710 Freeway: A List Of Upcoming Metro Meetings

Metro will host a 710 Study Open House 6 p.m. May 23 at the South Pas Community Room. This is one of several meetings in San Gabriel Valley and around L.A. this month.

Metro App Coming To iPhone Soon

The new app can quickly access your location via your phone’s GPS and then show you the closest bus and rail stops.

GLCA Aims to Keep Gold Line On Track to Claremont

With a more than $700 million funding gap, the Gold Line Construction Authority pushes to extend Measure R funds to the Azusa to Claremont segment of the project.

About $810 million of the $1.574 billion projected cost for the 23-mile light rail extension to Claremont has been allocated, although the Gold Line Construction Authority and supporters of the project are pushing Metro to extend Measure R funds for the next phase of construction. An updated expenditure plan for the Metro Gold Line extension from the Azusa/Glendora border to Claremont put its target date at 2021. “The State Legislature required the construction authorities receiving Measure R funds to prepare an expenditure plan to complete their capital projects,” said Construction Authority Board Chairman and Glendora Councilman Doug Tessitor in a press statement. “It is important to recognize that the voters approved the project to …

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Travel To Culver City on The Metro This April

The Expo Line will open to the public on Saturday, April 28.

Gas Price Spike Behind Metro Ridership Increase

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority reported that rail ridership jumped 5.9 percent in February over the same month in 2011.

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Angelenos took public transit in higher numbers as gas prices rose quickly early this year, according to ridership data recently released by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The Metro Gold Line saw the biggest spike in ridership, a 21.6 percent increase in boardings compared with this time last year. Ridership on the San Fernando Valley Orange Line bus rapid transit was up 18 percent. The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County was at $4.395 two days ago, 42.2 cents greater than it was a year ago at this time, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. Metro rail ridership jumped 5.9 percent in February over the same month in …

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Traffic: 210 East Closures Could Last Eight Nights

Full and partial lane closures are scheduled throughout a two-week period.

Construction from the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension will cause full and partial lane closures for a segment of the 210 east freeway during the next two weeks, according to a Metro notice. The period of intermittent closures began Sunday and will last through March 17, with eight nights of full lane closures expected. Closures will start no earlier than 10 p.m. and end by 1 p.m. the following day. Lanes will be affected between Rosemead Boulevard and Santa Anita Avenue as crews continue to install the bridge falsework, the temporary structure that will create a safe work space for crews to construct the bridge superstructure, said Metro in their construction notice. See more information about closures and the Metro Gold Line Foothill …

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Metro Expanding Train Service for Rose Parade, Bowl

The hope is to reduce traffic and parking congestion related to the Rose Parade and Bowl.

LOS ANGELES - Metro will offer expanded overnight and early morning service on Sunday and Monday in hopes of encouraging people heading for the Rose Parade or Rose Bowl to avoid the traffic and parking crunch in Pasadena. All Metro rail lines and the Metro Orange Line will run continuously overnight Sunday and into Monday morning. The Rose Parade is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. Monday, while the Rose Bowl Game is scheduled for 2 p.m. Metro also plans to run trains more frequently -- every seven to eight minutes -- on the Gold Line to Pasadena, beginning at 5 a.m. Monday. Metrolink will also offer additional early morning service from Riverside and San Bernardino in conjunction with the parade. Fans attending the Rose Bowl Game were urged …

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Mayor's Roundtable

Mayor's Roundtable: Revitalizing Glendora's Downtown

With the advent of the Gold Line to Glendora, how can the Village Center not only attract visitors, but keep them coming back?

Glendora Mayor Doug Tessitor fields your community questions and answers them in a weekly column. In Glendora Patch’s Mayor’s Roundtable, you are invited in an ongoing dialogue about issues and concerns you have regarding your city. Share your ideas and voice your opinion. Have a question you'd like Mayor Tessitor to answer? E-mail hazel.lodevicotoo@patch.com Question: "I've always thought our downtown as a sleepy, kind of outdated place that closes way too early in the day. With the Gold Line making its way to the downtown area, shouldn't we be working on revitalizing our downtown with more destination-type businesses and venues? I feel like we should be actively trying attract modern restaurants and shops, the kinds you would want to …

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Gold Line Authority Offers Two Parking Designs for Glendora Station

Traffic and limited available space challenge the Gold Line Construction Authority's efforts in finding ways to accommodate 400 parking spaces for the Glendora station.

Accommodating 400 parking spaces in limited available land for Glendora’s future Gold Line station left the Gold Line Construction Authority offering two possible design concepts for the station's parking structure. With construction moving forward with phase 2A of the Gold Line extension project from Pasadena to Azusa, the GLCA wrapped up the final of six city workshops in preparation for phase 2B of construction – the route from Glendora to Montclair. Slated for a 2017 completion, the widely anticipated extension project would provide a main link from the San Gabriel Valley to Los Angeles. Attendees at Wednesday’s city workshop at Bidwell Forum received the latest information on the Gold Line route through Glendora, including the planned…

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