Gold Line to have some longer trains
Some news today about parking on the Gold Line extension to Azusa: •An extra rail car will be added to four Gold Line trains during weekday peak hours in the morning [continue reading]
Riders react to new Gold Line service
UPDATED, WEDNESDAY 2:30 P.M.: We are forwarding the feedback you’ve provided to the appropriate departments at Metro. As for parking, the two Azusa stations continue to fill by 7 a.m. [continue reading]
FINAL UPDATE: Gold Line service restored between Allen and Arcadia stations for Monday a.m. commute
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andres Ramirez (@atir_asluper) We’ll be updating this post throughout Sunday and Monday morning with new information at the top of the post. UPDATE, 5:25 a.m. Monday: Repairs completed earlier this morning. Regular rail service in both directions restored for this morning’s [continue reading]
How We Roll, March 4: in praise of transit options and networks
From the Department of Photography: You may enjoy my photo essay on the people and places of the cities to be served by the new Gold Line Foothill Extension. Here’s [continue reading]
Photo essay: the cities of the Gold Line Foothill Extension
The following photos were mostly taken in the past few weeks as I drove, walked and biked around the Foothill Cities — Arcadia, Azusa, Duarte, Irwindale and Monrovia — that [continue reading]
Q&A: everything you need to know about the Gold Line extension to Azusa
What’s the plan for opening day on Saturday? Merriment, joy, feasting and song, I hope. I’ve been writing about this project for the better part of a decade and once upon a time, [continue reading]
How We Roll, March 2: once again (with feeling) we write of transit versus traffic
Programming note: I’ll publish our giant everything-you-need-to-know post about the Gold Line extension to Azusa later this afternoon. I’m an estimated two Diet Cokes away from finishing it. My Foothill [continue reading]
Gold Line extension to Azusa opens to public at noon Saturday, March 5
Some nuggets to know: •Rides will be free from noon until midnight on Saturday on the entire Gold Line. •Trains will begin running on the new 11.5-mile Gold Line extension at noon [continue reading]
How We Roll, Feb. 23: how many people are using ride hailing to get to Metro stations?
Short things to read whilst transiting: there are still at least 29 people left in the U.S. (or rather a competition in the U.S.) who don’t know who won the [continue reading]
Motorists and pedestrians reminded to “stop, look, listen” around Gold Line extension tracks
A nice Apache News segment by Arcadia High School students on train safety along the new alignment! Here’s the news release from Metro: More Test Trains on Gold Line Extension in Preparation for March 5 Opening Motorists and pedestrians are reminded to always “Stop, Look and Listen” before crossing the [continue reading]