans out of the room when they asked for Hydrogen MUs

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@riley_gdr

3 months

That’s so far away. We should be able to get it started in 2-3 years

SantaCruzLocal

@theSCLocal

3 months

Passenger rail construction expected in 2032 in Santa Cruz County

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@riley_gdr

5 months

Stop studying SANDAG just pick crest canyon higher speed and get going. You’ll never make Del Mar NIMBYs happy

Trains Magazine

@TrainsMagazine

5 months

San Diego planning agency expands route options as residents object to potential construction

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@riley_gdr

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State rail capacity is critical, this should be under 150M but instead its 4x that. 11 mi of double track should be 50-75m, the 16 upgraded crossings 32-48m, 2 upgraded stations 30-40M

numble

@numble

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May 2024 LA Metro presentation on Brighton to Roxford Double Track project for Metrolink Antelope Valley Line. Adding 11 miles of track, estimated cost $500-$625m. Project split into 4 segments. They are seeking federal CRISI grants for Segments 1 and 3.

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@riley_gdr

1 year

There has been a derailment on Tehachapi believed to be caused by a broken rail. Coast line is down and will be for weeks more as Honda Bridge is damaged. At this point there is no north south rail links in the state left in service.

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@riley_gdr

3 months

Wow Investors are insane about railroads they want a 15-20% return to shareholder and a OR of around 60%. For some idea for most railroads 70-80% was considered healthy and a normal amount for decades. Hunter Harrison NOT well liked by anyone but wall street

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@riley_gdr

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This is a failure. We should be trying to hit out 2040 railplan by the early 2030s and pass its goals by 2040 Modal shift is the key to reducing emissions and increasing equity

Anti HydroBahn Aktion

@TribTowerViews

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Refreshing honesty from Caltrans’ Gradinger: 1) catenary is the gold standard 2) Caltrans doesn’t believe California can increase regional and intercity service levels to justify costs

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@riley_gdr

2 years

@OutdoorMan84 @bagplanter @ENERGY It’s for 5 hours during the evening summer months. It’s nothing new or special

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@riley_gdr

2 years

@maxdubler @contrerasforca It’s also mostly a lie. If we actually banned parking near corners they can easily fit everything they run right now down much smaller streets

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@riley_gdr

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@Noahpinion Shovels didn’t hit the ground till 2015 because NIMBYs and lawsuits delayed it. 10 years from first shoves in the ground to 120 miles done is pretty good given it’s never gotten the funding needed

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@riley_gdr

4 months

Siemens and a joint procurement with brightline west

CA High-Speed Rail 🚄💨

@CaHSRA

4 months

We just released our shortlist of qualified potential suppliers for California High-Speed Rail’s electrified trains! The shortlist includes two teams: @AlstomUSA @SiemensUSA We look forward to moving this process forward to get high-speed trains here in California.

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@riley_gdr

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This is bad @California_CTC needs to stop funding highway projects there is 191M we could be putting into @CapitolCorridor to upgrade Davis to Sacramento

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@riley_gdr

2 years

@the_transit_guy Another insane fact is CAHSR will replace 150-200 flights a day between LA and SF. To do so it needs just 2 trains an hour or 1 coupled set an hour. CAHSR at its theoretical max with single level rolling stock can move 18k PPHD.

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@riley_gdr

2 months

Frankly I don’t care. They and other top staff represent a large part of many small agencies budgets and I’ve watched them waste their money on rides share and on demand pilots

Monica Mallon

@monicamallon

2 months

I really wish that more transit advocates would listen to what the Bay Area small agency GMs have to say. They get vilified so much because they can't afford the same PR resources as the big agencies, but they care so much and are doing amazing work for their communities.

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@riley_gdr

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@CaltransHQ Why Lancaster to LA is even being considered for hydrogen is lost on me. The clear choice is wire up Burbank to Vista canyon and run on battery outside of that

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@riley_gdr

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@GhostB1ADE95 @cosmofromca California alone is 5th on the GDP list add the other 2 states and we are pushing into 3rd right behind US and china

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@riley_gdr

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This project deserves so much hate Not because the goal is bad but because the execution sucks and they are wasting so much money going down 580 this has BART going 2 stops to allow a yard but that could also be valley link instead

Taupe Avenger

@TaupeAvenger

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The DSEIR for the shortened Valley Link project is out. It envisions a project that just gets you over the Altamont pass to BART.

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@riley_gdr

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We should be able to shave hours of times up the coast if we actually implemented the plan from 1994

Flayme (Middle)

@floofy_middle

2 months

The Starlight left San Luis Obispo an hour before my bus, we arrive in Salinas together, and my bus is scheduled to be at it to San Jose by 20 min

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@riley_gdr

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@Lib_Development @TheHistoryOfTh2 @AugustJPollak Coal traffic overall is decreasing not they are losing it to another shipping method.

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@riley_gdr

2 years

@bzzltyr55 @hankgreen The point of the new one is to push prices lower at the dealer and have them be produced in the US. The old one was just about making them a cheaper and it only applied at the end of the tax year. That was a hard sell for some who might have otherwise been able to afford them

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@riley_gdr

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@StreetsblogLA @LADOTofficial @cd1losangeles Make it 3-4x wider and add 2 seats to the bottom and we are getting closer to what should be a default bus stop.

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@riley_gdr

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@Metrolink All lines, all days. It was impossible to justify taking metrolink into LA from Ventura county to do things at night because there wasn’t even a bus option back

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1 year

@Andrew4Berkeley @itsthelee Even if we crazy and spent 150B on CAHSR phase1+2 and another 150B the other regional and intercity projects we needed in the next decade. It’s a minor part of our states budget.

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@TheBrianMcManus For 14-15 people that’s on the lower side. I was expecting closer to 150k.

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@numble lol no wire up the line in the future it’s all metro owned. No reaon to screw around with silly power modes on a high frequency service l

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@monicamallon 27 agencies present a barrier to reliable service as most aren’t large enough to have staff dedicated to deliver projects like TSP, bus lanes ect. They also struggle to have 24/7 customer support and enough spare operators

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@riley_gdr

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Happy to see this happen. LA metro now needs to fund the capacity improves and push to fill in a few small gaps to complete double track between Burbank Junction and Vista Canyon outside of the tunnel. Doing so will allow 2-4RT hourly

Supervisor Kathryn Barger

@kathrynbarger

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I'm at the @metrolosangeles Board mtg. today. Glad our Board approved $1.6M to fund new mid-day & evening #AntelopeValley @Metrolink trains during the week + more weekend service. The #AV line will be the FIRST #Metrolink line to offer nearly hourly service w/ a…

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@ArmadilloTime Also the fact that the windows are designed to take bullets and cinder blocks hitting them

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@riley_gdr

4 months

Scaling the project back is trying to cut cost from a project which has rapidly increasing in cost from the wrong tunneling method. BART needs a yard in San Jose and the Santa Clara station has been simplified. Go back to twin bore or cut and cover to save far more than this

Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler

@ggreschler

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Aaaaaand we got another BART San Jose scoop Former Mayor Sam Liccardo says San Jose BART needs to be scaled down, a stunning admission from the project’s biggest champion

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@riley_gdr

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@CaltransHQ Service north of Sacramento could run under wire till Yuba city then run battery to Chico and back. At terminals without OCS cables could easily be plugged in to help charge the unit and avoid hotel and accessories from draining the battery

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2 key @PacSurfliners projects were funded but because @metrolosangeles wouldn't stand up to NIMBYs and LOSSAN replaced caltrans as project lead nether have been completed

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@riley_gdr

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@JaurdynJohnson @RepBrianHiggins I see GEs are doing their usual fireball. Typically an oil leak in the turbo

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@riley_gdr

2 months

I’m hearing @Metrolink wants to but @Caltrain galley cars for the Olympics. With 66 trailers and 27 cab cars 13 7 car sets could be made or 12 4 car and 15 3 car I expect they’ll go for the longer sets likely pulled my MP36 maybe rebuilt to MP40 standards

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I'm getting tired of DB reports for caltrans making electrification look bad and hydrogen look amazing for railways

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1 year

@ryxcommar Atherton on Caltrain and Orange County on surfliner says hi

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@jake_gotta There is no competition left outside of a few markets like the northeast. FlixBus and grayhound are one

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@riley_gdr

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@Eyezak_M It’s basically a yearly occurrence and definitely something Amtrak needs to plan around when it comes to future fleets. Expect 1-2 trains a year to be damaged massively and for it to take 2-3 years to get all the insurance and liability sorted out so have a half zone more sets

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@riley_gdr

2 years

@tjosborne_ @the_transit_guy @Amtrak The fact there isn’t a push for electrification is frustrating. Hydrogen works for low frequency mid distance trains but is a waste of energy on high frequency services. This seems like what’s the cheapest way we can do this ignoring long term costs

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@riley_gdr

1 year

@WilboBaggins95 @nilocobau @Arminius_18 @ryxcommar Because we give way to much power to local governments when it comes to land usage. Which should be done at the regional or ideally state level

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@riley_gdr

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Gold line extension needs to be ended at Pomona, There is 0 reason to duplicate metrolink SBL when that money could do massive things for the SBL like full double track from El Monte east to beginning to wire up segments

Foothill Gold Line

@IWillRide

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🚉 Foothill Gold Line from Glendora to Pomona remains on time & on budget to be completed & turned over to @metrolosangeles in about 9 months! 🔨 Procurement process to hire builder for Pomona to Montclair ext. now officially underway Learn more ⤵️

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@riley_gdr

7 months

This design is still absolutely terrible and double the depth it should be if cut and cover was user

[email protected]

@bryanculbertson

7 months

In case you were working off of old information The latest designs for Downtown San José Station will only be 75ft below the surface For comparison, SF's BART stations are 50ft below the surface, and the new SFMTA Chinatown station is 100ft below the surface

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@riley_gdr

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@MassJumbo Almost everyone wants a clean timetables with predictability That comes with a 30,20,15,12,10,7.5,6,5,4,3,2 min headways. Every else doesn’t repeat each hour

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@riley_gdr

9 months

We still lack the state capacity to do the design and engineering work for railways. Local government and the state are still ready to burn tens of billions on roadway expansion which is really burning money with extra negative effects.

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@riley_gdr

1 month

Failure this isn’t the state of California. Coaches are going to be interesting, locos are easy This should be a Caltrans service instead of private. I also hope they cover part of the PTC cost given Caltrans was going to foot the bill

Trains Magazine

@TrainsMagazine

1 month

Dreamstar Lines says its Memorandum of Understanding with Union Pacific could make a LA-San Francisco overnight train possible by 2025.

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@riley_gdr

2 years

@captjrog @the_transit_guy It’s .67$ a gallon

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@riley_gdr

2 years

@LADOTofficial @BobBlumenfield You’ve got the space. Do proper protected bike lanes with high concrete curbs or bollards not flex posts.

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@riley_gdr

3 months

ALP-45 not happy about being run only in diesel mode

Papa

@papa_lapte

3 months

Train catching fire in Montreal West @RadioCanadaInfo

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@riley_gdr

2 years

@alanthefisher The 80s FRA report saying we can put every major line under wires, 40,000 miles and it will pay itself back in 15 years assuming traffic stays the same

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@riley_gdr

2 years

@erikmbaker My frustration is the extremely slow process and the fact that “environmental” groups block projects that have a minor direct local but have positive overall Stuff like nuclear power plants that we need gets fought and delayed or canceled. We should have left coal decades ago

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@riley_gdr

10 months

@metrolosangeles @esgarciaa @bussit_bbLA What a lie coming from the agency in part responsible for the terrible air quality of Southern California.

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@riley_gdr

5 months

That seems incredibly suspicious

numble

@numble

5 months

Congressman Brad Sherman met with LA Metro’s potential Sepulveda monorail contractor. He forces Metro rep to leave meeting. He provides many suggestions for contractor to make monorail alternatives more appealing to public. He says Bel Air and Sherman Oaks will oppose tunnels.

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@riley_gdr

11 months

@who_shot_jgr I prefer then to cheap gas stoves and I’ve ran decade old renter specials on high for hours.

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@riley_gdr

4 months

@syderature Definitely not I’ve got multiple grandparents in their 80s who are still going strong.

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@riley_gdr

3 months

Hi I’m a rail nerd based in California and most of my focus is on regional and intercity rail along with local bus improvements

o/s/k/a/r

@OzzyAussieOtty

3 months

Why do American urbanists talk almost solely about inner-city metros and not high-frequency suburban rail systems that serve both inner city and suburban residents, and would do far more to ease car dependence in sprawled-out cities?

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@riley_gdr

1 month

@ArmandDoma The route though the Central Valley is already under construction no reason to abandon it even if you think i-5 is better It’s also just months away from being entirely CEQA and NEPA cleared

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@riley_gdr

4 months

@ThunderWolf08 Be funny if they dragged them over to CA and ran them on Caltrain

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