Light rail, express bus operation on new Interstate 5 Bridge projected to cost $10.3M annually, less than half of last estimate

Light rail, express bus operation on new Interstate 5 Bridge projected to cost $10.3M annually, less than half of last estimate

New estimates indicate the cost of operating and maintaining light rail trains and express buses on the planned Interstate 5 replacement bridge will likely be less than half the $21.8 million annual price tag that shocked local officials in December. Read more...

Interstate Bridge Replacement team gives update to C-TRAN on costs associated with light rail

C-TRAN board members heard that light rail service projections and costs are being cut in half, raising questions about funding and ridership demand.

Greenwashing the Interstate Bridge Project – City Observatory

The Interstate “bridge replacement” gets marketed primarily as a project to serve cyclists and pedestrians.  But its really about widening five miles of freeway, ostensibly to move 180,000 cars a day, something you’d never know by looking at project renderings. Instead, it looks like this $7.5 billion (and more likely $9-10 billion) project gets depicted as almost entirely to benefit people walking, cycling and taking transit. More than 90 perce…