Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Metrolink

TAP final solution in sight!

By Dana Gabbard | | 29 Comments
We are on the last lap approaching the end of my long exertions as self-appointed chief TAP (Transit Access Pass) watchdog for our region, my friends. This long troubled program has finally unequivocally turned the corner and is fast approaching victory lane. Kudos and plaudits from all quarters are raining down on David Sutton who […]

Editorial: What Is It with Metrolink?

By Dana Gabbard | | 10 Comments
(I want to be explicit this is solely my own opinion, and in no way endorsed by either Streetsblog or Southern California Transit Advocates – DG) UGH! You’ve likely seen the news reports that a shakeup has occurred at Metrolink with the Chief Financial Officer resigning in the wake of a scathing review of Metrolink’s financial […]

OCTA Metrolink Service Expansion Program Status

By Dana Gabbard | | 2 Comments
Starting in the 1990s OCTA worked on a light rail project that was to be known as CenterLine. Despite valiant advocacy by Orange County rail activists the project was buffeted by parochial NIMBYism resulting in multiple truncations of the proposed route. Finally, in 2005 the agency threw in the towel and cancelled the project. As […]

TAP Solution for Metrolink 2.0

By Dana Gabbard | | 4 Comments
My last Metro Transit Access Pass (TAP) related post detailed the vexing situation regarding TAP and Metrolink’s patrons and the ongoing inability of Metro and Metrolink to find a means for Metrolink riders to be able to pass through the Red and Purple Line station gates after they are locked. I couldn’t hide my incredulity […]

Updates on Surfliner, FlyAway and Metrolink/TAP

By Dana Gabbard | | 18 Comments
Temporary Solutions for Metrolink’s TAP Issue Shelved The ongoing saga of Metrolink & TAP is apparently not going to end anytime soon. At the Oct. 12th meeting of the Metrolink Board of Directors, the Board decided to not adopt the proposed solution to the connectivity issues between Metrolink and Metro trains caused by the “locking” of […]

The latest Metrolink TAP solution

By Dana Gabbard | | 29 Comments
When you look over the list of 90 some posts I have contributed to this blog over the past few years, certain recurrent topics become apparent like the Wilshire bus lanes and the statewide bullet train project. Recently I have been quite involved in covering the effort by local agencies to assume management of the […]
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