Metro - File #: 2026-0770

• File #: 2026-0770
• Type: Motion / Motion Response
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 10/9/2026
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 10/15/2026
• Title: APPROVE Motion by Hahn, Richardson, Sandoval, and Solis that the Board direct the Chief Executive Officer to advance the following objectives pertaining to the Pico Rivera Regional Rail Station: Identify, program, and authorize a maximum not-to-exceed of $6 million in Metro controlled funds toward the Pico Rivera Regional Rail Station Project for preliminary engineering design, environmental documentation, project approvals, and to be repaid by CAHSR in full upon completion and inclusion ultimately in CAHSR budget as a mitigation required to be paid for by the implementing agency; Acknowledge the approval on Thursday, September 17, 2026, by the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments Governing Board to serve as the implementing Agency of Record on behalf of the CA High Speed Rail Authority, Metro and the City of Pico Rivera; Negotiate and execute a Master Funding Agreement and other necessary documents with the SGVCOG, the CA High Speed Rail Authority, and the City of Pico Rivera ...
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 15, 2026

Preamble
Motion by:

DIRECTORS HAHN, RICHARDSON, SANDOVAL, AND SOLIS

Commuter Rail Station in the City of Pico Rivera Project Seed Funding, CA High Speed Rail Delivery and Implementation Motion

The Los Angeles–San Diego–San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor is the second busiest intercity rail corridor in the United States and one of California’s most important corridors carrying both freight and passenger rail services, including BNSF, Metrolink, Amtrak, and eventually California High Speed Rail. The shared-use environment combined with aging infrastructure creates operational constraints and inefficiencies that ultimately limit rail capacity and stimies economic potential in one of the nation’s most economically productive regions. These issues are especially acute in the Los Angeles-to-Anaheim segment, where freight and passenger operations converge creating a significant bottleneck in the regional railroad system. Strategic railroad investments are essential to optimize rail capacity, efficiency, reliability, supply-chain performance, regional mobility, and Southern California’s long-term competitiveness.

More specifically, investments that separate freight and passenger movements offer greater operational flexibility, reduce delays, strengthen goods movement, contribute to ridership growth, and maximize the value of existing and planned infrastructure. The Commerce-to-Pico Rivera segment represents a critical opportunity for such investments. For example, the State-supported Commerce Flyover Viaduct Project is intended to reduce freight congestion and operational conflicts, while relocating the Commerce Metrolink Station to a more suitable location that is conducive to developing transit-oriented communities.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority’s Los Angeles-to-Anaheim environmental process has also identified the Commerce Station relocation as formal mitigation ...