Since beginning operations in Palmdale working on a contract for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) to produce a new generation of light rail vehicles (LRV), Kinkisharyo International has added 404 new jobs with a total expenditure of nearly $49 million to the north L.A. County economy, Metro announced today.
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As major delays continue to plague the TTC’s order of 204 new streetcars from Bombardier, other cities like Detroit and Los Angeles are celebrating the arrival of their fresh transit vehicles, built by other manufacturers, on — and in the case of Detroit, ahead of — schedule.
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A recent $16 billion, eight-year transportation funding compromise between legislators and the administration of Gov. Chris Christie should allow for the expansion of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail both into Bergen County and to Route 440 in Jersey City, officials announced last week.
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The seven-minute video, put together by Nick Andert, gives its viewers a clear blueprint of how the many mass transit projects Measure M would fund (if passed) would be actually built. The animation accessibly lays out the expected timeline and sequence in which new Metro projects would be completed.
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Editor’s note: With the opening of the Expo Line’s extension to Santa Monica, locals have a new way to explore neighboring areas. The Daily Press will publish a weekly travelogue about what to eat, see and do near each of the stations along the Expo Line, continuing this week at the eastern terminus.
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