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原文传递 Capital Programs Continue to Drive Rail Projects Forward

题名：	Capital Programs Continue to Drive Rail Projects Forward
正文语种：	eng
作者：	Mischa Wanek-Libman
摘要：	THE FINANCIAL FALLOUT OF the past year had the potential to decimate transit agencies' capital programs. For agencies with capital intensive rail networks, the threat to budgets wasn't just a halt or pause in expansion plans, but a possible deferral of key maintenance practices, as well. The emergency relief provided by the U.S. government within a trio of bills eased the financial stress on operating budgets and freed agencies to re-focus and revisit proposals of long planned and long sought-after projects. What follows is a sample of what rail systems have planned in 2021 for their capital programs. Sound Transit has one of the largest rail expansion plans in North America in terms of both scope and cost under its Sound Transit 2 and Sound Transit 3 plans. The transit agency remains on track to nearly triple its light-rail system by 2024 with 40 additional miles of rail infrastructure and 28 new stations. However, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic combined with surging real estate and construction sector costs have forced a recalibration of how Sound Transit pursues expansion projects not already under construction.
出版年：	2021
期刊名称：	Mass Transit
卷：	47
期：	3