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In the News...
The following is a selection of news and editorial pieces from the past year that chronical both project milestones and regional developments that impact our progress.
PSN / SGV Tribune - Bidding open on Gold Line extension - 1 Sept 2010
PSN / SGV Tribune - Our View: Burbank Airport: The Anti-LAX - 31 Aug 2010
Press Release: Construction Authority Issues RFP for $450 million Light Rail Extension from Pasadena to Azusa
Los Angeles Business Journal - Foothill Extension Phase 2A project named No. 5 on list of Top 50 L.A. County construction projects - 26 Aug 2010
Daily News - Los Angeles pushing to become a leader in nation's mass transit - 1 Aug 2010
SGV Tribune / Pasadena Star-News - Bill for Gold Line environment study advances - 7 July 2010
Pasadena Star-News - Next stop coming up: Gold Line extension project under way - 27 June 2010
SGV Tribune / Pasadena Star-News - Gold Line extension a go - 26 Mar 2010
Los Angeles Times - San Gabriel Valley rail project gets a pot of gold - 26 Mar 2010
Miscellaneous News & Reports - 2009
SGV Tribune/ Pasadena Star-News - Gold Line put on to-do list - 23 Oct 2009
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Gold Line gets nod - 23 Oct 2009
Los Angeles Times - Westside subway is reaffirmed - 23 Oct 2009
PSN - Artist chosen to design bridge - 26 Aug 2009
PSN / SGVT - Opinion / Our View: MTA skips Gold Line - 14 May 2009
PSN / SGVT - Opinion / Our View: Welcome ally for Gold Line - 25 Apr 2009
PSN / SGVT - Rail plan seeks MTA support - 26 Mar 2009
PSN / SGVT - Opinion / Our View - Memo to MTA chief: Let's talk - 11 Mar 2009
PSN - Opinionl / Our View: Stimulus and budget collide - 13 Feb 2009
SGV Tribune - Guest View: Stimulus plan crucial first step, by Rep. Adam Schiff - 5 Feb 2009
PSN - Opinion / Our View: Is Gold Line too perfect? - 18 Jan 2009
PSN / SGVT - Gold Line may get boost - 15 Jan 2009
L.A. Times: Editorial - Trouble for transit - 12 Jan 2009
L.A. Times: L.A. Now - MTA board delays adopting long-range plan - 8 Jan 2009
PSN / SGVT - Gold Line extension could be delayed - 8 Jan 2009
L.A. Times - "Subway to Sea" timetable too long for Villaraigosa - 7 Jan 2009
PSN / SGVT - Long-term transit plan announced - 7 Jan 2009
Whittier Daily News - Roads, rails up for billions in upgrades - 6 Jan 2009
PSN / SGVT - Local road projects on track - 1 Jan 2009
Miscellaneous News & Reports - 2008
PSN / SGVT - Gold Line extension revived - 4 Dec 2008
Metro (MTA) News Release - Passage of Measure R Puts County Transportation Projects on Fast Track
- 2 Dec 2008
PSN / SGVT - MTA moves ahead on Measure R plans - 6 Nov 2008
L.A. Times - Challenges accelerate for transit - 6 Nov 2008
L.A. Times - Vote no only if you love traffic - 2 Nov 2008
L.A. Times - Is east-west divide real on Measure R? - 1 Nov 2008
SGV Tribune - Officials oppose Measure R - 31 Oct 2008
Press Enterprise - Ontario stands to gain as LA airport agency shifts focus - 31 Oct 2008
L.A. Times - Road Sage: A closer look at half-cent sales tax hike, Measure R - 30 Oct 2008
PSN/SGVT - Opinion/Our View: Creating jobs, infrastructure - 27 Oct 2008
PSN/SGVT - Opinion/Our View: Measure R snubs region - 26 Oct 2008
Daily News - Editorial: Transit sacrifice - Measure R flawed, but needed - 22 Oct 2008
SGV Tribune - Opinion: Measure R is iffy, by Michael Miller - 22 Oct 2008
Daily News - Bus ridership still growing - 16 Oct 2008
L.A. Times Bottleneck Blog - San Gabriel Valley versus Measure R - 16 Oct 2008
PSN / SGVT - Opinion: San Gabriel Valley gets MTA crumbs, by Jon Blickenstaff - 3 Oct 2008
L.A. Times Bottleneck Blog - It's official: Measure R going to voters in L.A. County - 26 Sept 2008
Pasadena Star News - Opinion: MTA measure has funds, by Marc Littmann - 20 Sept 2008
Pasadena Star-News - Battle goes on over fate of extension - 14 Sept 2008
L.A. Times - MTA drops sales tax material from website - 12 Sept 2008
APTA Transit News - Public Transit Ridership Surges in 2nd Quarter - 9 Sept 2008
PSN / SGVT - Editorial: Dark cloud over MTA tax - 31 Aug 2008
L.A. Times Bottleneck Blog - Pt. 1: Snoble fires back at Dreier and Gold Line Foothill Extension, Pt. 2: Antonovich takes on Snoble - 28-29 Aug 2008
Daily Bulletin - Gold Line plans in air - 25 Aug 2008
L.A. Times Road Sage: Middle ground found in debate on sales tax hike - 14 Aug 2008
L.A. Times Opinion Blowback: The wrong way on transit, by Gloria Molina - 14 Aug 2008
L.A. Times Bottleneck Blog: Amended sales tax bill clears Senate committee - 13 Aug 2008
L.A. Times - Opinion: Transit held Hostage, by Tim Rutten - 13 Aug 2008
L.A.Times Bottleneck Blog - Metro rail sets more ridership records - 13 Aug 2008
PSN / SGVT - Knabe reverses ballot stance - 8 Aug 2008
Daily News - Tax battle officially hot - 7 Aug 2008
la.streetsblog.org - L.A. County Board of Supervisors Passes Their Confusion on to Voters - 6 Aug 2008
PSN / SGVT - Sales-tax measure causes rift - 6 Aug 2008
L.A. Times - L.A. County sales tax hike for transit hits roadblock - 6 Aug 2008
L.A. Times - Editorial: Public transit ego trips - 6 Aug 2008
L.A. Times - Editorial: No sympathy, mayor - 4 Aug 2008
L.A. Times Bottleneck Blog - Sales tax bill stumbling to the finish line - 1 Aug 2008
PSN / SGVT - Editorial: Is MTA slighting us? - 1 Aug 2008
L.A. Times Road Sage - Half-cent L.A. County transit tax faces a hard road - 26 Jul 2008
Joint Statement by SGV Congressional Members on MTA Decision to Shortchange Local Projects and Add Toll Roads to the I-10 & I-110 - 25 Jul 2008
PSN / SGVT - MTA makes its move - 25 Jul 2008
L.A. Times - MTA seeks sales tax hike - 25 Jul 2008
L.A. Times Road Sage - "Where's mine?" could sink tax vote - 24 Jul 2008
PSN Blog - Under the Dome - Final thoughts on the MTA meeting - 24 Jul 2008
PSN / SGVT - Gold Line funds may double - 18 Jul 2008
L.A. Times Road Sage - What a sales tax hike might solve - 18 Jul 2008
L.A. Times -Letter- Add fairness to transit funds, by Supervisor Michael Antonovich - 17 Jul 2008
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - Opinion: Promoting light rail - 16 Jul 2008
Pasadena Star-News - Pt. 1: Getting our fair share, Pt. 2: Strength in numbers - 12-13 Jul 2008
Pasadena Star-News - Opinion: Seizing a golden opportunity for Valley, by Adam Schiff - 8 Jul 2008
BlackEnterprise.com - Gold Line Extension Needed - 30 Jun 2008
Pasadena Star-News - Editorial: Stepping up against the odds - 29 Jun 2008
L.A. Times Bottleneck Blog - Mayor, San Gabriel Valley officials meet over sales tax - 27 Jun 2008
PSN / SGVT - Funding stalled - 27 Jun 2008
Pasadena Star-News - MTA board on the wrong track, by Larry Wilson - 27 Jun 2008
L.A. Times Bottleneck Blog - Q&A on the MTA's giant, enormous, great big board meeting - 27 Jun 2008
Pasadena Star-News - Editorial: Build it, and they will come - 26 Jun 2008
Los Angeles Times - Editorial: Which way on light rail? - 25 Jun 2008
PSN / SGVT - Going for Gold - 25 Jun 2008
Los Angeles Times - Go for the Gold - 23 Jun 2008
Los Angeles Times - Panning for Gold Line funding - 18 Jun 2008
L.A. Times Bottleneck Blog - The Gold Line Foothill Extension - 13 Jun 2008
Pasadena Star-News - Your View - Trains too costly / Gold Line worth it / Build mass transit today -
June 2008
PSN / SGVT - Our View: Message must be loud, clear - 31 Mar 2008
SGVNG - The Summit: State of Business in the San Gabriel Valley - 28 Mar 2008
PSN / SGVT - Tracking the Gold Line - 27 Mar 2008
PSN / SGVT - Editorial: Missing the transit mark - 2 Feb 2008
Pasadena Star-News - Setback for Gold Line Extension - 25 Jan 2008
Pasadena Star-News - Lawmakers push light-rail project - 24 Jan 2008
Miscellaneous News & Reports - 2007 and Prior
PSN / SGVT / IVDB - Gold Line gaining support - 5 Dec 2007
Pasadena Star-News - Editorial: Share the Gold Line dream - 29 Nov 2007
PSN / SGVT - Gold Line funds expected - 28 Nov 2007
The Press-Enterprise - Gold Line benefits from LAX-expansion dread - 24 Oct 2007
Daily Bulletin - $500K rail study set - KOA to examine ending Gold Line at Ontario Airport - 24 Oct 2007
SGV Tribune / Pasadena Star-News article - Editorial: Put light rail on fast track - 16 Oct 2007
Pasadena Star-News - Gold Line extension possible - L.A. mayor endorses preliminary study - 13 Oct 2007
SGV Tribune / Pasadena Star-News article - Area cities gear up for Gold Line Extension - 29 Aug 2007
PSN / SGVT - Gold Line extension still on schedule after House Bill bypass -
1 Aug 2007
Report on 6/2/07 San Gabriel Valley Legislative Caucus Meeting regarding Proposition 1B status and the San Gabriel Valley
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Station Artists Selected
House Approves Transportation Authorization Bill: Gold Line Receives $15 million - Click here to view Congressman David Dreier's announcement
City of Monrovia Breaks Ground on Transit Oriented Development at Future Metro Gold Line Station Site
Foothill Extension: Planned with Education in Mind
Experience Light Rail Travel First Hand
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