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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has voted to fully fund the $690 million Gold Line Foothill Extension, from Pasadena to Azusa, and to complete it by 2014, with money from Measure R. Measure R was approved by voters in the November 2008 election. It created a half-cent county sales tax intended for transportation projects. The MTA has the funding for the first phase of the Gold Line light rail to Azusa. The first phase is an 11-mile extension that includes stops in Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale and Azusa.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31950
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Item ID
32147AN
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The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension had a ground breaking ceremony at Newcastle Park in Arcadia, for a project that would extend the line from East Pasadena to Azusa, with stops in Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte and Irwindale. This phase is fully funded through Measure R, the Los Angeles County half-cent sales tax increase that voters approved to fund transportation projects. Eventually the Gold Line will reach the Inland Empire.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32103
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Item ID
32300AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia city council endorsed the construction of the second phase of the Gold Line as a light rail transit system. Grade level of the major street crossings was discussed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30347
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Gold Line extension
Light Rail
Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
Transit
Item ID
30533AN
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The 11.5 mile light rail Gold Line extension from Pasadena to Azusa was awarded to Foothill Transit Constructors. Kiewit-Parsons, a joint venture company, will design and build the project. Funding comes from Measure R.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32468
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Contractors
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Item ID
32667AN
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Gold Line Extension for the phase from Azusa to Claremont is uncertain. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) board has approved asking county voters to extend the Measure R half-cent sales tax for 30 years beyond its expiration date--without a strategy to fund the Gold Line Foothill Extension to Claremont. The Gold Line's 11.5 mile Pasadena-to-Azusa segment is already funded and scheduled for completion in 2015.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33078
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 30, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 30, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A3
Subjects
Light rail trains
Measure R
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Transportation
Item ID
33275AN
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Newspaper Index
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Comments are sought from the public on the Gold Line extension project connecting Pasadena to Claremont. Arcadia would be one stop along the route.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30321
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 16, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 21
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 16, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 21
Subjects
Gold Line
Light Rail
Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
Item ID
30507AN
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Elected officials from San Gabriel Valley foothill cities are angry after being told the second phase of the Gold Line Extension project (from Azusa to Claremont) will be given zero dollars from Measure R, despite an aggressive funding plan for other projects in Los Angeles, as proposed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). MTA staff wants to make permanent Measure R--the half cent sales tax passed by voters in 2008 that expires in 2039--to fund a list of transportation projects across the southland.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33075
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2012
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2012
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Light rail trains
Measure R
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Transportation
Item ID
33272AN
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A draft report on the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension proposes stops in Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale, Azusa, Glendora, San Dimas, LaVerne, Pomona and Claremont. City hearing will be held at Arcadia City Hall on June 14.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28143
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2004
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2004
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Environmental impact report (EIR) -- draft
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Item ID
28336AN
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Arcadia residents will get the chance to be updated on plans for the extension of the light rail Gold Line and to show their support.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30303
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 9, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 25; see also
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 9, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 25; see also
Subjects
Gold Line extension
Light Rail
Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
Item ID
30490AN
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After receiving intense pressure from San Gabriel Valley lawmakers, the county's transportation board, the MTA, finally put the Gold Line extension in its long-term plans. This opens up the possibility of federal funding for the project. With this commitment, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has agreed to provide day-to-day operational funding for the first phase of the Gold Line Foothill extension once it is completed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31763
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A12
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A12
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Item ID
31960AN
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Taking the A Train: Metro nixing colors. Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority is getting rid of the colored names of the train lines and switching to letter names. The transition period will begin in about nine months, during which both colors and letters would be used, then the colors will be phased out. The revamped Blue Line to Long Beach will become the A Line. The Red Line subway will become the B Line. Parts of the Green Line will become the C Line. The Purple Line will become the D Line. The Orange Line bus rapid transit in the San Fernando Valley will be the F Line. The Silver Line rapid busway will become the G Line. The Gold Line light rail from Azusa to Los Angeles will be renamed once the downtown Regional Connector is completed at the end of 2021 or early 2022.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35351
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2018
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2018
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Metro
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
35541AN
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John Fasana, a Duarte City Council member and Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) board member, will introduce a measure today to include the 24-mile Gold Line Extension to Claremont in the MTA's long range transportation plan. To get federal stimulus money, the Gold Line needs to be listed in the MTA's long-range plan. Fasana wants to see the MTA reinforce the commitments made in Measure R, the tax measure that Los Angeles County voters approved to provide more than $700 million for the Gold Line.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31418
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Fasana, John
Metro Gold Line Extension
Light Rail
Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA)
Trains
Item ID
31611AN
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Arcadia City Council has accepted a grant for $42,026 from the MTA in Proposition C funds to help operate Arcadia Transit. Other City Council items were discussed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30567
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Transit
City Council Meetings - 2001-2010
Metropolitan Transportatin Authority (MTA)
Item ID
30755AN
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Newspaper Index
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The legislation to extend control over the Gold Line extension to 10 East San Gabriel Valley cities including Arcadia did not pass. The bill sponsored by Assemblywoman Carol Liu will be reviewed again in January.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26242
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Gold Line
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Item ID
26443AN
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The Gold Line received federal financial support in the final House appropriations bill. Monrovia, Arcadia and other cities along the planned extension of the route from Pasadena to Claremont have formed a joint powers authority to study grade separations.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31069
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 20, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 20, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Gold Line extension
Light Rail
Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
Public transportation
Trains
Item ID
31264AN
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Newspaper Index
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Freeway sound walls promised for Arcadia and Monrovia appear to be still on schedule, according to the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). The sound walls scheduled for construction as early as 2005 run from Michillinda Avenue to Santa Anita Avenue in Arcadia, and from Huntington Drive to California Avenue in Monrovia. Lower priority sound wall project locations are also given.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31375
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Freeways
Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
Noise
Sound Walls
Item ID
31569AN
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A county transportation committee has recommended the Gold Line extension receive $10 million in initial funding from Measure R, instead of the $127,000 that was originally budgeted for the light rail line.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31481
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A16
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A16
Subjects
Gold Line extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Item ID
31675AN
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The county Metropolitan Transportation Authority will sell naming rights to all rail lines, bus lines, and transit stations, such as the Gold Line Monrovia Station (in photo) and Foothill Gold Line Arcadia Station (in photo). The Corporate Sponsorship/Naming Rights Program was approved by the Metro board. CEO Phil Washington wants to stretch revenue; board member objects to commercialization.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34730
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A13
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A13
Subjects
Bonin, Mike
Kuehl, Sheila
Metro Gold Line
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Washington, Phil
Item ID
34922AN
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Metro Gold Line Foothill train set to roll on March 5. The 11.5 mile extension from East Pasadena's Sierra Madre Villa Station to Azusa/Glendora border is expected to have 13,600 riders per day and trains to arrive every 12 minutes. The new stations are Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte/City of Hope, Irwindale, Azusa Downtown, and Azusa Pacific University.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34354
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Metro Gold Line--Foothill Extension
Light Rail
Railroads
Trains
Train stations
Transportation
Item ID
34547AN
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Five-year-old Krysti Chavez of Arcadia sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the opening of the Orange Line in the San Fernando Valley. A photo with caption is included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29751
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 29, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 29, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Chavez, Krysti
Singers
Musicians
Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) - Orange Line
Item ID
29936AN
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Newspaper Index
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