This week's biggest headlines in transportation:
- Los Angeles-to-Las Vegas Amtrak line part of Biden infrastructure plan
- Transit agencies build slicker trip navigation tools to boost ridership
- Auto sales jump compared with last year's COVID-stricken first quarter
- Biden's $2-trillion infrastruture plan could beef up Southern California rail service
- Trillium partners with L.A. Metro to provide RNG gas for buses
- L.A. Metro awards contracts for high-capacity rail project
- So. Cal's Metrolink unveils first formal climate action plan
- Flythrough video previews Link Union Station project
- USDOT readies American Rescue Plan funds for transit agencies
- Environmental review begins for proposed Arts District Metro station
- Passenger vehicle travel reaches pre-pandemic levels in L.A. and several other U.S. cities
- Metro Board approves contracts for pre-development work on heavy rail, monorail concepts for Sepulveda Transit Corridor
- Metro approves $679.4 million for I-5 project
- LADOT partnering with GMV and ViriCiti for e-bus management and maintenance
- New study: California’s trailblazing diesel rules save lives
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