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]
Valleys stronger together: NoHo-Pasadena express bus hits the road Tuesday
In the run-up to the opening of the Gold Line extension to Azusa on March 5, there’s another important new transit service debuting: an express Metro bus connecting Pasadena, Glendale, the Burbank [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]
How We Roll, Feb. 16: bullet train versus drought, things to read whilst transiting
Newsflash!: The February Metro Board committee agendas have been posted, including links to staff reports on a variety of issues. You can find the agendas here. A few nuggets of interestingness: [continue reading]
New Gold Line commemorative TAP card
Above is a preview of a new commemorative TAP card that will be available beginning March 5, the same day the Gold Line extension to Azusa opens. The cards can be [continue reading]
Metro proposes test parking fees at nine rail stations
[scribd id=298633891 key=key-qi6jRA3i94xyMVR15RqI mode=scroll] As you may have read by now, Metro staff are proposing a test program that would charge a $2 or $3 parking fee at nine rail [continue reading]
How We Roll: would the Expo Line have won KPCC’s bike-car-transit race to SaMo?
Art of Transit: Things to listen to whilst transiting — Judge John Hodgman live at SF Sketchfest All the cases heard before a live audience are funny. But the capper [continue reading]
Help me with my photo essay of the Foothill communities
I’ll get to the point: I need your help. I’ve been shooting pics for a photo essay of the new Gold Line extension to Azusa that opens March 5. I’ve [continue reading]
Video: riders amped for Gold Line extension to Azusa
The Gold Line 11.5-mile extension to Azusa opens on March 5. Above is a new video from the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the agency that built the line. [continue reading]
How We Roll, Jan. 19: Expo Line (my precious), new eatery on the Blue Line, four ideas for L.A.
Art of Transit: Metro takes control of Expo Line to begin pre-revenue service (Santa Monica Next) Metro can now justly say “my precious” about the project’s mainline tracks between Culver City and Santa Monica. The Expo Line Construction Authority handed over the 6.6-mile tracks on Friday, a big step forward [continue reading]