加州宣布近13亿美元交通拨款 Metrolink免于大幅减班 Caltrain进旧金山中心获7.5亿美元
加州州长办公室11月10日在 Sacramento 宣布，加州将投入近13亿美元保住客运铁路服务、扩大清洁交通并改善全州社区之间的连接。这批钱共28个授奖项目，由加州交通厅（CalSTA）下属的公共交通与城际铁路资本计划（TIRCP）和州铁路援助计划发放，将帮南加州 Metrolink 免于大幅减班、推进 Caltrain 延伸进旧金山中心，并给全州社区添置75辆以上零排放巴士和小型公交车辆。宣布当天，州长纽森正率加州代表团在土耳其 Antalya 出席联合国气候大会 COP31。
最大一笔投向旧金山：7.5亿美元推进 The Portal 项目，把 Caltrain 从 Fourth and King 站向北延伸约两英里、进入市中心的 Salesforce Transit Center。项目由 Transbay Joint Powers Authority 主导，那里也将是加州高铁未来的旧金山终点站；州款与地方和区域已承诺的资金叠加，项目正按联邦交通局（FTA）资本投资拨款计划推进。
南加州方面，2,000万美元将帮 Metrolink 免于原拟的减班：与2025年班次表相比，原计划平日班次要砍29%、周末砍40%。这笔钱可把现有服务维持到2028年夏天，覆盖洛杉矶举办2028年奥运会和残奥会之前的备战期；拨款同时要求 Metrolink 与其成员机构和州政府一起找出长期资金解法。Metrolink 还将全线开通银行卡和手机碰一碰付费，Downtown Burbank 站的通行条件也会改善。Metrolink 首席执行官 Darren Kettle 说，这笔关键投资帮 Metrolink 保住乘客上班、上学和通达机会所依赖的服务，也给区域铁路走向更可持续的未来留出稳定期。
其余项目遍及全州：Sacramento 与 Davis 之间将新增21辆氢燃料电池电动巴士；Santa Monica 的 Big Blue Bus 换上电池电动巴士后，整个车队转为纯电动；Kings County、Merced County、Montebello、Marin County 等地也将添置零排放巴士和微型公交。湾区 Fremont 与 Newark 之间将为 Altamont Corridor Express 增建第二条正线，Caltrain 将在 San Jose 与 Gilroy 之间试点电池电动列车。San Diego 县的 COASTER 通勤铁路服务得到维持，Oceanside 与 Escondido 之间 SPRINTER 线的信号与通信系统将升级；Capitol Corridor 在 Davis 站附近更换老旧信号和基础设施，洛杉矶至 San Diego 至 San Luis Obispo 铁路走廊也将做2028年奥运前的服务提升规划。
州长纽森说，加州已经证明，投资更清洁的交通能实实在在改善日常生活，这批拨款将为更清洁的巴士、更好的铁路连接和家家户户上班上学所依赖的列车服务买单。加州交通厅厅长 Toks Omishakin 说，加州正把宏大的交通构想变成每天的出行：从 Caltrain 延伸进旧金山市中心，到中央谷地的清洁巴士，再到 Metrolink 全线碰一碰付费，这批授奖让全州乘客的出行更清洁、更快捷、更方便。
资金方面，TIRCP 第八轮以近13亿美元支持19个项目，该计划自2015年以来已累计给全州171个项目拨款逾127亿美元；州铁路援助计划本轮另拨6,650万美元，支持8个保住现有客运铁路服务、提升安全与可靠性的项目。两个计划的资金来自2017年《道路维修与问责法》（SB 1），TIRCP 另有加州 Cap-and-Invest 计划的资金。这批拨款建在州长与州议会此前达成的46.4亿美元公共交通恢复方案之上。
（来源：加州州长办公室）
California Puts Nearly $1.3 Billion Into Rail and Transit: Metrolink Cuts Averted, $750 Million for Caltrain Downtown San Francisco Extension
The Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom announced in Sacramento on November 10 that California is putting nearly $1.3 billion to work protecting passenger rail service, expanding clean transportation and better connecting communities statewide. The 28 awards, made through the California State Transportation Agency's (CalSTA) Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) and State Rail Assistance program, will help Southern California's Metrolink avoid major service cuts, advance Caltrain's extension into downtown San Francisco and bring more than 75 zero-emission buses and smaller transit vehicles to communities across the state. The announcement came as Governor Newsom and the California delegation attend the COP31 United Nations climate conference in Antalya, Türkiye.
The largest single investment goes to San Francisco: $750 million to advance The Portal, which will extend Caltrain approximately two miles from Fourth and King streets into downtown San Francisco's Salesforce Transit Center. Led by the Transbay Joint Powers Authority, the project will create a major regional transit connection and establish the future San Francisco terminus for California high-speed rail. The state investment builds on local and regional funding commitments as the project advances through the Federal Transit Administration's Capital Investment Grant program.
In Southern California, a $20 million investment will help Metrolink avoid proposed service reductions of 29% on weekdays and 40% on weekends compared with its 2025 schedule. The funding will help maintain service for workers, students and families through summer 2028, as the region prepares to host the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and it comes with an expectation that Metrolink and its member agencies will work with the state to identify long-term funding solutions. The awards also introduce tap-to-pay fares using a bank card or phone across Metrolink and improve access at Downtown Burbank Station. Metrolink CEO Darren Kettle said the investment helps Metrolink maintain the service riders depend on to get to work, attend school and access opportunities throughout the region, and provides stability while a more sustainable future for regional rail is built.
Other projects span the state: 21 hydrogen fuel cell electric buses will support increased service between Sacramento and Davis; new battery-electric buses in Santa Monica will complete the transition of the city's Big Blue Bus fleet to all-electric vehicles; and additional zero-emission buses and microtransit vehicles will serve Kings County, Merced County, Montebello and Marin County, among others. In the Bay Area, a second main track through Fremont and Newark will improve Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) operations, and Caltrain will pilot battery-electric trains between San Jose and Gilroy. In San Diego County, existing COASTER commuter rail service will be maintained and signals and communications along the SPRINTER line between Oceanside and Escondido will be upgraded. Aging signals and infrastructure near Davis Station will be replaced to reduce disruptions along the Capitol Corridor, and planning will improve service along the Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo rail corridor ahead of the 2028 Games.
Governor Newsom said California has shown that investing in cleaner transportation can improve people's everyday lives, and that these investments fund cleaner buses, better rail connections and the train service families count on to get to work and school. California Transportation Secretary Toks Omishakin said California is turning big transit ideas into everyday trips, from Caltrain's extension into downtown San Francisco to clean buses in the Central Valley and tap-and-pay fares across Metrolink.
On funding, nearly $1.3 billion will support 19 projects through the eighth cycle of TIRCP, which since 2015 has awarded more than $12.7 billion to 171 projects statewide. An additional $66.5 million in State Rail Assistance funding will support eight projects that protect existing passenger rail service and improve rail safety, reliability and operations. Both programs receive funding through Senate Bill 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, and TIRCP also receives funding through California's Cap-and-Invest program. The awards build on the $4.64 billion transit recovery package the Governor secured with the Legislature to help keep buses and trains running.
(Source: Office of the Governor of California)
来源：加州州长办公室
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