Pics: 626 Golden Streets
Pics start in South Pas and run west to east, ending with me hiding under the Gold Line bridge in Azusa. 🙂 And yet again, there were major street [continue reading]
17-plus miles of open streets in the 626 to explore on March 5
626 Golden Streets, the biggest Open Streets event ever to be held in North America, had to be postponed last year due to the San Gabriel Complex fire. We were [continue reading]
Go Metro Gold Line to the Breeders Cup at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia
The Breeders Cup is being held at historic Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Friday and Saturday. With the Gold Line opening to Arcadia earlier this year, it’s pretty easy [continue reading]
New reports show number of developments along Gold Line
Interesting new report commissioned by the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority on transit-oriented development (TOD) along the line. Check out the two key pages above. (If you want to print [continue reading]
Test shuttle between Arcadia Station and popular Chantry Flat begins this weekend
This is some very welcome news from our friends at the Angeles National Forest, which covers much of the San Gabriel Mountains. Chantry Flat is an extremely popular picnic [continue reading]
Measure M: projects and programs for the San Gabriel Valley
As part of the Nov. 8 ballot, Los Angeles County voters will be considering Measure M, a half-cent sales tax increase and extension of the Measure R half-cent tax beyond 2039 to pay for transit, highway, walking, biking and other transportation projects. Both taxes would continue in perpetuity or until [continue reading]
All Gold Line trains will serve Foothill Extension stations beginning Sunday
All Gold Line trains will run from Azusa to East Los Angeles beginning Sunday with frequencies of every seven minutes during peak hours starting on Monday. To put it lightly, Foothill [continue reading]
EVENT POSTPONED: On 6.26 hit the open streets to explore the 626
UPDATE: due to San Gabriel Complex fire the air quality in the San Gabriel Valley remains poor. Unfortunately, this mean 626 Golden Streets must be postponed until a later date. [continue reading]
Ridership PowerPoint: Gold Line Foothill Extension’s first month of service
UPDATE: I subbed a different PowerPoint that has more info. Above is the Metro staff report on ridership in March on the new Gold Line Extension to Azusa you may have heard mentioned in the media or on this blog. Three really quick takeaways: •Ridership is very strong with [continue reading]
How We Roll, March 11: another Gold Line ext review, ballot measure talk, small country but cool transit map
Things to read/watch whilst transiting: Outside magazine’s website asks why it’s so much fun to watch ski crash videos. Perhaps the answer is in the accompanying video. Things to read2:Â In [continue reading]