Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Wednesday praised the planned construction of a light-rail car manufacturing plant along the Los Angeles River, saying it would bring "decent middle-class jobs" and attract clean technology firms to a city hard-hit by the national recession.Our recently purchase SkyTrain cars were made in Mexico...
Italian rail-car maker AnsaldoBreda agreed to build a $70-million plant as part of its successful bid to deliver 100 additional light-rail cars to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Light Rail Manufacturing
A last year, we had a light rail expert Brent Graham present to the Township of Langley Council on how our region could be a light rail manufacturing hub with our connectivity to the West Coast, Edmonton, and Calgary. Well, it appears that another region has heeded his advice, Los Angeles.
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