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Vista Canyon Station
Vista Canyon Multi-Modal Center, also known as the Vista Canyon Regional Transit Center, is a Metrolink infill station and transport hub under construction in the Canyon Country borough of Santa Clarita, California. It is located along Metrolink's Antelope Valley Line. As of April 2023, the Vista Canyon Multi-Modal Center remains under construction. Overview Built as part of the adjacent Canyon Valley transit-oriented development, the development will feature a Metrolink rail infill station along the Antelope Valley Line, a bus transfer facility, and a 613-space parking garage. The hub is partly funded by a special tax district of adjacent properties, and by grants from Caltrans. The contract awarded for construction of the train station was valued at $23.7 million. City of Santa Clarita Transit is aiming to begin serving the facility in late 2023. History Initial planning for the transit center began in April 2010 and was completed in November 2012. NEPA environm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metrolink (Southern California)
Metrolink is a commuter rail system in Southern California, serving Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles, Orange County, California, Orange, Riverside County, California, Riverside, San Bernardino County, California, San Bernardino, and Ventura County, California, Ventura counties, as well as to Oceanside, California, Oceanside in San Diego County, California, San Diego County. The core commuter rail network consists of seven lines and List of Metrolink (California) stations, 62 stations operating on of rail network. In addition, Metrolink also operates the Arrow (rail line), Arrow hybrid rail (light rail with some features similar to commuter rail) line in San Bernardino County, under a contract with the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority, integrating another four stations to its network. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . Metrolink connects with Los Angeles County's Los Angeles Metro Rail, Metro Rail and Los Angeles Metro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antelope Valley Line
The Antelope Valley Line is a commuter rail line that serves the Northern Los Angeles County area as part of the Metrolink (Southern California), Metrolink system. The northern segment of the line is rural in character because it travels through the sparsely populated Soledad Canyon between Santa Clarita, California, Santa Clarita and Palmdale, California, Palmdale, serving the small community of Acton, California, Acton along the way. Other portions of its route parallel the former US Route 6 in California, US Route 6, now San Fernando Road and Sierra Highway and this line is the only Metrolink line to be entirely in Los Angeles County. History The line along the Santa Clara River and into Los Angeles was completed by Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Southern Pacific in 1876 as the first railway to connect the city to the national network. The last passenger trains operated over the line in 1971 followed by the final freight train in 1979. In 1990 the Los Angeles County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California Environmental Quality Act
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is a California statute passed in 1970 and signed in to law by then-Governor Ronald Reagan, shortly after the United States federal government passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), to institute a statewide policy of environmental protection. CEQA does not directly regulate land uses, but instead requires state and local agencies within California to follow a protocol of analysis and public disclosure of environmental impacts of proposed projects and, in a departure from NEPA, adopt all feasible measures to mitigate those impacts. CEQA makes environmental protection a mandatory part of every California state and local (public) agency's decision making process. It has also become the basis for numerous lawsuits concerning public and private projects. CEQA has been criticized for being "abused" (used for reasons than environmental ones) to block, downsize, delay, or gain other concessions from new development. CEQA has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McBean Regional Transit Center
McBean Regional Transit Center, also known by its acronym MRTC, is a transit center and bus station located at 24375 Valencia Boulevard in the Valencia area of Santa Clarita, California, near the intersection of Valencia Boulevard and McBean Parkway. It is located next to the Westfield Valencia Town Center. Bus service City of Santa Clarita Transit, formerly known simply as Santa Clarita Transit, provides bus service from this transfer point within the Santa Clarita Valley and to/from North Hollywood in the San Fernando Valley. City of Santa Clarita Transit is operated by MV Transportation, Inc. under contract with the city of Santa Clarita. Routes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14, 501, and 636 serve this station. On weekdays, City of Santa Clarita Transit operates commuter buses to/from Union Station in downtown Los Angeles and North Hollywood Station (operating seven days per week as the "NoHo Express/757"), allowing riders to access Metro Los Angeles rapid transit subway and light ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vista Canyon Metrolink Station (April 2023)
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Caltrans
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is an Executive (government), executive department of the U.S. state of California. The department is part of the Government of California#State agencies, cabinet-level California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA). Caltrans is headquartered in Sacramento, California, Sacramento. Caltrans manages the state's State highways in California, highway system, which includes the California Freeway and Expressway System, supports public transportation systems throughout the state and provides funding and oversight for three state-supported Amtrak intercity rail routes (''Capitol Corridor'', ''Pacific Surfliner'' and ''San Joaquins'') which are collectively branded as ''Amtrak California''. In 2015, Caltrans released a new mission statement: "Provide a safe, sustainable, integrated and efficient transportation system to enhance California’s economy and livability." History The earliest predecessor of Caltrans was the Bureau o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tax District
Special districts (also known as special service districts, special district governments, limited purpose entities, or special-purpose districts) are independent, special-purpose governmental units that exist separately from local governments such as county, municipal, and township governments, with substantial administrative and fiscal independence. They are formed to perform a single function or a set of related functions. The term ''special district governments'' as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau excludes school districts. In 2017, the U.S. had more than 51,296 special district governments. Census definition The United States Census counts government units across all States. This includes "special districts." To count the special districts the Census must define the special districts so as to address all such governmental entities across the broad spectrum of 50 states' definitions and interpretations. The Census's full definition is:Special district governments are in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parking Garage
A multistorey car park (British and Singapore English) or parking garage (American English), also called a multistory, parking building, parking structure, parkade (mainly Canadian), parking ramp, parking deck or indoor parking, is a building designed for car, motorcycle & bicycle parking and where there are a number of floors or levels on which parking takes place. It is essentially an indoor, stacked car park. The first known multistory facility was built in London in 1901, and the first underground parking was built in Barcelona in 1904. (See History, below.) The term multistory is almost never used in the US, since parking structures are almost all multiple levels. Parking structures may be heated if they are enclosed. Design of parking structures can add considerable cost for planning new developments, and can be mandated by cities in new building parking requirements. Some cities such as London have abolished previously enacted minimum parking requirements. Minimum p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infill Station
An infill station (sometimes in-fill station) is a train station built on an existing passenger rail, rapid transit, or light rail line to address demand in a location between existing stations. Such stations take advantage of existing train service and encourage new riders by providing a more convenient location. Many older transit systems have widely spaced stations and can benefit from infill stations. In some cases, new infill station are built at sites where a station had once existed many years ago, for example the station on the Chicago 'L''s Green Line. Examples Chile *Santiago ** San José de la Estrella station, 2009 Canada *Toronto **North York Centre station, 1987 *Vancouver **Lake City Way station, 2003 ** Capstan station (under construction) Mainland China *Beijing ** Tiantongyuan station, 2007 (Line 5) **Beiyunhedong station, 2018 (Line 6) ** (Line 13, Beijing Subway), 2019 ** Zhoujiazhuang station, 2021 (Line 17) **Beitaipingzhuang station, 2022 (Line 19) **Er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transit-oriented Development
In urban planning, transit-oriented development (TOD) is a type of urban development that maximizes the amount of residential, business and leisure space within walking distance of public transport. It promotes a symbiotic relationship between dense, compact urban form and public transport use. In doing so, TOD aims to increase public transport ridership by reducing the use of private cars and by promoting sustainable urban growth. TOD typically includes a central transit stop (such as a train station, or light rail or bus stop) surrounded by a high-density mixed-use area, with lower-density areas spreading out from this center. TOD is also typically designed to be more walkable than other built-up areas, by using smaller block sizes and reducing the land area dedicated to automobiles. The densest areas of TOD are normally located within a radius of to mile (400 to 800 m) around the central transit stop, as this is considered to be an appropriate scale for pedestrians, thu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canyon Country, Santa Clarita, California
Canyon Country is a neighborhood in the eastern part of the city of Santa Clarita, in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It lies along the Santa Clara River between the Sierra Pelona Mountains and the San Gabriel Mountains. It is the most populous of Santa Clarita's four neighborhoods. History The area was the ancestral homeland of the Tataviam people for over five hundred years, and other tribes before then, such as the Tongva, Kitanemuk, and Serrano people. After Spanish settlement, the valley became grazing lands of the Mission San Fernando Rey de España around 1790. In 1834, after Mexican independence, it became part of the Rancho San Francisco land grant centered on the confluence of the Santa Clara River and Castaic Creek. In the 1880s, the rancho become the Newhall Ranch empire of Henry Newhall, from which is family started the Newhall Land and Farming Company after his death. In 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed, suddenly flooding and washing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bus Station
A bus station or a bus interchange is a structure where city or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. While the term bus depot can also be used to refer to a bus station, it generally refers to a bus garage. A bus station is larger than a bus stop, which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can stop. It may be intended as a terminal station for a number of routes, or as a transfer station where the routes continue. Bus station platforms may be assigned to fixed bus lines, or variable in combination with a dynamic passenger information system. The latter requires fewer platforms, but does not supply the passenger the comfort of knowing the platform well in advance and waiting there. Accessible station An accessible station is a public transportation passenger station which provides ready access, is usable and does not have physical barriers that prohibit and/or restrict access by people with disabilities, including those who use wheelchairs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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