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including intercity bus operators, to become involved in this process. There are Metrolink station is also a possible future station location for CA HSR. This
many benefits of establishing a dialogue with these private providers including: connectivity gap will become even more pronounced once the LAX Automated
People Mover connects with the Green and Crenshaw Lines in 2023.
z Identifying gaps in service between public and private operators
z Improving transportation connectivity and coordination between Another significant connectivity gap is between the Metro Orange Line in North
public and private operators Hollywood and the Metro Gold Line in Pasadena. Progress is being made with
this connectivity gap as Metro is planning a bus rapid transit (BRT) service. This
z Learning about new and future transit facilities
future service could connect with both of Burbank’s rail stations, one of which
z Identifying and improving first/last mile opportunities will be a CA HSR station. This gap closure would provide residents of the San
z Sharing mutually beneficial data Fernando Valley, Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena a direct connection with
the CA HSR and airport service at Hollywood Burbank Airport and also greatly
There are some significant gaps in service in our region between public and increase inter-modal connectivity and mobility in the corridor.
private transportation providers. Most notably, an eight-block gap exists
where there is no connecting public transit service between the Los Angeles
Greyhound Station, one of the busiest bus stations in the nation, and Los EXISTING CONDITIONS
Angeles Union Station. Cooperation in planning efforts between the public and
private providers may result in important benefits for the traveling public.
INFRASTRUCTURE
There are two main passenger rail operators and two main freight rail operators
UNSERVED MARKETS
in the SCAG region. The two passenger rail operators are Amtrak and the
Progress in implementing rail service in unserved markets, including SCRRA. Amtrak operates intercity rail via its Pacific Surfliner, the second highest
underserved markets, will reduce VMTs, congestion, air pollution and GHG ridership line in its national network; and via its three long distance services: the
emissions. This is a strategy of 2020 Connect SoCal to increase mobility and Coast Starlight, the Southwest Chief, and the Sunset Limited. SCRRA operates
sustainability. Unserved and underserved markets are discussed in detail in the commuter rail, branded “Metrolink,” on seven lines operating in five of our
Needs Assessment section of this report. region’s six counties along 536 miles of track, and connects with San Diego
County’s commuter rail service in Oceanside, which is branded “Coaster.”

CONNECTIVITY AND GAPS IN SERVICE The two main freight operators are the Burlington Northern Santa Fe

Progress in connecting gap closures is another strategy of 2020 Connect SoCal. (BNSF) and Union Pacific (UP) railroads that operate on extensive local and
There are several significant transit and rail connectivity gaps in our region. transcontinental networks, and which serve the Long Beach and Los Angeles
One to highlight is the gap between the Metro Green Line Norwalk Station and port complex, which is by far the nation’s largest and a huge economic anchor
the Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Metrolink Station. The Metrolink station is on of our region. In addition to the port complex, there are numerous intermodal
the LOSSAN Corridor, one of the busiest rail corridors in the nation serving the rail yards in the SCAG region. Please see the Goods Movement Appendix for
Metrolink Orange County and 91/Perris Valley Lines, and the Amtrak Pacific more information on freight railroads in the port complex.
Surfliner, which is the second busiest Amtrak service behind the Northeast In the future, the CHSRA will bring CA HSR service to the SCAG region, and is
Corridor. Yet, the Metro Green Line ends just two miles to the west. The
currently constructing its first 119 miles of HSR track in the San Joaquin Valley.

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