At the same time, however, it was spending more than $300 million on commuter rail, park-and-ride lots, a new maintenance and operations center, and other facilities.
When completed, the multi-modal facility is expected to have general travel lanes, with right-of-way reserved for a future high-capacity transit system with park-and-ride lots.
It includes 16 art-inspired stations at key university, government, business, entertainment and medical centers as well as four park-and-ride facilities.
