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If all goes smoothly, 2025 will be a big year for Southern California rail line openings. Metro expects to open its LAX station, plus new rail extensions to Pomona and Beverly Hills. Also, one county over, OCTA will open the four-mile OC Streetcar. Find some new streetcar construction photos, plus headlines and calendar.

  • Deadly Forest Lawn Crash Reinforces Push for Safety Improvements Paused by Mayor Bass
    by Joe Linton
    August 21, 2026
    Three years into Councilmember Raman’s push for a safer Forest Lawn Drive, Mayor Bass anticipates a new design – without eliminating car lanes but with “signal modifications” – will be “forthcoming… very soon.”
  • Friday’s Headlines
    by Joe Linton
    August 21, 2026
    Forest Lawn, Glendale BRT construction, missing middle housing, MacArthur Park fence, speed cameras, South Pasadena, parking tickets, Long Beach, OCTA, car-nage, and more
  • SGV Multimodal Projects Roundup – August 2026
    by Chris Greenspon
    August 20, 2026
    Here are four rail/bike/pedestrian oriented projects in the works throughout the San Gabriel Valley.
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