Tag Archives: Eastside Gold Line

Board of Directors meet Thursday at 9 a.m.

Posted Sep 21, 2011 by in Policy & Funding, Projects
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As usual, the meeting is in the Metro headquarters adjacent to Los Angeles Union Station. The public is welcome to attend. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.

Here’s the agenda. The big item tomorrow is the Board’s consideration of the Crenshaw/LAX Line’s final environmental document.

The Board will also consider of a careers construction policy that seeks to hire more locals and union members to work on Metro construction projects.

In addition, the Board will consider: changing the names of six rail and bus stations, a $37.3-million contract to a firm to conduct the environmental analysis on the 710 gap project and grade-crossing improvements along the Eastside Gold Line (in street warning lights, signal adjustments).

And, of course, there’s item 52: consideration of providing free fares to all Girl Scouts in uniform on Oct. 29 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts.

Power restored to Eastside Gold Line stations; service returns to normal schedule

Posted Dec 22, 2010 by in Service Alerts, Transportation News
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Power is restored to a section of the Gold Line Eastside Extension where service was delayed between Mariachi Plaza and Maravilla stations. Service is restored to normal operations.

What was happening: A lightning strike in downtown Los Angeles a little after 2 p.m. briefly knocked out power in the Red Line Rail facility and caused a power loss from Maravilla to Mariachi stations on the Gold Line Eastside Extension. Subway service was not affected.

Transportation headlines, Monday, Dec. 6

Posted Dec 6, 2010 by in Transportation Headlines, Transportation News
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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.

Artists and new infrastructure part of Boyle Heights improvement project along Gold Line (KPCC)

A $12-million project to improve infrastructure along the Gold Line Eastside Extension was announced on Friday and KPCC talks with L.A. City Council member Jose Huizar about the planned improvements. Better walkways, improved safety enhancements and more bike lanes are all on the list. The hope is that the changes will improve access to the line, bring tourists to the Eastside and support the emerging arts community in Boyle Heights.

Drive Less, Pay Less: New Insurance Plans for California (LAist)

Pay-as-you-drive auto insurance is coming to California early next year for State Farm and Automobile Club members. What that means is if you drive less, you pay less. Drivers can either self report their odometer readings or allow the insurance companies track their mileage with a ‘telematics’ device.

Plan B: High-speed track could be used by conventional trains (Bakersfield.com)

High speed rail officials are coming up with a backup plan for the 65-mile Central Valley segment of high speed rail track that was approved last week – just in case the whole high speed rail thing doesn’t pan out. This worst-case-scenario plan is just a concept right now, but the idea is that if high speed rail ends up not happening, the new tracks could be used to improve Amtrak service through the Central Valley. The tracks would allow Amtrak trains to increase their speeds from 79mph to over 105mph, shaving 22 minutes off a about five-hour train/bus trip between Bakersfield and Sacramento or 28 minutes off the about six-hour journey from Bakersfield to the Bay Area.

Construction publication names Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension top transportation project

Posted Sep 24, 2010 by in Inside Metro
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Inaugural train arrives at the Metro Gold Line East L.A. Civic Center Station for opening day. The six-mile Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension links East L.A. with downtown Los Angeles and Pasadena in the 79.1-mile Metro Rail system that traverses Los Angeles County. (Photo by gary Leonard)

Inaugural train arrives at the Metro Gold Line East L.A. Civic Center Station for opening day. The six-mile Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension links East L.A. with downtown Los Angeles and Pasadena in the 79.1-mile Metro Rail system that traverses Los Angeles County. (Photo by Gary Leonard)

The Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension Light Rail Transit Project has been named the top transportation project in Southern California by California Construction Magazine.

Selected by an independent jury of industry experts in design and construction, the Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension was one of 135 projects nominated by industry leaders in a variety of categories in the statewide competition. The winners will be featured in the December 2010 issue of California Construction and will compete in the magazine’s national competition.

This is the second award this month for the Gold Line extension — the construction team also won the 2010 Outstanding Government Civil Engineering Project Award bestowed by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The six-mile light rail project was under construction for five years and came in on time and within budget with a perfect safety record.

Gold Line through-service restored – Trains running at 20-minute intervals

Posted Jan 22, 2010 by in Transportation News
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Gold Line service to all stations has been restored at 1 p.m. Repairs to tracks blocked by a fallen tree have enabled through-service on a single track. Repairs to overhead catenary wires continue until further notice. Until normal service is resumed, which is likely by tomorrow, northbound and southbound trains will depart from all Gold Line stations at 20-minute intervals. Service will include three-car trains to accommodate passengers. Bus service to transport passengers between the Southwest Museum station and Mission station has been cancelled.

Service was disrupted at approx. 4 a.m. this morning when a tree fell on the tracks just north of the Highland Park station near the Arroyo Seco Bridge. Work crews have removed the tree and are now repairing damage to the overhead catenary wires. Tracks were not damaged in the incident.

Gold Line repairs underway -Limited service running between Mission and Sierra Madre stations

Posted Jan 22, 2010 by in Service Alerts
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Two trains are operating between the Sierra Madre station in eastern Pasadena and the Mission station in South Pasadena. Five trains are operating north and south between Southwest Museum and Atlantic stations.  Service out of Sierra Madre will operate every 20 minutes. Service out of the Atlantic will operate every 10 minutes.

Bus service continues to transport passengers between Mission Station and Southwest Museum Station.

At approximately 4 a.m., a tree fell on the overhead power lines of the Gold Line at the Arroyo Verde road crossing just north of the Highland Park Station, blocking both tracks and damaging overhead catenary wires.  Repair crews are on the scene and hope to clear the southbound track to enable the single tracking of trains around the location as soon as possible.

Welcome to Metro Minutes

Posted Jan 7, 2010 by in Inside Metro
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Metro Minutes

New to The Source is a feature called Metro Minutes, an audio recording that you can click on and hear Metro’s Chief Executive Officer Art Leahy talk about transportation related news and information.

In this first edition of  Metro Minutes, Art Leahy reflects on the past year at the agency and what to look forward to in 2010.

Check it out.
Podcast feed: Audio RSS

Read a transcript of the interview after the jump.

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Eastside students model a future of hope along the Gold Line

Posted Dec 15, 2009 by in Projects
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Metro Planner James Rojas instructs students from Mujeres y Hombres Nobles Continuation High School.

Metro Planner James Rojas instructs students from Mujeres y Hombres Nobles Continuation High School.

With the new Metro Gold Line extension to East Los Angeles as an inspirational backdrop, low-income students living near the alignment have been taught by a Metro planner how to put the trains to work in creating a community vision that will transcend poverty and gang violence.

Twenty-four students from “Mujeres y Hombres Nobles Continuation High School” in East Los Angeles recently explored urban planning and transportation options as part of The HeArt Project, a 10-week course taught by Metro planner James Rojas after the grand opening of the Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension.

Some of the students, many from low-income families who are transit dependent, witnessed the construction of the light rail line to East Los Angeles as part of their daily living experience. Continue reading →

New parking garage for Eastside Gold Line aims for spring opening

Posted Dec 8, 2009 by in Projects
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A multi-level parking structure that will hold 280 cars is nearing completion at the east end of the Gold Line next to the Atlantic Station.

A multi-level parking structure that will hold 280 cars is nearing completion next to the Atlantic station.

Work crews laid the last concrete deck on a 3 ½ level parking structure at the Atlantic station at the end of the Eastside Gold Line last week. A multi-level parking structure that will hold 280 cars is nearing completion and is targeting a late March opening.

Parking will be free for transit patrons, with no need to stop and purchase tickets or bother with electronic gates. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies will patrol the property for security purposes. There are 16 individual bike lockers and racks that can hold eight other bikes.

Only one other new station on the Gold Line Eastside Extension has parking — the Indiana stop, which has 43 free spaces. There has been very limited parking in a store lot for Gold Line customers at the Atlantic station during construction of the new garage. Continue reading →