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Gold Line Authority and Kiewit-Parsons representatives showing their signed notices to proceed with Gold Line construction. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Foothill Gold Line to Pomona Is Officially Under Construction

By Joe Linton | Oct 4, 2019 | 5 Comments

Foothill Gold Line Glendora to Pomona construction gets underway immediately and is anticipated to complete in 2025. Additional funds would extend the line to Montclair.

L.A.'s transit workhorse: the Metro bus. Photo via Wikimedia

Metro Board Approves FY2020 Budget, Locking in Rail Service Cuts

By Joe Linton | May 29, 2019 | No Comments

Metro's $7.2 billion FY2020 budget keeps bus service level, while cutting rail service on Gold, Expo and Blue rail lines.

Crenshaw Blvd street reconstruction underway. Photo via Metro staff report

Metro Announces Crenshaw Line Will Open Mid-2020; Crenshaw/Green Operations Plan Debated

By Joe Linton | Nov 16, 2018 | 5 Comments

Metro CEO announced that the new Crenshaw light rail line will open in mid-2020. Metro is still determining how Crenshaw will operate, and how it will interact with the Green Line.

Capture from the latest StreetFilm - view below

New from StreetFilms: Los Angeles: The Great American Transit Experiment

By Joe Linton | Oct 9, 2018 | 10 Comments

StreetFilms and TransitCenter explore L.A. transit successes and issues, and question what is needed to make transit better serve the county's future

Rendering of above-grade portion of Green Line Extension alternative 1. This alternative would run mostly at-grade. All images via Metro

Planned Metro Green Line Extension to Torrance Faces Opposition from Lawndale

By Joe Linton | Sep 28, 2018 | 7 Comments

The city of Lawndale is fighting Metro's voter-approved Green Line extension to Torrance

1926 L.A. Pacific Electric streetcar map by Jake Berman

New Video and Map Reveal L.A. Streetcar Transit History

By Joe Linton | Sep 7, 2018 | 3 Comments

Watch City Beautiful's new video on the history of L.A.'s streetcars, and see them mapped beautifully by Jake Berman

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