Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Eastside

In an effort to show how transportation, open space, planning and other issues are intertwined with the health, culture, livability and strength of a community, Streetsblog and The California Endowment teamed to bring Streetsblog’s coverage to a hyper-local level in Boyle Heights and South Los Angeles. Sahra Sulaiman is Communities Editor for Streetsblog Los Angeles and oversees work in South Los Angeles and Boyle Heights. Her work and that of our former Boyle Heights-specific writer Kris Fortin can be found here. Contact Sahra at sahra[at]streetsblog.org or on twitter: @sahrasulaiman.

A Cab-Eye View of the Gold Line Eastside Extension

By Damien Newton | Nov 9, 2009 | 11 Comments

Our friend and light rail enthusiast Darrell Clarke brings us video of a ride on the Gold Line Eastside Extension from the front of the cab. Clarke took the video during the "preview" Metro held for press last Friday. Thanks to Clarke’s placement near a speaker, this video is a perfect substitute for actually having […]

City Council Agrees to Buy Elephant Hill from Developer and Preserve It As Open Space

By Damien Newton | Nov 4, 2009 | 3 Comments

Open space not condos for Elephant Hill. Image: L.A. Eastsider Yesterday, a twenty-five year battle between the Los Angeles City Council and the development group Monterey Hills Investors may have reached the end of the road. The Council agreed to pay a settlement of $9 million for the land known as Elephant Hill. Instead of […]

Announcing: The Gold Line Eastside Safety Ride

By Damien Newton | Oct 30, 2009 | 2 Comments

Image: Metro.net Two weeks from today, November 13, a group of activists will pedal out from Union Station for points east to see for ourselves whether the soon-to-be-opened Gold Line East Side Extension passes our safety check. The extension will open two days later on the fifteenth. The ride is currently supported by L.A. Streetsblog, […]

Gold Line Eastside Extension Set to Open 11/15. But Is Metro Ready to Party?

By Dana Gabbard | Oct 27, 2009 | 15 Comments

The start date is now November 15. Metro’s planning a party. Photo: Randall Fleming Metro has finally announced the opening day of the Edward R. Roybal Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension, which is Sunday August 15th The announcement states "Free rides on the entire Metro Gold Line from Pasadena to East Los Angeles will be […]

What Was the Point of Yesterday’s Half Hour Filibuster from Gloria Molina?

By Damien Newton | Oct 23, 2009 | 71 Comments

Better days: Molina, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, Villaraigosa, Former Metro CEO Roger Snoble, and Board Member Pam O’Connor at the Eastside Extension Groundbreaking. Photo: Metro Library (Editor’s note: Originally, this was going to be a post written by Dana Gabbard about Metro placing their public Gold Line Eastside Extension documents online. As I was writing the […]

Testing Ongoing for Gold Line Eastside Extension. Opening Set for November?

By Randall Fleming | Oct 8, 2009 | 7 Comments

An alien invasion and the Eastside Extension are coming in November. Photo: Randall Fleming Pre-revenue testing has commenced in earnest on the Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension (MGLEE). The testing started last Sunday, October 4th. By Monday the trains were running frequently and appeared to be running without any problems. Unlike the stress and other […]

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