The Foothill Extension will take the Gold Line from its current terminus in Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border. It’s a project funded by Measure R, the half-cent sales tax increase approved by L.A. County voters in 2008. The last station on the Gold Line at present is at Sierra Madre [continue reading]
The actor Erik Estrada, aka Officer Frank Poncharello from “CHiPs,” was cool enough to help tape a public service announcement this morning advising motorists of the upcoming 405-Sepulveda Pass closure the weekend of July 16-17. I’m sure the fine Officer will be reminding motorists to plan ahead for the closure, [continue reading]
Metro held a live chat this afternoon to area residents a chance to quiz two agency officials — Doug Failing, the Executive Director of Highway Programs, and Krishniah Murthy, Executive Director of Transit Project Delivery — about the July 16-17 weekend closure of the 405 over the Sepulveda Pass. If [continue reading]
I’ll cut right to the part of the new construction fact sheet for the Westside Subway Extension that will likely interest you most: Construction Schedule Construction timing for the Project is dependent upon how the funding package for the project comes together. Presuming that the environmental clearance process concludes [continue reading]
Just another reminder that the chat will be online today from noon to 1 p.m. with a link on the Metro homepage. Direct link: http://metro.multicity.com/ Answering your questions about the 53-hour closure on the weekend of July 16-17 will be Doug Failing, Metro’s Executive Director of Highway Projects, and K.N. [continue reading]
The chat will be online from noon to 1 p.m. with a link on the Metro homepage. Answering your questions about the 53-hour closure on the weekend of July 16-17 will be Doug Failing, Metro’s Executive Director of Highway Projects, and K.N. Murthy, Executive Director of Transit Project Delivery for [continue reading]
Caltrans announced today that it has completed the reconstruction of the Baldwin Park Boulevard Bridge in order to accommodate new carpool lanes that are being built on the San Bernardino Freeway (Interstate 10). The Baldwin Park Boulevard Bridge is part of the San Bernardino Freeway HOV project that is adding [continue reading]
As expected, the Metro Board of Directors on Thursday approved free fares on the Red and Purple Line subway and the Orange Line busway for July 16 and 17, the weekend that the 405 freeway will be closed over the Sepulveda Pass for the partial demolition of the Mulholland Bridge. [continue reading]
Ever since I learned about the Expo Line — and the path that trains used to travel a century ago — I’ve relished in stumbling across bits and pieces of the old infrastructure that still dot the Westside. The original tracks were built by a predecessor to the Southern Pacific [continue reading]
