The activist group Move LA held its “L.A. on the Verge’ event at Union Station on Friday, with a big focus on transportation funding. The group is headed by former Santa Monica Mayor Denny Zane, who clearly let the hundreds in attendance know his position: the Measure R sales tax [continue reading]
The press was given a chance on Friday to view up close the recent work on the “Iconic Bridge” that will carry the Gold Line Foothill Extension light rail line over the eastbound 210 freeway. The above photo shows the first set of beams that will be part of the [continue reading]
81 MILLION REASONS TO BE HAPPY: All things considered, I thought it was pretty amazing that President Obama’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year included $31 million in federal funds for the Regional Connector and $50 million for the Westside Subway Extension. Both, of course, are excellent and needed [continue reading]
Here’s an update from the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority on construction work on the bridge in Arcadia that will carry the light rail line over the eastbound 210 freeway. The Foothill Extension will run for 11.5 miles between Pasadena and the Azusa/Glendora border: This week, Skanska began installing [continue reading]
Below is the news release from the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, which is building the 11.5-mile line from Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border. Freeway Closures Press Release (2) Here is the map of detours for the closures:
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. Five new Asian languages, three spoken in India, added for L.A. County voters (KPCC) [continue reading]
The above is the latest construction update on the Gold Line Foothill Extension project, which will extend the Gold Line for 11.5 miles from Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border. The video focuses on the work done in the past few months on the bridge that will carry the tracks from [continue reading]
This involves a lawsuit brought against the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority alleging that the environmental studies for the Pasadena-to-Azusa light rail project didn’t properly study alternative locations for a rail maintenance yard. The suit was brought by a Monrovia land owner who is objecting to attempts to acquire [continue reading]
The ruling involves a dispute with a land owner over acquiring land for a rail car maintenance yard in Monrovia to serve the extension of the Gold Line to the Azusa/Glendora border. Here’s the news release from the Foothill Extension Construction Authority:
As 2011 winds down, the following is a look back at our more popular posts from the past year. Not surprisingly, many of the posts are from earlier in 2011, which tended to be heavy on big news. And equally non-shocking, readers showed the most interest in posts about Metro [continue reading]
