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NewsJanuary 23, 2026

Seattle Sound Transit Sets Launch Date for Crosslake Connection

This final component of the 2 Line will cross Lake Washington and connect with the 1 Line at International District/Chinatown Station, creating a fully integrated regional light rail system.

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Newsby StaffDecember 8, 2025

Sound Transit Launches Link Light Rail Extension

The nearly eight-mile 1 Line extension adds new options to travel quickly and safely between Seattle, Sea-Tac Airport, and Federal Way, and includes three new stations, as well as two new parking structures and a parking addition in Federal Way.

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Newsby StaffNovember 17, 2025

NJ TRANSIT Releases Draft Environmental RFP for Hudson-Bergen Extension

The proposed 10-mile extension would provide light rail service from the current terminus at Tonnelle Ave. in North Bergen up to a currently anticipated terminal at Englewood Hospital.

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Newsby StaffJune 27, 2025

Sound Transit Board Identifies Preferred Route for Tacoma Dome Link Extension

The 10-mile extension will connect Federal Way to Tacoma with four new stations and is now set to enter the preliminary engineering and final environmental impact statement phase.

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Newsby StaffJune 10, 2025

VTA Recommends New Tunnel Contractor for BART Silicon Valley Phase II

The move follows an in-depth project review that identified significant cost-saving opportunities.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 3, 2025

L.A.'s Foothill Gold Line is Substantially Complete

The $1.5 billion four-station light rail project from Glendora to Pomona reached substantial completion on time and on budget.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseOctober 28, 2024

Chicago’s Far South Side Gets Sneak Peek at Red Line Extension

CTA and Contractor Walsh-VINCI held a celebration of the projects progress toward groundbreaking since the hiring of a contracting team in August. Construction is expected to begin in late 2025.

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Newsby StaffJune 28, 2024

Santa Clara Valley VTA Awards Construction Management Contract for BART Extension

Under this contract, Bechtel will establish a program-wide organizational structure, processes, and procedures for effective management of all phases of construction, including early works construction, tunneling, stations, system testing, commissioning, close-out, and turnover of facilities.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJune 10, 2024

California's Valley Transportation Breaks Ground on New Light Rail Line

The Eastridge to BART Regional Connector will add 2.4 miles of light rail from the existing Alum Rock Transit Center to the Eastridge Transit Center, with stations at Story Road and the Eastridge Transit Center.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMay 24, 2024

L.A. Metro Approves EIR for East Side Extension

The action finalizes the environmental review for this two-phased project that will extend the Metro E Line nine miles further east from its current terminus at Atlantic Station in East Los Angeles to Lambert Station in the City of Whittier.

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