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SGV Connect #12 – Best Transit Stories of the Year in the SGV
As the year begins to wind down, SGV Connect will broadcast twice this week to look back at some of the this year's biggest San Gabriel Valley stories.
December 19, 2017
SGV Connect #11 – Justine Garcia, Glendora and This Saturday’s Noche de las Luminarias
SGVConnect speaks with Justine Garcia, Glendora transportation analyst, about how progressive planners working in small cities can make big changes
November 28, 2017
SGV Connect 10: Doug Strange, La Verne and “Noche de las Luminarias”
SGV Connect podcast interviews Doug Strange of the La Verne Bicycle Coalition
November 14, 2017
SGV Connect #9 – Roland Cordero and What Happens to the Buses Between Routes
SGV Connect talks with Roland Cordero of Foothill Transit to talk about the daily maintenance of the buses and Foothill Transit's Lost and Found
October 24, 2017
SGV Connect #8 – Fare Thee Well
As many of you know, a couple of weeks ago our friend and my co-host Brian Velez passed away peacefully in his sleep. Brian was a great partner in this venture and I miss him both personally and professionally.
October 11, 2017
SGV Connect #6 – Early Return on the El Monte Bus Station’s New Parking Fees
Metro is beginning to charge $2 for parking at its high-demand stations. Paid parking started this week at the El Monte Bus Station.
August 31, 2017
SGV Connect 5 – Horse Riding in the San Gabriel Valley
This week, Brian Velez talks to a pair of equestrians in the San Gabriel Valley about their experiences, challenges and all of the reasons to choose riding a horse as their preferred form of transportation.
August 17, 2017
SGV Connect 4 – Bike-Share Gets Its Tires Wet in Pasadena
After watching bike-share systems come online in Los Angeles, West Hollywood, Santa Monica, and Long Beach, in July it was Pasadena's turn to launch its own bike-share system. Shortly after the launch, the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments (COG) earned a grant to expand bike-share to fourteen cities throughout the valley.
August 4, 2017
SGV Connect #3: Check Out the Future Foothill Gold Line Stations
Every now and then, one of our interviews turns up some breaking news. The six stations that will be part of the next Foothill Gold Line Extension will have 100 more spaces of parking for bicycles than the six stations opened last year. Much of that increased parking will be in the form of "bike rooms" similar to the bike hub currently opened at the El Monte Bus Terminal.
July 13, 2017
SGV Connect 2 – President Trump and the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
Welcome to the latest episode of SGV Connect, Streetsblog Los Angeles' podcast covering the San Gabriel Valley, featuring hosts Damien Newton and Brian Velez. SGV Connect's new episode includes a series of interviews conducted by Brian Velez on the pending report by the U.S. Department of the Interior examining whether or not previous administrations followed proper procedure in creating national monuments.
June 28, 2017