Crowding on the Gold and Expo Lines
If Gold and Expo Line trains have seemed more crowded to you lately, that’s because they are. The Gold Line is seeing more riders since the opening of the extension [continue reading]
How We Roll, March 14: skeptical look at Gold Line ext, housing in SaMo, ballot measure buzz
Things to listen to whilst transiting 1: what if you went online, looked up the guy who bullied you in grade school and discovered he was in Oakland running a motorcycle [continue reading]
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]
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]
How We Roll, March 1: with rail transit, will changes come to the Foothill cities?
Why new Gold Line stations mean local neighborhood changes are coming (SGV Tribune) A lot of good nuggets in this article about developments near the new Foothill Extension stations. A [continue reading]
How We Roll, Feb. 29: American commute times keep inching up
Things to read whilst transiting: On the angst of work meetings: the NYT magazine has a great story about the misery that work meetings inspire in many — namely, the desire [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]
A brief overview of rail history in the Foothill Cities
The Gold Line extension to Azusa is set to open on March 5, bringing light rail 11.5 miles deeper into the San Gabriel Valley. However, this is hardly the first time the [continue reading]