Safety ambassadors on new Gold Line route
We’re getting closer to learning the official opening date of the Foothill Gold Line Extension — to be announced October 22! — but in the meantime, Metro already has safety [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Wednesday, July 25
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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Metro fail: Taps for a TAP card (Blogging Los Angeles) Blogger Will Campbell’s [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Thursday, Sept. 8
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. Subway stations should have attendants (Daily News) After the recent fatal stabbing in Hollywood, David Murphy writes in this op-ed that while he believes [continue reading]
Farmers Field study will include look at public transit in the area
As many of you know, the City Council today approved a Memorandum of Understanding with AEG to build a new football stadium, new convention hall space and two parking garages adjacent to Staples Center. The good news for public transportation is that if indeed the stadium gets built — and [continue reading]
Foothill Extension CEO explains selection of contractor to construct the project
Here is the email that went out this afternoon from Foothill Extension Construction Authority CEO Habib Balian to project supporters about the selection of a contractor to build the 11.5-mile line from Pasadena to Azusa: Today, the Authority staff and evaluators had the opportunity to make the case that Kiewit [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Wednesday, June 1
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. Claremont OKs new track layout for Gold Line trains (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin) The City Council approved a plan that would have [continue reading]
Is transit connecting people to jobs in America?
A fascinating study was released by the Brookings Institution today that details how transit connects Americans to their jobs. The overall conclusion: not so well in many parts of the country and the reason that Brookings calls the study “Missed Opportunity: Transit and Jobs in Metropolitan America.” To quote the [continue reading]
Gold Line Foothill Extension reaches key agreement with freight railroad
The Foothill Extension Gold Line between Pasadena and Azusa follows an old rail right-of-way presently owned by Burlington Northern Santa Fe. The agreement with the freight railroad means that BNSF will abandon their rights to use the right-of-way between Azusa and Irwindale — where tracks still exist — and share [continue reading]
Scoping meetings to begin for second phase of Foothill Extension
The public meetings begin on Wednesday night for a planned segment of the Gold Line that would run from Azusa to Montclair in the San Gabriel Valley. Details are after the jump. The Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority — an independent agency from Metro — has said it will [continue reading]