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Arcadia school officials are considering bus transportation for students on a pay-as-you-go basis.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2629
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 17, 1978
Pages
p. B-4
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 17, 1978
Pages
p. B-4
Subjects
School Children - Transportation
Item ID
2568AN
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A recent court ruling that prohibits school districts from charging for bus service could prompt a restructuring of student transportation programs in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2639
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 21, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 21, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Children - Transportation
Item ID
2577AN
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The Supreme Court has prohibited school districts from charging home-to-school bus fares. During the 1987-88 school year, approximately 800 students paid $59 a quarter for bus service in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2633
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 4, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 4, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Children - Transportation
Item ID
2572AN
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The School Board suspended all school bus fees for students in the district and discontinued the home-to-school transportation service for the majority of students to make up for the lost revenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2634
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Children - Transportation
Item ID
2573AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia School District will continue to charge fees for bus transportation for students despite uncertainties caused by a Court of Appeals ruling and a pending state Supreme Court decision.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2632
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 24, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 24, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Children - Transportation
Item ID
2571AN
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Backed by an appeals court decision allowing school districts to charge parents for student busing, the Arcadia school board decided Monday to reinstitute a fee-based transportation program for the coming year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2640
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 30, 1991
Pages
p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 30, 1991
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
School Children - Transportation
Item ID
2578AN
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board approved $10 million for the 24-mile Gold Line Foothill Extension that is going through Arcadia to Claremont. The money comes from Measure R.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31491
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 29, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A14
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 29, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A14
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Transportation
Item ID
31686AN
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Transportation

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1. A budding career as a bus driver. Ralph Atkinson has been a bus driver since 1918. Now drives 600 Arcadia school district youngsters every day. (Includes info. on 1924 bus service). Arcadia Tribune 12/10/59. 2. Opening of bus terminal to mark expanded service. Los Angeles Times 7/15/73.…
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1. A budding career as a bus driver. Ralph Atkinson has been a bus driver since 1918. Now drives 600 Arcadia school district youngsters every day. (Includes info. on 1924 bus service). Arcadia Tribune 12/10/59.
2. Opening of bus terminal to mark expanded service. Los Angeles Times 7/15/73.
3. Local bus system OK'd. Arcadia Tribune 2/21/74.
4. R.T.D. opens new commuter service. Arcadia Tribune 1/3/74.
5. City working on plans for bus system. Los Angeles Times 1/20/74.
6. Dial-A-Bus in Arcadia tied to Federal funding. Los Angeles Times 2/21/74.
7. Dial-A-Ride bus service aims at flexibility. Arcadia Tribune 2/24/74.
8. Dial-A-Ride is needed in Arcadia. News Post 2/28/74.
9. Arcadia gets new commuter line to Los Angeles. Item from City Newsletter - Winter 1974.
10. 12-week trial program (Dial-A-Ride). Flyer put out by City of Arcadia - April 1975.
11. Red car passing left Arcadia blue. Arcadia Tribune 2/23/78.
12. Arcadia Dial-A-Ride passenger guide - pamphlet 1988.
13. Transportation for races changes in years since 1900. News clip with photographs of Tally-Ho stables - n.d. circa 1958.
14. Arcadia Transit (Dial-a-Ride) Non-emergency Medical Transportation for Seniors and Disabled Persons. Brochure - January 2004. (2 copies)
15. Arcadia Transit Gold Line Shuttle Service. Circa March 5, 2016.
16. Arcadia Transit brochure. Published 2016.
17. City examines future of its bus lines, Pasadena Star News, February 6, 2017. Arcadia Transit's fixed-route bus lines will continue to operate despite inefficiencies in two of the three lines.
18. Arcadia Transit is changing, here's now. City transit system gets new operator for dial-a-ride service. Pasadena Star News, August 17, 2017.
19. Arcadia Transit brochure, showing route map, schedules for the three lines (Blue Line, Red Line and Green Line), fare information. Published c. 2017.
20. Bus schedule for Metro local 179, eastbound to Arcadia, westbound to Rose Hill via Huntington Drive. Effective December 11, 2022. In English and Spanish. Leaflet includes route map.
21. Arcadia Transit Dial-a-Ride, serving seniors and persons with disabilities. Details eligibility, reservations, scheduling, cancellations, hours, and fares. Brochure, no date, c. 2023.
Subjects
Transportation
Item ID
247AF
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Subject Files
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Bus transportation between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Arcadia approved. Six buses will leave the Flamingo Hotel daily. See hard copy of newspaper in Box 51.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33952
Newspaper
Arcadia News Post
Date
August 21, 1967
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia News Post
Date
August 21, 1967
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Flamingo Hotel
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
Transportation
Item ID
34146AN
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Items regarding transportation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4435
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 26, 1947 p. 1 (West Arcadia, Temple City, Pasadena bus service)
July 21, 1949 p. 1 (city bus line begins operation)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 26, 1947 p. 1 (West Arcadia, Temple City, Pasadena bus service)
July 21, 1949 p. 1 (city bus line begins operation)
Subjects
Transportation
Item ID
4311AN
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Parents express their dissatisfaction with the school district's new busing policy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2638
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Children - Transportation
Item ID
2576AN
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Luanne Cayer (photo) retires from Arcadia Unified School District after 34 years. She started as a bus driver in 1967. Her last job was Director of Maintenance, Operations and Transportation.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
September 27, 2001
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly,
Date
September 27, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District--employees
Cayer, Luanne
Item ID
33539AN
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The City is studying three major types of municipal bus services: 1. Fixed route system 2. Route deviation system (demand response via dispatches) 3. Subscription service.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3537
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 27, 1973
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 27, 1973
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Transportation
Item ID
3419AN
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The Board of Education decided to keep its current school busing program in effect after reviewing parental complaints that the system was unfair.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2636
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 12, 1989
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 12, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Children - Transportation
Item ID
2575AN
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As it now stands, there will be no busing service for Arcadia students this fall due to Proposition 13 cutbacks. The Superintendent and School Board are still seeking a solution to the problem.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2630
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 16, 1978
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 16, 1978
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Children - Transportation
Item ID
2569AN
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Beginning February 18 residents of 17 San Gabriel Valley cities may take an express bus to Cal State LA.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3540
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 13, 1975
Pages
p. B-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 13, 1975
Pages
p. B-2
Subjects
Transportation
Item ID
3422AN
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The fuel crisis may cause difficulties in the busing of area students.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2631
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Children - Transportation
Item ID
2570AN
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MTA bus drivers test their skill at the "Roadeo" to be held in Arcadia today.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bus
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Roadeo
Item ID
30402AN
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Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) is not considering the Gold Line Foothill Extension from Sierra Madre to Claremont a priority now. County transportation officials recommended the so-called "Subway to the Sea," a proposed extension of the Purple Line out to Santa Monica and a "regional connector" project that would link several rail lines through downtown Los Angeles, as the priorities.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31723
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2009
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2009
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA)
Transportation
Item ID
31920AN
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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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Newspaper
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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