A New Model For Solving Urban Congestion

Los Angeles' $2.4 billion Alameda Corridor rail project required only a moderate amount of federal money.

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May 22, 2002, 4:00 PM PDT

"...The Alameda Corridor, a 20-mile rail freight line designed to transport shipping containers out of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The new line handles containers previously trucked over the clogged Long Beach Freeway or city streets, or over three other circuitous and congested rail lines. Because half the line runs through a trench sunk beneath Alameda Street, it will eventually eliminate more than 200 grade crossings, where trains have previously blocked automobile traffic for hours a day."

Thanks to Ken Firestone

FULL STORY: A Rail Model for Urban Congestion? L.A. Project Aids Shipping, Motorists

Tuesday, May 21, 2002 in The Washington Post

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