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In June 2018, Metro staff recommended a modified version of Alternative 6, using high-floor light rail vehicles like other Metro Rail lines but entirely on the street and at grade. The underground section between Sherman Way and Roscoe stations was eliminated due to the high costs of tunneling. [19]
Metro's light rail vehicles, used on the A, C, E, and K lines, are 87-foot (26.52 m) articulated double-ended vehicles, powered by overhead lines, which typically run in two or three vehicle consists. Metro's rapid transit vehicles, used on the B and D lines, are 75-foot (22.86 m) electric multiple unit, married-pair cars, powered by ...
A light rail track can carry up to 20,000 people per hour as compared with 2,000–2,200 vehicles per hour for one freeway lane. [64] For example, in Boston and San Francisco, light rail lines carry 9,600 and 13,100 passengers per hour, respectively, in the peak direction during rush hour.
The CEO of a tech startup was left "literally shaking" Thursday when his self-driving Tesla veered onto light rail tracks in Santa Monica just as a train began barreling down on the EV, footage shows.
The light rail system has been criticized for being one of the least used in the United States (an average of 370 boardings per mile on weekdays, Q3 2024) and the most heavily subsidized ($9.30 per passenger trip). VTA leaders have admitted that building light rail was a poor match with adjoining land uses.
The P2000 trains are capable of multiple-unit operation with some other light rail vehicles in service on the Metro Rail system, including the P3010 and the now-retired Nippon Sharyo P865. [ 6 ] P2000 light rail vehicles are equipped with automatic train operation technology. [ 6 ]
The L Taraval is a light rail line of the Muni Metro system in San Francisco, California, mainly serving the Parkside District.While many streetcar lines were converted to bus lines after World War II, the L Taraval remained a streetcar line due to its use of the Twin Peaks Tunnel.
Interstate 5 was closed in both directions through the Tejon Pass, according to the California Highway Patrol and Caltrans. Officials advised that drivers use U.S. 101 instead. Highway 14 closed ...