Management District (SCAQMD)
helped fund the Tier 4 locomotive
purchases, the first by any U.S.
commuter rail network.
to a local agency to purchase the
cleanest locomotives available,"
says Dr. William Burke, SCAQMD
Governing Board chairman. "The
public health benefits will be
significant for the Southland."
Just Move People
Metrolink doesn't just move people.
Each month Metrolink Operations
staff efficiently dispatches more than
1,400 freight trains and 4 million
pounds of goods on Metrolink tracks
used by BNSF and Union Pacific
that wend their way from the ports of
Los Angeles and Long Beach bound
for inland manufacturing centers and
shipment across the country.
would look very different today," says
Orange County Business Council.
"Southern California's success
depends on the ability for goods and
people to move fluidly throughout
the region, and Metrolink has been a
critical part of that success story for
the past 25 years, offering one of the
most innovative and adaptable transit
programs in the nation, reducing
gridlock and increasing commerce."
of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of
saying, "All of us understand the only
way to reduce congestion on our
freeways is through mass transit."
He points out Metrolink helps in that
regard and other ways.
and challenging for employers
to provide, Toebben adds while
underscoring Metrolink helps
employers in Los Angeles recruit
workers from throughout the region.
The majority of Metrolink trips are by