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Gold Line Foothill Extension Preview Ride from Pasadena to Azusa
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.
February 17, 2016
#DamienTalks SGV2: Albert Ho on IWillRide and Wes Reutimann on the Puente Hills Landfill Park
This week, #DamienTalks with Albert Ho of the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority. Albert has been a booster of the project dating back to the mid aughts, helping to found the IWillRide campaign as an interested college student, managing the website early in his career and then working for the Construction Authority.
January 25, 2016
Irritating Double Standards In Azusa Gold Line Station Delay Request
Yesterday, Streetsie-nominee Steve Scauzillo broke the news at the San Gabriel Valley Tribune: the city of Azusa, Azusa Pacific University (APU), and Azusa developer Rosedale Land Partners have written to Metro to delay the opening of the APU/Citrus College Station. The APU station is the farthest east of six new Metro Gold Line rail stations set to open on Saturday March 5.
January 13, 2016
Foothill Gold Line Extension To Open March 5, 2016
Today, Metro CEO Phil Washington announced the opening date for the initial 12-mile extension of the Foothill Gold Line. The new Gold Line extension is set to open on March 5, 2016.
October 22, 2015
Azusa Dedicates Two New Gold Line Stations, Service Expected 2016
Over a thousand people turned out in the September heat to attend last Saturday's dedication celebration for two new Foothill Gold Line extension stations: Downtown Azusa and Azusa Pacific University/Citrus College. Though actual train service is anticipated to start in 2016, the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority has been celebrating concluding station and rail line construction, as many speakers repeated, "on time and on budget." The new extension extends 11.5 miles from Pasadena to Azusa.
September 21, 2015
Eyes on the Street, er, Rails: Foothill Gold Line Extension Tracks Complete
Last Saturday, Foothill communities celebrated a Track Completion Ceremony for the initial phase of the Foothill Gold Line extension. Local leaders installed the final "e-clip" which attached the rail tracks to the rail ties. Streetsblog didn't actually make it out to Azusa for the event; find coverage at ABC, CBS, The Source, and Railway Age.
October 20, 2014
Gold Line Foothill Extension Photo Tour: Transit Oriented Development (TOD)
In this fourth installment of the Foothill Gold Line Extension photo tour series, we explore planned Transit Oriented Developments (TOD) around some of the line's future stations.
July 7, 2014
Gold Line Foothill Extension Photo Tour: Iconic Gold Line Freeway Bridge
In this third installment of our Foothill Gold Line photo tour series, we explore the Gold Line Foothill Extension's iconic bridge over the 210 Freeway, as well as a closer look at the line's other bridges.
July 1, 2014
Gold Line Foothill Extension Photo Tour: The Maintenance Yard
In this photo essay, we will explore the Foothill Gold Line's magnificent Maintenance and Operations (M&O) Facility, currently under construction in Monrovia.
June 20, 2014
A Photo Essay of a Tour of the Gold Line Foothill Extension
This Wednesday, Aviv Kleinman and Damien Newton of Streetsblog joined a behind-the-scenes tour of the Gold Line Foothill Extension under construction in the San Gabriel Valley. We joined Albert Ho, head of Media Relations for the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, and Jeff Rowland, the Community Relations Manager for the Kiewit-Parsons Joint Venture, the constructors of the project.
June 19, 2014