Big news this afternoon on a key Measure R transit project: A $485.9-million contract has been awarded to a joint venture of two firms, Kiewit and Parsons, to build the 11.5-mile extension of the Gold Line from eastern Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border. The contract approved by the Board of [continue reading]
Here’s the update from the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the independent agency building the line from Pasadena to Azusa. There’s a nice gallery of renderings and photos at the Construction Authority’s website. This is a Measure R funded project and the update says construction will start in the [continue reading]
A dispute has broken out between the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority and the city of Monrovia over the purchase of property for a rail car maintenance yard for the project. Construction Authority officials say it threatens the schedule and budget for the project — officials have previously said [continue reading]
The Los Angeles Chapter of the Urban Land Institute held a conference in Pasadena on Thursday to discuss transit-oriented development in the greater-L.A. area. The aim of the conference was to figure out a way to put more development around transit hubs. It’s a strategy embraced in many places to [continue reading]
Here’s the email that went out today from Habib Balian, the CEO of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the independent agency that is overseeing the building of the 11.5-mile light rail line from the current Gold Line terminus in Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border. The Foothill Extension [continue reading]
Here’s the latest update on planning and pre-construction efforts on the Gold Line Foothill Extension project, which will extend the Gold Line from Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border adjacent to Citrus College. The Foothill Extension is a project funded by Measure R, the sales tax increase approved by Los Angeles [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Autism: Proximity to freeways increases autism risk, study finds (L.A. Times) A study in the journal, Environmental Health Perspectives, found that children [continue reading]
This week, I decided to revisit the Census Bureau’s Local Employment Dynamics database to get a sense of which job centers are served by local or commuter rail in Los Angeles County. Many big job centers (illustrated by the darker shades of blue in the map above) are served by [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Residents express concern over Gold Line yard in Monrovia (Monrovia Patch) As part of its deal with Metro, the Gold Line Foothill [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. In the news: L.A. Green District Competition, L.A. Car Culture vs. Urban Culture, What’s Wrong With Airport Connectors?, Crumbling America: $2.2 Trillion, and more [continue reading]
