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項目贊助商：聖華金地區鐵路委員會 (SJRRC)

項目狀態： 截至 2022 年 7 月 28 日，管理局和 SJRRC 已完成 Stockton 鑽石等級分離項目（Project）的 NEPA 流程，最終 EA 和 FONSI 可在 Stockton Diamond 網站上獲取，鏈接如下。在 2022 年 4 月 27 日 EA 草案的 30 天公眾意見徵詢期結束後，管理局和 SJRRC 繼續 NEPA 流程並審查意見、提供回复並準備最終 EA。請參閱 SJRRC 項目網站以獲取完整的項目文件和信息，包括所有項目階段的當前狀態。

網站： https://stocktondiamond.com/resources/

項目介紹：
聖華金地區鐵路委員會 (SJRRC) 提議建造斯托克頓鑽石級分離項目（項目），這是一個重要的客運和貨運交通項目，將在現有的斯托克頓鑽石鐵路交叉口。 SJRRC 是加州環境質量法案 (CEQA) 下的牽頭機構，也是國家環境政策法案 (NEPA) 下的聯合牽頭機構。加州高速鐵路管理局（管理局）是 NEPA 分配計劃下的聯邦牽頭機構。

2020 年 8 月 19 日，SJRRC 正式啟動了斯托克頓鑽石級分離項目（項目）的環境審查程序，並附有環境影響報告 (EIR) 的準備通知 (NOP)。當 NOP 發佈時，環境文件作為 CEQA/NEPA 聯合文件提交給利益相關者和公眾。 SJRRC 作為 CEQA 牽頭機構，與作為 NEPA 牽頭機構的管理局協調，受 FRA 的委託，準備一份 EIR/環境評估 (EA)。由於資金期限的考慮，CEQA/NEPA 文件被拆分，SJRRC 為該項目準備了一份 EIR，該項目於 2021 年 6 月 4 日被 SJRRC 董事會通過。SJRRC 和管理局隨後共同準備了一份 EA 草案和最終 EA項目符合 NEPA。 SJRRC 是 NEPA 下的項目發起人和聯合牽頭機構。

該項目位於加利福尼亞州聖華金縣斯托克頓市的斯托克頓市中心以南，靠近南奧羅拉街和東斯科茨大道。撞擊區域以北的羅伯特 J. 卡布拉爾站為界；南面的 UP Stockton Yard，大約位於東四街；南朝聖者街向東；和向西的南格蘭特街（見下圖 1）。

該項目將通過將 UP 主線軌道抬高到 BNSF 主線軌道上方來構建 BNSF 和 UP 鐵路線的坡度分離，以減少鐵路擁堵並允許客運和貨運鐵路交通不間斷地通過交叉口。目前，BNSF Stockton Subdivision 和 UP Fresno Subdivision 分別由兩條主要軌道組成，它們在一個被稱為 Stockton Diamond 的平交道處彼此相交。這個鐵路交叉口是加州最繁忙的地面鐵路交叉口。整個中央山谷的乘客和貨運以及更廣泛的國家網絡上的貨運都經歷了嚴重的擁堵和延誤服務。目前，軌道的地面配置導致該地區的客運和貨運列車嚴重延誤，包括服務於斯托克頓港的列車。火車擁堵還會導致道路-鐵路交叉口的車輛延誤，並造成潛在的機動車輛、鐵路、自行車和行人衝突。減少這些衝突可以通過關閉交叉口以及改善多個道路/鐵路平交道口的自行車、行人和道路改善斯托克頓市居民的安全、通道和流動性。

SJRRC 擁有並運營連接斯托克頓和聖何塞的客運鐵路項目的 Altamont Corridor Express 計劃。 聖華金聯合權力機構 (SJJPA) 管理 Amtrak San Joaquins 城際客運鐵路服務。目前的 ACE 和聖華金城際客運鐵路服務受到地面 Stockton Diamond Interlock 地面交叉口的限制，這會降低客運和貨運鐵路服務的可靠性和準時性能。等級分離將有助於提高 SJRRC 和 SJJPA 的運營績效，因為它們在中央山谷、薩克拉門托和舊金山灣區之間提供服務。聖華金縣的公交對該地區也很重要，包括快速公交系統、城際和區域間公交服務、ACE 通勤鐵路服務和聖華金城際鐵路服務。

通過實施該項目減少鐵路擁堵將減少客運和貨運鐵路供應商的延誤，改善貨運流動性，減少旅行時間，並提高機動車輛、自行車、行人和火車交通的安全性。它還將減少機車和汽車的空轉和廢氣排放。

該項目的公共利益將擴展到整個地區的駕車者、行人、鐵路乘客、貨運托運人和居民。其他好處包括減少燃料消耗、降低貨運鐵路運輸成本以及改善旅行時間和可靠性。正如 EA 中描述和解釋的那樣，該項目將對項目研究區域的長期空氣質量、交通運輸以及視覺質量和美學產生整體有益的影響。

圖 1. 項目研究區

Project: Link Union Station (Link US)

Project Sponsor: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) 

Project Status: On June 21, 2024, the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) and Metro released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Supplemental EIR (EIS/SEIR) for a 45-day public review and comment period in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The 45-day public review and comment period begins on June 21, 2024 and ends on August 9, 2024.  

OPEN HOUSE AND PUBLIC HEARING: Metro will hold an open house and public hearing to explain the Project and the Draft EIS/SEIR analysis. Comments from the public may be submitted at the public hearing via comment card or court reporter. Information regarding the open house and public hearing is provided below. 

日期： Tuesday, July 9, 2024 

時間: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. 

Location: Metro Headquarters, One Gateway Plaza, Board Room, 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90012   

Please refer to the Link US project website for complete Project documents and information including Open House and Public Hearing details. 

網站： https://linkunionstation.com/

項目介紹： 地鐵 is proposing the Link US Project to address existing capacity constraints at Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS). The Project consists of transforming LAUS from a stub end tracks station into a run-through tracks station by extending ten platform tracks south of LAUS Platforms 2 through 6 that would merge into a minimum of four tracks on the U.S. Highway 101 (US-101) viaduct and continue south to connect to mainline tracks along the west bank of the Los Angeles River, replacing the existing pedestrian passageway under the LAUS platforms and tracks with a new expanded passageway, and establishing 10 new run-through tracks for regional/intercity trains and future high-speed rail trains south of LAUS. The Project also includes off-site railroad improvements to BNSF Railway’s Malabar Yard in the City of Vernon. The Malabar Yard railroad improvements consist of the closure of the 49th Street at-grade railroad crossing and a new track connection between two existing track segments along 46th Street in the City of Vernon. Metro is the lead agency under CEQA and joint lead agency under NEPA. The Authority is the federal lead agency under the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) NEPA Assignment Program. 

In May 2016, pursuant to the requirements of NEPA and CEQA, FRA (federal lead agency at the time) and Metro issued a Notice of Intent/Notice of Preparation to prepare a joint EIS/EIR for the Link US Project. In October 2018, Metro elected to prepare a standalone Environmental Impact Report (EIR) in compliance with CEQA and certified the Final EIR on June 27, 2019. In October 2021, Metro approved CEQA Addendum No.1 to the Final EIR. Since certification of the Final EIR and approval of the CEQA Addendum, there have been minor additions or changes to the Project, which requires the preparation of a Supplemental EIR. Therefore, in April 2023, the Authority and Metro agreed to prepare a joint EIS/Supplemental EIR to complete the NEPA and CEQA process. The final EIS/SEIR is expected in early 2025.  

The Project is located in Downtown Los Angeles in the vicinity of LAUS (see Figure 1 below). LAUS is located at 800 Alameda Street in the City of Los Angeles, California. LAUS is bounded by US-101 to the south, Alameda Street to the west, Cesar Chavez Avenue to the north, and Vignes Street to the east. The Project extends from the northern terminus at North Main Street to the southern terminus south of First Street in the City of Los Angeles. 

The Link US Project comprises several key components: 

1. New lead tracks with an elevated rail yard with new platforms and canopies 
2. New concourse-related improvements, including a 140-foot-wide expanded passageway below the rail yard with new escalators and elevators
3. New run-through tracks south of the LAUS over US-101 
4. Accommodation of the Authority’s planned high-speed rail (HSR) system on common rail infrastructure to support future HSR trains 
5. New rail communications, signals, and safety improvements 

At the BNSF West Bank Yard, dedicated lead tracks for Amtrak trains and BNSF trains, in combination with implementation of common rail infrastructure would result in permanent loss of freight rail storage track capacity at the north end of BNSF West Bank Yard (5,500 track feet). As proposed mitigation to offset the permanent loss of freight storage tracks at the BNSF West Bank Yard, Metro would implement two railroad improvements at BNSF’s Malabar Yard in the City of Vernon, as described below (see Figure 2 below) : 

1. Closure of the at-grade railroad crossing at 49th Street; and  
2. New 1,000-foot track connection along 46th Street between Pacific Boulevard and Seville Avenue. 

The Project’s benefits include increasing regional/intercity rail capacity, improving transit connectivity, enabling one-seat rides on the regional/intercity rail systems across Southern California and accommodating the planned HSR system at LAUS.  

FIGURE 1. PROJECT LOCATION

Figure 2: Link Union Station Project Study Area and Malabar Yard Study Area