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The abandoned rail bridge over Colorado Boulevard in Arcadia will be removed because it could not accommodate the two-track light rail system and the Gold Line Construction Authority determined it was more efficient and cost effective to remove the structure than to widen it or add a second structure directly adjacent to the ole one. Bridge demolition was the first significant construction effort for Foothill Transit Constructors (FTC) and the alignment project. The Construction Authority will have three open houses in the next two weeks to update the community.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33080
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2012
Pages
p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2012
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Bridges
Foothill Transit Constructors
Gold Line Construction Authority
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33277AN
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Arcadia Transit Plaza dedication ceremony held November 6, 2014. It is located at 99 Santa Clara Street, at First Avenue, where the Gold Line Station in Arcadia is being built. It will serve as a transportation hub and a gathering space for the community. Many VIPs attended (photos).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34015
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 2014
Pages
p. 7
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 2014
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Amundson, Peter
Arcadia Transit Plaza
Beck, Tom
Chandler, Roger
Glasco, Gene
Harbicht, Bob
Kovacic, Gary
Lauber, Floretta
Light rail trains
Marshall, Gail
McSweeny, Matt
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension--Arcadia Station
Segal, Mickey
Transportation
Young, Mary
Item ID
34209AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council has approved increasing the funding and total service hours for the Arcadia Transit System. The transit program is funded through federal, state and local money distributed by the Metropolitan Transit Authority.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29812
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Transit
R & D Transportation Services
Buses
Transportation
Item ID
29997AN
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Newspaper Index
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First Transit, Inc. takes over the city's dial-a-ride system, which has been operated by Southland Transit for the last 30 years. The city is transitioning from a dial-a-ride to a full service transit system. The contract with First Transit is $8,248,078 for 5 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34948
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 24, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 24, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Buses
First Transit, Inc.
Transportation
Item ID
35138AN
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Newspaper Index
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Tournament of Roses Queen Alexandra Wucetich and her court ride under the parade route in a Metro Gold Line tunnel. Metro Gold Line follows the same Atchison/Topeka Santa Fe Railroad right of way that has provided passengers and freight service for nearly 100 years. Arcadia's princess Anjali Agrawal is in a photo with her father Sudhir K. Agrawal.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30772
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 19, 2002
Pages
p. 19
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 19, 2002
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Agrawal, Anjali
Agrawal, Sudhir K.
Light Rail
Metro Gold Line
Pasadena Tournament of Roses - royal court
Trains
Transportation
Wucetich, Alexandra
Item ID
30960AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia commuters fed up with gridlock at First Avenue at the Gold Line Station, since trains started running through Arcadia in March 2016. City engineers are aware of the problems and public's frustration and looking at ways to improve the signals and wait times.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35257
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 23, 2018
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p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 23, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line
Traffic
Transit
Transportation
Item ID
35446AN
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All aboard: Arcadia gets into training. The Metro Gold Line Station in Arcadia will have a grand opening on Saturday, March 5. The light rail Foothill Extension from Pasadena to Azusa will be offering free rides on March 5.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34475
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 25, 2016
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 25, 2016
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Station (Gold Line)
Light rail trains
Mass transit
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Railroads
Transportation
Item ID
34667AN
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Newspaper Index
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Trainspotting in Arcadia. First tests of Gold Line light rail between Pasadena and Azusa start. Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension conducted the first of many clearance tests involving actual Metro Gold Line train from Sierra Madre Villa Station (in Pasadena) to Azusa. The train was a $4 million Ansaldo Breda P2250 with specialized gear to test clearances, wheel/rail interface, rail switches, and Overhead Catenary System.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34040
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 11, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 11, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension--Arcadia Station
Transportation
Item ID
34234AN
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Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority announced that structural work is complete for Gold Line Bridge over Interstate 210 Freeway. "The bridge can now stand on its own," said Construction Authority CEO Habib F. Balian. The bridge is a 584-linear foot, $18.6 million rail bridge that helps extend the Gold Line from Pasadena to Azusa, in this first segment.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33151
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2012
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2012
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Balian, Habib
Bridges
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority
Transportation
Item ID
33348AN
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Construction of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension bridge, that will span the 210 Freeway, has begun. Preparation of the giant column supports included drilling over 100 feet into the ground. The 584-foot Gold Line bridge will take shape by December. It replaces an old railroad bridge across the freeway, which was built about 1969 and torn down in 1997, said Gary Baker, director of construction for the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority. The bridge's design has been controversial, as some say it is not representative of the origins of the area. The entire bridge is slated to be finished summer 2012.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32566
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 6, 2011
Pages
p. 1, 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 6, 2011
Pages
p. 1, 3
Subjects
Bridges
Construction
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority
Transportation
Item ID
32765AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Transit Plaza ready to welcome light rail travelers to Arcadia. Photo and article by Terry Miller. See also page 7.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34016
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 2014
Pages
p. 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 2014
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Arcadia Transit Plaza
Light rail trains
Miller, Terry
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension--Arcadia Station
Transportation
Item ID
34210AN
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Metro responds to concerns over paid parking at Arcadia Gold Line Station. It costs $3 to park there but it had been free. Now that there is a cost to parking at Arcadia Station, there are more open spaces and this was Metro's anticipated and desired effect.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35537
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 27, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 27, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia Gold Line Station
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line
Transportation
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The Gold Line turns two. Two years ago the Gold Line was extended, with a stop in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35114
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 6
Subjects
Light Rail
Metro Gold Line
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
35302AN
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Newspaper Index
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New Arcadia Transit app coming July 28, will provide information on routes, schedules, and bus arrivals.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35830
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 9, 2020
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 9, 2020
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Apps
Arcadia Transit
Transportation
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Newspaper Index
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Closure of Santa Anita Avenue today begins seven months of bridge construction in Arcadia. Crews will begin constructing a new bridge over Santa Anita Avenue at the railroad crossing in Arcadia, as part of the 11.5 mile Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension light rail project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33509
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Bridges
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Santa Anita Avenue bridge
Transportation
Item ID
33704AN
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Completion of the Gold Line Bridge over the 210 Foothill Freeway in Arcadia is celebrated. The $18.6 million bridge, completed on time and on budget, is only one element of the $1.2 billion eastward extension of the Gold Line through Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale, and Azusa. Andrew Leicester is the artist and designer of the bridge baskets.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33270
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 13, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 13, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Balian, Habib
Bridges
Leicester, Andrew
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33467AN
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Newspaper Index
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The changing face of Arcadia: from Super Chief to Gold Line. Major construction for the Gold Line and demolition of one block of old shops on Santa Anita Avenue to make way for Rusnak Mercedes Benz's expansion and showroom are the projects changing the appearance of Arcadia. Businessman George Fasching says in the late 1930s to the 1950s, Hollywood industry people used the "Super Chief," a Santa Fe Railway train, as their main mode of travel between New York and Los Angeles, and it used to pass through Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33589
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2013
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p. 1, 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Fasching's Car Wash
Light rail trains
Miller, Terry
Railroads
Rusnak Mercedes Benz
Santa Fe Railway
Metro Gold Line
Transportation
Item ID
33784AN
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The Arcadia City Council has approved in concept a proposal for a Joint Powers Agreement with ten other cities to cooperate on extending the Gold Line to Claremont.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30771
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 19, 2002
Pages
p. 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 19, 2002
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Joint Powers Agreement
Light Rail
Metro Gold Line Extension
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
30959AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich met with Arcadia City Council and the Redevelopment Agency to discuss the Gold Line issues and state funding.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33413
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 6, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 6, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Antonovich, Michael
Kelly, Bill
Kovacic, Gary
Metro Gold Line
Trains
Transportation
Segal, Mickey
Vehicle License Fund (VLF)
Item ID
33609AN
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Newspaper Index
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First Avenue at Santa Clara Street in Arcadia closed September 9, 2013 through February, 2014 for construction of grade crossing improvements, as part of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension light rail project in Arcadia. Also, to construct the parking structure and transit plaza adjacent to the crossing, Front Street between Santa Clara Street and Saint Joseph Street, will be permanently closing in September.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33608
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 5, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 23
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 5, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 23
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33803AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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