Public Transportation
The Traffic Relief Plan (TRP) is a comprehensive strategy to repair roads, reduce congestion, complete long-needed freeway projects, and improve safe, reliable travel options across Riverside County. The TRP makes historic investments in public transportation, supporting affordable travel options countywide.
To support community members seeking more public transportation options, the TRP is making historic investments to increase service frequency, add new routes, stations, tracks, and parking, and expand service options including rapid/express buses and on-demand “micro-transit” options. The plan also supports keeping fares low for seniors, veterans, students, and individuals with disabilities, while connecting them with home, school, and employment centers.
Examples of public transportation improvements include:
- Increasing train service frequency on existing commuter rail (Metrolink) lines such as the 91/Perris Valley Line and Inland-Empire Orange County Line, with trains eventually as frequent as every 30 minutes during peak periods
- Expanding daily passenger rail service (CV Rail) to the Coachella Valley from the Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, and Los Angeles counties with the construction of new rail stations
- Constructing new rail stations, such as:
- at the Ramona Expressway
- in Winchester
- in Beaumont/Banning/Calimesa/Cabazon
- Enhancing the existing nine rail stations in:
- Corona
- Riverside
- Jurupa Valley
- Perris,
- near Moreno Valley
- Exploring mass transit alternatives for the I-15 corridor
- Sustaining and expanding rapid/commuter bus services along major corridors in Riverside County to destinations such as:
- San Diego
- Orange
- San Bernardino Counties
- downtown Riverside
- Temecula
- Moreno Valley
- Coachella Valley
- Hemet/San Jacinto
- Beaumont/Banning/Calimesa
- Corona
- Perris
- Expanding rail service into new areas of Riverside County such as:
- the Beaumont/Banning/Cabazon/Calimesa area
- the Coachella Valley
- Hemet and San Jacinto
- Studying and implementing options for passenger rail expansions and connections along the region’s highway systems, such as the I-15, I-215, SR-91, and SR-60, if determined to be technically viable and financially feasible with state and federal funding support
- Partnering with employers to encourage alternative forms of commuting, including rideshare and vanpool/carpool as a means to reduce congestion