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For Metrolink It’s a 6% Fare Hike vs. Major Service Cuts
Two weeks ago, I celebrated that the Metrolink Board agreed to "look into other options" rather than raise fares by 6%.
December 4, 2009
Activism Success: Metrolink Riders Convince Board to Put Off Fare Hikes
I owe an apology to any Streetsblog readers that ride Metrolink. While I was obsessing about bicycle and pedestrian access to the Gold Line, the Metrolink Board of Directors voted to delay a decision on a 6% fare hike. After receiving thousands of complaints on the proposed hike, which would have been the agency's second in six months, to try and figure out how to make the cuts needed to maintain the current fare structure. Congratulations, Metrolink riders. You spoke out and the agency heard you.
November 17, 2009
Times Gives Metrolink’s Safety Record an In-Depth Critique
Last week, the Times took a close look at the Metrolink rail system to zero in on how the embattled agency is doing when it comes to improving safety for passengers and the drivers and pedestrians that cross the tracks. Their results? Over a year after a crash that killed 25 people when a freight train and a Metrolink train collided head-on, the agency still isn't making the grade.
October 1, 2009
Boxer Reminds Metrolink: Train Crew Members Shouldn’t Ride Solo
The transportation spending bill passed by the Senate this week includes $50 million in rail safety grants sought in June
by environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) -- but the
bill may not become law for months, and today Boxer told California's
Metrolink commuter rail that interim safety protections would have to
stay in place.
September 21, 2009
Metrolink Board Holds Fare Increases
Trying to follow the lead given last year when Mayor Villaraigosa devised a way to hold off proposed and "needed" service cuts at Metro, the Metrolink Board of Directors voted last week to hold off on increasing fares for at least a month while it looks for other options.
April 27, 2009
Metrolink’s Problems Go Beyond an Engineer and His Cell Phone
The NTSB "Recreates" the September 12 Crash in Chatsworth
September 22, 2008
California’s Senators Want Better Signals for Rail Safety
In the wake of last week's Metrolink disaster there has been a lot of discussion about what impact more modern signals could have had in preventing the crash. Today, the Times revealed that Metrolink had been an outspoken critic of Congressional efforts to require better signalization for all train tracks.
September 17, 2008
Today’s Headlines: Friday’s Metrolink Crash
(Editor's Note: After combing through literally hundreds of articles, I decided to post the links from LAist and the Bottleneck Blog. Their combined stories cover the news from the crash completely. The stories run chronologically with the earlier stories posted first. Excellent work Steve, Zach, and the rest of the staff at LAist.)
September 15, 2008