Recent Streetsblog LA posts about L (Gold) Line

City of Duarte’s Free Rails-to-Trails Gold Line Shuttle Open Saturdays in June

By Doug Lewis | Jun 3, 2016 | 6 Comments

Los Angeles’s surrounding mountain ranges are often overlooked in the county’s popularized image as a smog-ridden, freeway megalopolis with admired Pacific beaches. However, between the Santa Monica and San Gabriel mountain ranges, Los Angeles has plenty of rich outdoor hiking to offer newcomers and native Angelenos alike. Unfortunately many of these mountain trailheads are nestled within […]

Residents Debate Priorities for Mariachi Plaza at Second Design Workshop

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 15, 2016 | 1 Comment

“If it wasn’t for Garage [Board Shop and Sk8 for Education program],” 9-year-old skater “Bite Size” told me, “I’d probably be hanging out with the wrong type.” I looked at him. He really was adorably bite-sized as he stood next to a skateboard nearly as as tall as he was. It was hard to believe […]

Eyes on the Street: Little Tokyo Gold Line Test Train on New Tracks

By Joe Linton | Mar 9, 2016 | No Comments

Metro is getting close to re-opening the temporarily detoured Gold Line through Little Tokyo. To facilitate Regional Connector subway construction, Metro removed and relocated a stretch of Gold Line tracks between the Little Tokyo and Pico Aliso Stations. This afternoon, Streetsblog S.F. editor Roger Rudick spotted rail cars traversing the rebuilt tracks. According to Rudick, the train […]

Metro Opens Gold Line Foothill Extension to Azusa

By Joe Linton | Mar 7, 2016 | 75 Comments

Last Saturday, Metro extended its growing rail network, celebrating the grand opening of the 11-mile Gold Line Foothill Extension. The initial phase of the Foothill Extension includes six new stations in five San Gabriel Valley cities: Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale, and Azusa. Additional future phases would extend the Gold Line to Ontario Airport. Kick-off festivities began […]

What This Gold Line & CicLAvia Weekend Says About So. Cal.’s Future

By Joe Linton | Mar 4, 2016 | 3 Comments

I am looking forward to this weekend. My 2-year old daughter Maeve and I will be attending the opening festivities for the Metro Gold Line tomorrow, and we’ll be heading up to the northern San Fernando Valley for CicLAvia on Sunday. If I were transportation investment king, I would not have prioritized building the Gold […]

Gold Line Foothill Extension Preview Ride from Pasadena to Azusa

By Joe Linton | Feb 17, 2016 | 5 Comments

Today, Metro hosted its first press preview for journalists to ride the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension. The 12-mile project includes 6 new stations. It will open on March 5th. Overall the ride was smooth. The train departed Pasadena’s Sierra Madre Station, stopped very briefly at the intermediate five stations, but did not open doors […]

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