Metro Rail service has been restored between Allen Station and Sierra Madre Villa Station in the Pasadena area. Metro Gold Line trains are operating between these two stations on a single track. Patrons will be required to exit the train at Allen Station and board another Gold Line train to [continue reading]
The Gold Line is only running between Atlantic and Memorial Park in downtown Pasadena this morning, due to an earlier accident on the 210 freeway in which a big rig flipped and is blocking the train’s right-of-way. No trains were involved. As a result, there is no service between Lake [continue reading]
The Go Metro Dining Map continues to grow – it’s now 38 restaurants deep – as Source readers and Metro riders send us their suggestions for the best places to grab a bite near transit. One of the newest suggestions for a Gold Line adjacent restaurant is La Abeja, recommended [continue reading]
A traffic accident is impacting service on the Gold Line in Pasadena between Allen station and Sierra Madre Villa–a big rig on the eastbound 210 is blocking the tracks. A bus bridge between the two has been requested. Update to follow.
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. LaHood on the Offensive, Calls Out High Speed Rail Foes (AltTransport) U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood rallies against high speed rail detractors [continue reading]
[polldaddy poll=3831522] On Oct. 28, the Metro Board of Directors are scheduled to vote on an alignment for the Regional Connector and whether to launch a final environmental study — the prelude to construction of the project. In the project’s draft environmental impact statement/report, Metro staff recommended a fully underground [continue reading]
I found these four maps in one of the appendices of the Regional Connector’s draft environmental impact statement/report. I posted them because they’re kind of interesting — it’s a chance to see both population and job density around some of Metro’s current and future transit lines in the years 2005 [continue reading]
Effective immediately, speed on the Blue, Gold and Green lines will be reduced to a maximum of 45mph until 8pm due to the extreme heat today This is only precautionary measure to ensure the safety of patrons. Speed reductions may result in a 5-10 minute delay. A determination will be [continue reading]
Gold Line Service Alert 9/27/10 Gold Line trains are running every 20 minutes due to technical difficulties with an overhead catenary wire at the Avenue 60 crossing near Highland Park. Metro will be running longer trains to provide additional capacity for the afternoon commute. Patrons are asked to spread out [continue reading]
photos by Steven Frein, via submission I’m pleased that we’ve (finally) started to receive a trickle of good submissions of transit here in the Southland. This pair of photos shows the Gold Line in Little Tokyo — above a train travels eastbound on 1st Street and at right a Pasadena-bound [continue reading]
