Spring/Summer 2003

QUARTERLY

Discover Gold. Metro Rail’s Gold Line Opens July 26. BoardofDirectors

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Chief Executive Officer Roger Snoble Hal Bernson Board Chairman, City Council Member Los Angeles There’s a rich history of electric passenger train service between LA and Pasadena that began more than a century ago. This year Zev Yaroslavsky 1st Vice Chair, we’re going full circle as MTA gets ready to open the new Third Supervisorial District LA to Pasadena Metro Gold Line. Frank C. Roberts 2nd Vice Chair, Commuters used to crawling along the clogged 210 and 110 Mayor, freeways will soon be able to park their cars and hop on the train. City of Lancaster They don’t have to stop when they get to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. They can take Metro Rail connections Gloria Molina First Supervisorial District to Long Beach, Hollywood, Universal City and North Hollywood, Norwalk and Redondo Beach. This year we also hope to break Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Second Supervisorial ground on a Metro Gold Line extension to the Eastside, an area District heavily dependent on public transportation. Don Knabe Fourth Supervisorial District This issue of Metro Quarterly explores the new Metro Gold Line and chronicles MTA’s progress on multiple transportation fronts Michael D. Antonovich Fifth Supervisorial District from expanding Metro Rail and Metro Bus options to bicycling, and we’ll also look at how MTA’s efforts are improving air quality. James K. Hahn Mayor of Los Angeles

Inspired by the past when it was relatively easy and even fun to Paul Hudson Banker maneuver around Los Angeles County, MTA is charging into the future with new transportation tools as well as the knowledge Allison Yoh Urban Planner gleaned from years of experience to ensure that all Angelenos today and tomorrow can get where they want to go when they John Fasana City Council Member, want to get there. Duarte

Beatrice Proo City Council Member, Pico Rivera Sincerely, Pam O’Connor City Council Member, Santa Monica

Roger Snoble Doug Failing Ex-officio, Caltrans Contents Spring/Summer 2003

4 The Natural General Manager Jack Gabig is the logical choice to captain Metro San Gabriel Valley. 5 Proceeding A successful fundraising effort in Sacramento results in award of 4 major construction contract for San Fernando Valley Metro Rapidway and purchase of MTA’s longest, most spacious buses that will be deployed to the line. 7 Q&A Faced with a sudden transportation-funding shortfall, MTA CEO 5 Roger Snoble, in this exclusive Q&A, provides an update on the agency’s lobbying efforts in Sacramento and Washington.

9-21 LOS ANGELES–PASADENA METRO GOLD LINE SPECIAL SECTION An inside look at the new 13.7-mile light rail line. 23 Cloning Bikestation Long Beach has been so successful that others nearly identical are being studied for five other Metro Rail locations. 9-21 24 Nation’s Cleanest Fleet MTA’s nearly 2,000-strong fleet of clean air buses, trains and funding of other clean-air programs and projects has contributed to improved air quality. 25 Faces Inspector General keeping watchful eye on tax dollars Best employees recognized She’s chief of staff and Woman of the Year 24 2313 26 Happenings Six new transit passes approved Expanded rideshare program is scrumptious Metro Art tours offered without reservations 27 Briefs Sheriff’s deputies patrolling entire system Metro Blue Line rail crossings upgraded 2626 Bike-transit commuting encouraged

Editor Photographers MTA Research Gary Wosk John Weiskopf, Greg Mancuso, Matthew Barrett, Jim Walker, Dennis Finn, Chris Lovdahl, David Zaitz Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library Writers Juan Ocampo, Gayle Anderson, Danielle Grossman, Dave Sotero, Laura Woodward, Richard Cornubert Deputy Executive Officer, Public Relations Douglas Kim Marc Littman Account Executive Design Yvonne Price Chief Communications Officer MTA Design Studio Matt Raymond Michael Lejeune, Creative Director Circulation Theresa Renn, Designer Karen Kern, Bob Saunders, Special thanks to Bruce Shelburne, MTA Operations Georgina Saez, Designer Dan Colonello Published by MTA Communications Unit All comments about MQ or requests to be added to the mailing list, free-of-charge, should be directed to: MQ, MTA Media Relations, Mailstop 99-2-3, One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012-2952, or by e-mail to [email protected] TheNatural

GENERAL MANAGER TAILOR-MADE FOR SERVICE SECTOR ASSIGNMENT

His background as A new Gabig ally is the start-up of general manager of community and Governance Council Montebello Bus Lines meetings where the public can participate and efforts over 13 years in the decision-making process. to improve customer service including “The anticipated result will be working closely with improved on-time performance for our the San Gabriel Valley passengers and increased field support Council of Governments and monitoring of operator performance,” (COG) made him the says Gabig. best choice. The first round of improvements Since last July, was implemented last December with Gabig and his Metro many more expected. In June 2003, a San Gabriel Valley major service-restructuring plan was staff have focused implemented in the San Gabriel Valley. on improving safety, He estimates that 90% of the service Metro San Gabriel Valley General Manager Jack Gabig (left) service quality and changes will support the new Los discusses ways to improve bus lines with service development managers Angeles-Pasadena Metro Gold Line Callier Beard and Jon Hillmer during strategy session. customer satisfaction. rail service.

etro San Gabriel Valley To make sure service improvements “When the Gold Line opens this General Manager Jack are carried out successfully, equal summer, we will provide critically needed Gabig wanted to play a big importance is placed on assuring there bus connections for our passengers at all role in the restructuring of are sufficient staffing levels at the two 13 rail stations,” says Gabig. M MTA operating divisions under his control. MTA when he applied for the position.

MTA SERVICE SECTORS CONTINUE PROGRESS

TA service sectors continue The latest improvements, scheduled Service sectors now work closely to improve Metro Bus to take effect in June 2003, will provide with members of the community to plan service throughout LA better connectivity between bus and train service changes that meet their needs. County, helping customers service and introduce new bus service M In addition, service sectors have get where they need to go and providing where it is needed most. an alternative to driving. set up governance councils to improve “Our goal has been to provide customer service. Made up of elected Collectively, five community-based greater service to our customers while officials and public transit consumers, service sectors made more than 100 bus getting the most efficiency out of our councils oversee the planning and routes and schedule changes over the bus schedules,” says MTA Deputy CEO implementation of bus service and last year. John Catoe. “The service sectors have conduct public hearings to collect really ramped up to localize control of feedback as part of the decision-making our bus lines. The results are now process. becoming evident.” 4 FullSpeedAhead

BRUNT OF VALLEY RAPIDWAY CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY

reliminary demolition work on The Rapid- the future 14-mile San Fernando way will feature Valley Metro Rapidway, which new 60-foot Pwill save Metro passengers up to articulated buses 20 minutes on their commute, has given with 15 more way to full-scale construction following seats than regular MTA’s award of a $148.9 million contract Metro Buses that to the joint venture of Shimmik command traffic Construction Co., Inc./Obayashi Corp. signals to remain green long Expected to open in August 2005, enough for nearly the Rapidway will extend between the unimpeded travel, North Hollywood Metro Rail Station and and low floors for Warner Center in the West Valley along a quicker former Southern Pacific Railroad right-of- boardings. Artist’s rendition of completed LA River bus bridge in West San Fernando way, serving such communities as North Valley that will accommodate 60-foot articulated buses. Hollywood, Valley Glen, Van Nuys, Paralleled by Sherman Oaks, Encino, Tarzana and a bikeway and Woodland Hills. pedestrian paths, the Rapidway will be including 7,000 trees and l million enhanced by 80 acres of landscaping drought-tolerant shrubs.

MTA PLACES NEW ORDER FOR HIGHER CAPACITY BUSES

TA has ordered 200 60-foot begin arriving in the summer of 2005. An additional 70 45-foot buses buses to be deployed on This is another major step in modernizing should arrive in late 2004 and will Metro Rapid and high- the Metro Bus fleet and improving the be deployed throughout the Metro M capacity lines when they quality of service. Bus system. Propelled by clean-air, compressed Lighter in weight than steel natural gas (CNG), the advanced counterparts, l-ton lighter to be exact, aerodynamically designed and also powered by CNG, the 45-foot coaches, which are 50% quieter Compo-Buses can seat 46 passengers, than other buses in service, the equivalent of up to six extra seats. feature larger passenger windows, three large doors and seating for 60 passengers, 15 more seats than standard 40-foot buses.

Measuring 60 feet in length, articulated buses bend in the middle and seat 5 many more passengers than a standard 40-foot bus. TheBigPicture

MTA CEO ROGER SNOBLE LOOKS AT FUNDING CRISIS

hen former Dallas Area Rapid Transit chief Roger Snoble became the A The Eastside alignment is a high MTA CEO two years ago, no one ever said creating a transportation priority because we are in the midst of system that he hoped someday would be considered one of the best in the negotiating a full-funding grant agreement nation was going to be easy. This became even more apparent with the with the federal government for $490 W million of matching federal money. The shocking revelation that the state’s FY2004 budget was approximately $38 billion in the local share was to come from the TCRP, red, impacting numerous MTA transportation improvement projects. Without which now has been eliminated, so we had hesitating, Snoble and a team that included members of the MOBILITY-21 Summit to assign STIP money to it. The buses and Coalition, a partnership of public and private sector officials formed by MTA last fall, the San Fernando Valley Metro Rapidway went on the offensive, unleashing a coast-to-coast full court lobbying press in Sacramento are ready to go. This money is going into and Washington with the goal of saving as many projects as possible. The ongoing the economy right now, it’s going to provide strategy has proven successful. In April, the California Transportation Commission jobs, it’s going to get people to work and approved a funding agreement which guaranteed MTA $332.2 million over the next five it’s going to be able to bring that service to years to fund such high-priority projects as the San Fernando Valley Metro Rapidway the people much sooner. So it was very and Eastside Light Rail Project, purchase of 200 state-of-the-art articulated buses and important and the same with the buses. Metro Gold Line rail cars. Despite this initial victory for Los Angeles County residents, many more challenges lie ahead. MQ caught up with Roger Snoble and asked him to Q How much of a difference will these update readers on this funding crisis. projects make in erasing traffic congestion in LA County?

A I think all of them will really help. The Rapidway is going to be a very good Q MTA was able to save critical local Q Does MTA have other innovative option for people traveling east and west in transit projects by coming up with an financing plans in place to help secure the Valley and, of course, that’s a very innovative financing plan to, essentially, scarce state and federal dollars? heavily congested area. The Eastside loan the state monies interest-free and get extension of the Metro Gold Line will serve paid back over time in cash and in-kind A We will have to be innovative because an area that’s already very heavily transit- projects. How did you manage to pull off the simple fact of the matter is the state’s dependent. The fast and comfortable rides this coup? budget problem is going to hurt us will encourage many people not tremendously. We are able to borrow the to drive. A We listened to the governor when he money for the STIP amendment but we are said Traffic Congestion Relief Program very limited on how much we can borrow. Q It seems you are in Sacramento and (TCRP) funding would not be available. We It’s going to take away as much as 50% of Washington almost every week. Is this prioritized all of our projects using only the the funding that we’ve been counting on. primarily because of the deficit? Are you funds available in the State Transportation We’ll use debt in limited cases only where it encouraged by the feedback you're getting? Improvement Program (STIP), which is makes sense. There aren’t a lot of other basically state tax dollars and federal rabbits that we can pull out of the hat. A Well, I’m in Sacramento because dollars. Our planning staff and our finance there’s always something going on in the staff worked hard to come up with a Q Why were the San Fernando Valley legislature in Sacramento and we always solution. We kept working on it and Metro Rapidway, Eastside Light Rail need to be there, and of course lately it’s grinding on it and finally, with the help of Project, purchase of 200 60-foot articulated because of the STIP amendment. The the Caltrans staff, came up with the buses for high-capacity lines and more light federal efforts are because reauthorization program that got approved. So it was just a rail vehicles given the highest priority? of the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st lot of hard work and a lot of innovation on Century is coming up. When we started the part of our staff. earlier in the year we had the appropriations

64 for fiscal year 2003 plus we were getting Q Will the state budget deficit and federal Q Is MTA looking at other revenue ready for the reauthorization of the bill. budget affect MTA’s long-range planning? sources such as higher gas taxes? The appropriations for 2003 have now been passed into law and signed by the President A Yes. As a result of MTA budget changes A A transportation coalition formed and we did a little bit better there than we this current fiscal year and the reduced MTA during the MTA and LA Area Chambers might have, but still not anywhere near budget in fiscal year 2004, the 10-year of Commerce-sponsored MOBILITY-21 getting our fair share back. We’re working forecast will be revised. The long-range plan summit last fall is looking at all ways that hard to start on the new transportation bill forecast predicted a $1.4 billion shortfall. we might be able to increase transportation to make sure Los Angeles receives its fair So the revised plan is going to be a lot worse. dollars. This includes supporting an increase share of funding and then making sure that Simply put, many needed projects will be of the gasoline tax or even fundamental the critical projects for us are going to be delayed for many years. changes in the way transportation funding authorized. happens. The gas tax is not really a very Q How surprised were you by the good tax because it’s not sensitive to Q How important is the reauthorization severity of the state budget deficit? inflation and if we are trying to cut back of the federal transportation bill? on gas consumption then that means we get less money, so it’s not the greatest tax. In California we always face things A Increasing the local transportation sales A Every five to six years Congress enacts like this. I was in California for 20 years tax, other new taxing sources or fees or a transportation bill. This bill is critically before DART. California is a boom or bust tolls are among the other possibilities. important; that’s why I’m back in economy; you know it’s either good times Washington about every month to make or bad times and somehow things work out. sure everything is going well and to make Q Besides seeking more money, is there sure people in Congress know we’re there anything we can do to ease traffic without What are you telling elected officials and what our needs are. The objective is to Q asking the taxpayers for more money? in Sacramento and Washington that may grow funding by 12% a year so that in five persuade them to give Los Angeles more years it would be double in size. That may priority than other cities and counties? A There’s just a ton of things we can not be practical but any increase would be be doing to make the pavement we have good. If the funds grow then we will be better. Better land use is a very big option. We’re making the case that Los working hard to get a bigger share of that A For instance, developers create auto Angeles is critically important to the state growth to ensure that our region gets a dependency when they go outside and economic health and the country primarily more equitable amount back. build single-family houses on half-acre because of the ports of Long Beach and Los lots with big garages far away from any Angeles and Los Angeles Airport. They’re What do you mean when you say other services. There are traffic-engineering Q all critical for bringing in goods from the LA does not receive its fair share? kinds of intelligent transportation things Pacific Rim and distributing those goods that could be done. The City of Los Angeles through the state and the country. Also, is looking into their traffic signal system to A Just in transportation, Los Angeles freight causes all kinds of other severe see if they can coordinate that better and, County sends $200 million a year more in transportation challenges in that it of course, we’re using Metro Rapid. Car- gas taxes to Washington than we get back, cloggs up our freeways, our roadways pooling is always a good thing because if so getting a bigger share of that back would and everything else. LA County is bigger we could just get our auto occupancy from be a big help. We’re not anywhere near our than 43 states and the six-county Southern 1.12 up to 1.3 occupants per car, you’d share. For example, San Diego got twice as California Association of Governments eliminate most of the congestion in Los much as we did in 2003, San Francisco is area is half the population of the state of Angeles County. getting over three times more than LA California. So, we have to get them to County and of course, Los Angeles is understand the huge needs we have here, bigger than both San Diego and San and the fact that the area’s been ignored Francisco put together. for a long time.

Q Besides lobbying efforts in Q What happens to the hundreds of Washington and Sacramento, are there any other local transportation projects other actions that can be taken to preserve including the Call for Projects process when or even expand funding for LA County? 88 cities in LA County apply to MTA for funding every two years? A The only other current opportunity is a proposed bill in the Legislature that would A The projects that will not receive lower the super majority needed for the local funding will have to be put on the back- transportation sales tax. So, instead of having burner until the money arrives. We’re not to receive approval from two-thirds of the really looking at canceling them because voters, the bill could pass with a 55% they were good projects a year ago and plurality. That would provide more money for they are still good projects today, but capital needs. But that would be the only we don’t have the money and they’ll other thing that’s there and there is not really just have to be put on hold. If the much hope at this time for even getting that project was scheduled for being done. The overall biggest strategy is to reduce done in 2005, it’s probably going our cost and to live within our means. to be pushed down until 2009 or something like that.

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EVOLVING METRO RAPID PROVIDING LINK TO MANY BUS AND RAIL LINES

hen the newest Metro The 10.3-mile Florence Rapid lines open June 29 Metro Rapid (Line 711) will travel Metro Rapid Services on Florence Avenue and along Florence Avenue between Effective June 2003 W Van Nuys Boulevard there Garfield Avenue and Crenshaw will be six Metro Rapid lines in Boulevard and serve the operation, a true 65-mile network that communities of South Los makes connecting to other Metro Bus Angeles, Bell Gardens, Bell and lines and Metro Rail easy. Huntington Park.

Metro Rapid saves passengers up to The 21.4-mile Van Nuys 30% in travel time versus local bus Metro Rapid (Line 761) will service by employing compressed natural operate along Van Nuys gas buses that enjoy traffic signal priority, Boulevard, Ventura Boulevard Legend Metro Rapid Lines stop only once every approximate one and the San Diego Freeway Metro Rail and Stations mile and have low floors that allow between Foothill Boulevard and Metrolink and Stations quicker passenger boardings and exits. Wilshire Boulevard. The line Regional Transit Planning will serve the communities of February 2003 “With the addition of the Florence Pacoima, Panorama City, and Van Nuys Metro Rapid corridors, a Lakeview Terrace, Van Nuys, network of fast and frequent regional bus Sherman Oaks and Westwood. San Fernando Valley Metro Rapidway, and rail service has begun to emerge,” which will extend between the North says Metro Rapid Project Director In 2005, Van Nuys Metro Rapid Hollywood Metro Rail Station and Rex Gephart. should also connect with the 14-mile Warner Center in the West Valley.

SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD WILL MAKE RAPID ADVANCE

hen the widening of a Co-funded by MTA, the renovated 2.5-mile segment of Santa portion of Santa Monica Boulevard will Monica Boulevard is extend between Beverly Hills city limits W completed in 2005, two and the San Diego Freeway (I-405) and new Metro Rapid lines will blend into also will feature a landscaped median and the faster traffic flow afforded by three bicycle lanes. eastbound and three westbound lanes. “The joining together of ‘little’ and The buses will arrive at stations ‘big’ Santa Monica boulevards is vital to every 3 to 10 minutes during peak hours relieving traffic congestion on the By 2008, the Metro Rapid network will grow to between downtown Los Angeles and Westside,” says MTA CEO Roger Snoble. 27 lines, comprising nearly 415 route miles and Ocean Boulevard in Santa Monica along 779 stations – six years earlier than originally “It also will increase the efficiency of planned – with service offered to 34 cities and 11 the un-bottlenecked thoroughfare. Metro Rapid, one of LA County’s most unincorporated communities. popular forms of public transit.” 84 BackToTheFuture

OPENING OF LA – PASADENA METRO GOLD LINE CAPS YEARS OF BUILDING EXCITEMENT

The expansion The Metro Gold Line was of Metro Rail to 73.1 constructed by the Los Angeles to miles will provide Pasadena Metro Construction Authority. area residents with easy and convenient Many Metro Bus improvements also access to major job have been made in the San Gabriel Valley centers, government, to better serve the Metro Gold Line, schools, hospitals, providing direct bus service to various shopping, sports, stations along the alignment. entertainment and cultural venues “The Metro Gold Line is a valuable throughout LA new member of the Metro Rail family County. and will work hand-in-hand with the Metro Bus system in meeting the During its first growing mobility needs of our year, the line communities,” says Snoble. featuring 13 stations, is expected to carry Metro Rail, comprised of the light between 26,000 rail Metro Blue, Green and Gold lines, and 32,000 daily and the heavy rail Metro Red Line passengers. subway, services wide portions of LA County. “Each time MTA expands Metro Bus and Metro Rail, A northbound Metro Gold Line picks up speed as it moves toward its next more people take stop at Lincoln Heights/Cypress Park Station after leaving Chinatown in advantage of a very downtown Los Angeles. real alternative to driving, a choice that will result in a more ithin a few weeks, MTA manageable and enjoyable life,” says MTA will begin operating the CEO Roger Snoble. 13.7-mile Los Angeles- Pasadena Metro Gold Line, It also is estimated that the new line W will lead to 2.6 million fewer annual a comeback for electric rail in the San Gabriel Valley, serviced by the Red Car automobile trips taken and 35.6 million trolley until 1951. fewer annual automobile miles driven on the area’s streets and highways, resulting The first new light rail system to in the removal of 173,000 pounds of air open in LA County since the Metro polluting matter from the environment. Green Line in 1995 will link Union Station in downtown Los Angeles The Metro Gold Line will use and Sierra Madre Villa in East Pasadena 26 state-of-the-art rail cars, each costing via Chinatown, Highland Park, $3.75 million and capable of carrying 144 Children from Loreto and Hillside elementary South Pasadena and Pasadena to the passengers, 76 seated. schools in Highland Park enjoyed their time entire Metro Rail system that crisscrosses aboard light rail car in April. LA County.

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SAFETY AND SECURITY PRECAUTIONS EXTEND TO STREETS AND STATIONS

TA’s Safety Education to create a safe and secure environment drivers advance warning of approaching Program is only one for passengers at stations. trains. Used currently on the Metro Blue element in a wide range of Line, the signs have dramatically reduced steps taken to prevent Instrumental in achieving this goal incidents of illegal left-hand turns. M has been MTA’s Rail Operations Safety avoidable accidents along Metro Rail and (ROS) team, which is making Another major reassuring measure sure numerous rail crossing is the strong presence of the Los Angeles gates along the LA – Pasadena County Sheriff’s Department (LASD), Metro Gold Line are working which watches over the entire Metro properly. Involved in this System. With the assignment of special project from the outset, ROS LASD fare inspectors, deputies will also has paid close attention to have more time to extend coverage and signage and road striping at visibility. intersections. “MTA will have more station At key intersections along security coverage than it has ever had the line, four-quadrant gates before with the introduction of these fare completely seal intersections inspectors,” says Paul Lennon, chief of when trains are nearing. security and law enforcement at MTA. Additionally, 23 grade crossings are equipped with pedestrian In addition to constant patrols, other (L-R) Sheriff’s Deputy Marlon Quesada, MTA Security Sgt. gates. safety enhancers include well-lit parking Yi Pu and Sheriff’s Fare Inspector Vanessa Mack are among lots, closed-circuit television cameras and the many vigilant security personnel, including Deputy Dav Fiber optic signs installed emergency call boxes that will connect Veylupek (on motorcycle) who will patrol the Metro Gold Line. on traffic signal cantilevers give riders to live operators.

100,000 KIDS AND ADULTS LEARN ABC’S OF LIVING WITH TRAINS

TA safety officials are operation of a train. The ride is similar to teaching communities along an amusement park thrill ride with the rail line to Pasadena vibrating seats and theater-quality sound. lifesaving safety tips. M Children and adults walk away from The education program has been their lessons with a keener sense of what delivered to an estimated 100,000 it takes to safely co-exist with rail lines people. These include presentations at including the importance of obeying community events and before 46,000 such rail crossing warnings as flashing students who attend 66 area schools. signals and train whistles. Students from Nightingale Middle School in The newest tool in MTA’s state-of-the-art Highland Park, donning 3-D glasses, are the first education arsenal is a mobile theater. Other components of MTA’s Safety to experience a simulated train ride inside Metro Metro Experience employs advanced Education Program include a poster Experience, MTA's mobile safety theater. The do’s video and 3-D effects to simulate the true campaign in schools and the broadcast of and don’ts of interacting with trains are taught public service announcements. with the help of special effects. 104 1.800.COMMUTE Connecting to a Bus from Discover how to ride Metro Rail System Map mta.net Discover Gold. Metro Gold Line stations Metrolink Antelope Valley Line Metrolink Ventura County Line PASADENA North Hollywood Universal City Memorial Fillmore Park Allen Hollywood/Highland Mission SAN FERNANDO Hollywood/Vine Del Mar Lake Sierra Hollywood/Western Madre Villa VALLEY Highland Park Metro Gold Line Guide Southwest Museum Vermont/Sunset Union Station Line Number Mission Line Number Heritage Squar e/ Arroyo Metro Bus 33, 38, 40, 42, 58, 60, 68, 70, 71 Metro Bus 176 Work. Shopping. Schools. Entertainment. Thanks Cash Fares – Bus or Rail Vermont/Santa Monica Lincoln Heights/ 78, 79, 340, 370, 434, 439, 442 Base Fare $1.35 Cypress Park Fillmore to the new Metro Gold Line, they’re all an easy 444, 445, 446, 447, 484, 485, 487 Senior/Disabled/Medicare Base Fare .45 Vermont/Beverly Chinatown Metro Bus 260, 361, 686 train ride away. Now local residents and visitors alike 489, 490, 491 Transfer .25 Union Station Metrolink Pasadena ARTS Bus 20, 50 can travel by rail to Chinatown, Colorado Boulevard, Metro Rapid South Broadway 745 Wilshire/ 7th/Metro San Bernardino Line Old Pasadena, Pasadena City College, the Southwest Senior/Disabled/Medicare Transfer .10 Normandie Antelope Valley Transit Authority 785 Del Mar Foothill Transit 480, 481, 482, 486, 488, 492, 493, Metro Bus 177, 256, 260, 361, 686 Museum and so much more. Wilshire/ Wilshire/ Westlake/ Pershing Civic Center Metrolink Tickets Western Vermont MacArthur Square DOWNTOWN LA Riverside Line 494, 495, 498, 499, 699 Pasadena ARTS Bus 20, 50 Park Self-service ticket vending machines are located at each station; Pico LADOT Commuter Express 430, 534 step-by-step instructions are displayed on the screen. Memorial Park Best of all, the Gold Line is part of the 62-station WILSHIRE CENTER LADOT Dash B, D, DD (weekend only) Like the rest of the Metro Rail system, the Metro Gold Line has no Grand Metro Bus Lines 260, 267, 361, 687 OCTA 701 Metro Rail system. So for the first time, Pasadena and conductors to collect tickets or gates to pass through. Instead, fare Foothill Transit 187, 189 San Pedro Santa Clarita Transit 794 Chinatown are linked by rail with downtown LA, inspectors on board and at stations randomly check to see that Pasadena ARTS Bus 20, 40, 50 passengers have valid tickets or passes. If you cannot show proof of Santa Monica Big Blue Bus 10 Hollywood, Wilshire Center, the San Fernando Valley, payment, the inspectors may issue a citation and you may be fined. Washington Torrance Transit 1, 2 Lake Long Beach and dozens of points in between. Vernon Metro Bus 180, 380, 485 Chinatown Information Pasadena ARTS Bus 20 For trip planning assistance and all other questions, call Slauson Metro Bus 58, 76 Whether you’re a commuter wanting to skip the 1.800.COMMUTE, the Metro System’s toll-free telephone LADOT Dash B, DD Allen traffic jams, a student trying to get to class information number. Tell the customer representative Florence Metro Bus 177, 256, 686 where you want to go, where you are starting and the day Lincoln Heights/Cypress Park Firestone Pasadena ARTS Bus 40 economically, or a shopper hunting for untold and time you want to travel. LAX Metro Bus 251, 252, 350 Los An gelesInternational A irport bargains, it’s time for you to discover Gold! You can also get customized bus and rail itineraries 24 hours (LAX)ViaFree Shuttle 103rd Street Sierra Madre Villa Station mta.net Heritage Square/Arroyo a day on the Metro Trip Planner at Imperial/ Metro Bus 177, 181, 264, 266, 267, 268, 487 Hawthorne Vermont Avalon Wilmington Metro Bus 83, 255 Aviation/LAX Foothill Transit 184, 187, 189 Crenshaw Harbor Long Beac h Lakewood I-605/I-105 Southwest Museum Montebello Bus 20 Freeway Mariposa Metro Bus 83 City of Sierra Madre–City Shuttle Compton Metrolink 91 Line City of Arcadia Shuttle El Segundo NORWALK Highland Park Artesia Pasadena ARTS Bus 31, 32, 40, 60 Metro Bus 176, 256 Douglas DelAmo LADOT Dash Redondo Wardlow For exact information check timetables or mta.net Effective June 2003. Subject to change. Willow Metrolink REDONDO BEACH Orange County Line Pacific Coast Highway Buying a Metro ticket 2 Insert payment using coins, tokens Anaheim Metro Red Line (A) Pacific and/or bills from $1 to $20. Metro Blue Line (B) 1 5th Street Metro Gold Line (C ) Special Features Select a fare using the display screen Note: Metro GreenLine (D) One token is good for one base fare > 1st Street Tran sferStation Up to 8 identical tickets may be and option buttons. only. There is no change due when purchased at a time for you and using a token or using a combination Station your party Metro Rapid Regular Ticket Types of token(s) and cash. Transfer > Instructions in English, Spanish Transit Mall > One-way rail trip Parking and Chinese > One-way with transfer to connecting > Audio and/or video help available bus or rail service LONG BEACH Parking (Paid) when needed > Roundtrip travel on a single rail line 3 Pick up your ticket and enjoy Metrolink T ransfer Option: Senior/Disabled/Medicare Amtrak Transfe r Select this option only if you have your ride! valid proof of senior, disabled or Medicare status. 1.800.COMMUTE Connecting to a Bus from Discover how to ride Metro Rail System Map mta.net Discover Gold. Metro Gold Line stations Metrolink Antelope Valley Line Metrolink Ventura County Line PASADENA North Hollywood Universal City Memorial Fillmore Park Allen Hollywood/Highland Mission SAN FERNANDO Hollywood/Vine Del Mar Lake Sierra Hollywood/Western Madre Villa VALLEY Highland Park Metro Gold Line Guide Southwest Museum Vermont/Sunset Union Station Line Number Mission Line Number Heritage Squar e/ Arroyo Metro Bus 33, 38, 40, 42, 58, 60, 68, 70, 71 Metro Bus 176 Work. Shopping. Schools. Entertainment. Thanks Cash Fares – Bus or Rail Vermont/Santa Monica Lincoln Heights/ 78, 79, 340, 370, 434, 439, 442 Base Fare $1.35 Cypress Park Fillmore to the new Metro Gold Line, they’re all an easy 444, 445, 446, 447, 484, 485, 487 Senior/Disabled/Medicare Base Fare .45 Vermont/Beverly Chinatown Metro Bus 260, 361, 686 train ride away. Now local residents and visitors alike 489, 490, 491 Transfer .25 Union Station Metrolink Pasadena ARTS Bus 20, 50 can travel by rail to Chinatown, Colorado Boulevard, Metro Rapid South Broadway 745 Wilshire/ 7th/Metro San Bernardino Line Old Pasadena, Pasadena City College, the Southwest Senior/Disabled/Medicare Transfer .10 Normandie Antelope Valley Transit Authority 785 Del Mar Foothill Transit 480, 481, 482, 486, 488, 492, 493, Metro Bus 177, 256, 260, 361, 686 Museum and so much more. Wilshire/ Wilshire/ Westlake/ Pershing Civic Center Metrolink Tickets Western Vermont MacArthur Square DOWNTOWN LA Riverside Line 494, 495, 498, 499, 699 Pasadena ARTS Bus 20, 50 Park Self-service ticket vending machines are located at each station; Pico LADOT Commuter Express 430, 534 step-by-step instructions are displayed on the screen. Memorial Park Best of all, the Gold Line is part of the 62-station WILSHIRE CENTER LADOT Dash B, D, DD (weekend only) Like the rest of the Metro Rail system, the Metro Gold Line has no Grand Metro Bus Lines 260, 267, 361, 687 OCTA 701 Metro Rail system. So for the first time, Pasadena and conductors to collect tickets or gates to pass through. Instead, fare Foothill Transit 187, 189 San Pedro Santa Clarita Transit 794 Chinatown are linked by rail with downtown LA, inspectors on board and at stations randomly check to see that Pasadena ARTS Bus 20, 40, 50 passengers have valid tickets or passes. If you cannot show proof of Santa Monica Big Blue Bus 10 Hollywood, Wilshire Center, the San Fernando Valley, payment, the inspectors may issue a citation and you may be fined. Washington Torrance Transit 1, 2 Lake Long Beach and dozens of points in between. Vernon Metro Bus 180, 380, 485 Chinatown Information Pasadena ARTS Bus 20 For trip planning assistance and all other questions, call Slauson Metro Bus 58, 76 Whether you’re a commuter wanting to skip the 1.800.COMMUTE, the Metro System’s toll-free telephone LADOT Dash B, DD Allen traffic jams, a student trying to get to class information number. Tell the customer representative Florence Metro Bus 177, 256, 686 where you want to go, where you are starting and the day Lincoln Heights/Cypress Park Firestone Pasadena ARTS Bus 40 economically, or a shopper hunting for untold and time you want to travel. LAX Metro Bus 251, 252, 350 Los An gelesInternational A irport bargains, it’s time for you to discover Gold! You can also get customized bus and rail itineraries 24 hours (LAX)ViaFree Shuttle 103rd Street Sierra Madre Villa Station mta.net Heritage Square/Arroyo a day on the Metro Trip Planner at Imperial/ Metro Bus 177, 181, 264, 266, 267, 268, 487 Hawthorne Vermont Avalon Wilmington Metro Bus 83, 255 Aviation/LAX Foothill Transit 184, 187, 189 Crenshaw Harbor Long Beac h Lakewood I-605/I-105 Southwest Museum Montebello Bus 20 Freeway Mariposa Metro Bus 83 City of Sierra Madre–City Shuttle Compton Metrolink 91 Line City of Arcadia Shuttle El Segundo NORWALK Highland Park Artesia Pasadena ARTS Bus 31, 32, 40, 60 Metro Bus 176, 256 Douglas DelAmo LADOT Dash Redondo Wardlow For exact information check timetables or mta.net Effective June 2003. Subject to change. Willow Metrolink REDONDO BEACH Orange County Line Pacific Coast Highway Buying a Metro ticket 2 Insert payment using coins, tokens Anaheim Metro Red Line (A) Pacific and/or bills from $1 to $20. Metro Blue Line (B) 1 5th Street Metro Gold Line (C ) Special Features Select a fare using the display screen Note: Metro GreenLine (D) One token is good for one base fare > 1st Street Tran sferStation Up to 8 identical tickets may be and option buttons. only. There is no change due when purchased at a time for you and using a token or using a combination Station your party Metro Rapid Regular Ticket Types of token(s) and cash. Transfer > Instructions in English, Spanish Transit Mall > One-way rail trip Parking and Chinese > One-way with transfer to connecting > Audio and/or video help available bus or rail service LONG BEACH Parking (Paid) when needed > Roundtrip travel on a single rail line 3 Pick up your ticket and enjoy Metrolink T ransfer Option: Senior/Disabled/Medicare Amtrak Transfe r Select this option only if you have your ride! valid proof of senior, disabled or Medicare status. chinatown station heritage square/arroyo station highland park station fillmore station memorial park station allen station (Free Bicycle Parking) 145 spaces (Free Bicycle Parking) (Free Bicycle Parking) 160 spaces 125 E. Holly St. at Arroyo Pkwy. 395 N. Allen Av. at Maple St./Corson St. 901 N Spring St. at College St. 3545 Pasadena Av. at French Av. (one block south of N. Figueroa St.) 151 N. Av. 57 at Marmion Wy. (one block north of N. Figueroa St.) 95 Fillmore St. at Raymond Av./Arroyo Pkwy.

Overview This is the only Metro Gold Line station located on a Overview New landscaping continues into a “pocket path” just north of the Overview This station combines new pedestrian walkways and vintage street Overview This is the first station in Pasadena for travelers heading north Overview The Memorial Park Station is located on the northern edge of historic Overview The Allen Station is the second station in the median of the freestanding aboveground structure. It includes traditional station. Heritage Square/Arroyo Station serves the residents of lighting, with a central plaza for public gatherings and special events. and is within walking distance of several medical centers. Old Pasadena, adjacent to Memorial Park, the Pasadena Senior 210 Freeway. This station will serve residential areas to the north Chinese and international design motifs that reflect the diverse Lincoln Heights, Cypress Park and Mt. Washington. Travelers are within walking distance of Figueroa businesses, Highland Citizen’s Center, and a short walk to City Hall and Pasadena’s Central and south of Colorado Boulevard as well as Cal Tech and Pasadena history of the neighborhood. The station allows easy access to Park Recreational Center and the library. Art Along Geologica 42, 2003 Michael C. McMillen, artist. 20 Library. The station is situated beneath the existing Holly Street Village City College. Chinatown shopping, dining and places of employment. Art Along El Quetzalcoatl de Xochicalco and La Gente de Pueblo, 2003 the Line Constructed of steel and bronze with kinetic elements, the tall Apartments that were constructed in 1994 in anticipation of a station the Line Roberto L. Delgado, artist. 9 Along the length of the station planter Art Along Stone Tree Inverted Post (Bound Water Light), 2003 Jud Fine, artist. 15 vertical sculpture creates a landmark for the station. Five bronze at this site. Art Along Rider’s Dream, 2003 Michael Amescua, artist. 26 In the tradition of Art Along The Wheels of Change, 2003 Chusien Chang, artist. 4 beds lies a carved stone “Quetzalcoatl”– the plumed serpent – the Line A striking faux stone tree at the plaza trellis and inverted metal steamer trunks on the platform serve as passenger seating. the Line “papel picado,”or paper cutouts, metal grillworks enhance the the Line A large geomantic compass at the mezzanine level, granite while artist tiles on the platform reflect images taken columns topped with large blue light fixtures are bound in copper Art Along The First Artists in Southern California: A Short Story, 2003 station entry and stair landing while a large “Sun Marker” casts paver hexagrams and artist benches at the plazas pay tribute from the local population. wire, paying homage to the area’s craftsman style heritage. Attractions Huntington Memorial Hospital and Medical Center 21 the Line John Valadez, artist. 24 Spanning across the length of the station patterned shadows at the station platform. to the work and traditions of the Chinese, Italian, Croatian column supports, stylized contemporary depictions of Native and Latino communities. Attractions Greayer Oak Park 10 Attractions Abbey San Encino American imagery are painted on laser-cut metal shapes. Attractions California Institute of Technology Heritage Museum Square 11 Arroyo Seco Regional Library Huntington Library and Gardens 27 Welcome to the Attractions Chinatown Library Dynasty Highland Park Recreation Center Attractions Armory Center for the Arts, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena City College 28 Chinatown Jewelry Mart 6 Highland Theater 16 Memorial Park & Levitt Pavilion, Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Conservatory of Music Dynasty Shopping Center 5 LA Police Historical Museum Square Old Pasadena Shopping and Dining District, Pacific Asia Museum, Chinatown Art Galleries Pasadena Civic Center, Pasadena Museum of California Art, 25 Metro Gold Line Paseo Colorado Shopping Center

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Chinatown Heritage Square/Arroyo Highland Park Fillmore Memorial Park Allen Approximate Travel Time Between Stations Union Station 2 minutes 3 minutes 3 minutes 2 minutes 5 minutes 6 minutes 3 minutes 2 minutes 2 minutes 2 minutes 2 minutes 4 minutes Connections: Metro Red Line Metro Rapid Amtrak Metrolink Lincoln Heights/Cypress Park Southwest Museum Mission Del Mar Lake Sierra Madre Villa Other Municipal Bus Lines 1 2 3 7 8 12 13 14 17 18 19 22 23 24 25 29 30 31

union station lincoln heights/cypress park station southwest museum station mission station del mar station lake station sierra madre villa station 1,500 spaces (Free Bicycle Parking on level P1) 91 spaces (Free Bicycle Parking) (Free Bicycle Parking) 905 Meridian Av. at Mission St. 600 spaces underground 340 N. Lake Av. at Maple St./Corson St. 950 spaces(Free Bicycle Parking) 800 N. Alameda Street at Cesar Chavez Av. 370 W. Av. 26 at Lacy St. 4600 Marmion Way at Museum Dr. 230 S. Raymond Av. at Del Mar Bl./Dayton St./Fair Oaks Av. 149 N. Halstead at Colorado Bl./Foothill Bl.

Overview Union Station is the southern terminus of the Metro Gold Line. Passengers will Overview After traveling north over the Los Angeles River, passengers Overview Located at the base of Mt. Washington and below the historic Overview Three station canopies will shade passengers as they board the train Overview The station is on the southern edge of Old Pasadena, within walking Overview After leaving Old Pasadena, the Metro Gold Line travels east through Overview The Sierra Madre Villa station is the northern terminus and only be steps away from connections with the Metro Red Line, Metrolink, Amtrak, will arrive at this station which primarily serves the Lincoln Southwest Museum, this is one of three stations on the line that from two side platforms. Visitors to the station will pass through distance of shops, restaurants and theaters. Across the street is an existing railway tunnel and surfaces in the median of the 210 final station along the 210 Freeway. It serves as an intermodal Metro Bus, DASH shuttles and other municipal bus lines. Heights community. includes enhanced architectural design. the city’s new central plaza. This part of South Pasadena is known Central Park, the site of many special events including the city’s Freeway. Passengers will access the station from the Lake Avenue transportation hub connecting travelers to local and regional for its unique shopping, coffeehouses and weekly Farmers Market. annual jazz festival. The station will be surrounded by new residential overpass by elevator or stairs. This station will serve the office transit services including Metro Bus, Foothill Transit, and Art Along Images of Commonality/Nature and Movement, 2003 Beth Thielen, artist. 1 Art Along Water Street: River of Dreams, 2003 Cheri Gaulke, artist. 7 Art Along Highland Park Gateway, 2003 Teddy Sandoval, artist with Within walking distance of the station are the Carnegie Library, buildings and will ultimately feature public plaza areas, retail stores buildings, churches, shops and restaurants in neighborhoods Pasadena ARTS buses. the Line Providing a narrative thread for the overall Metro Gold Line, five images (Red-tailed Hawk, the Line A life-sized bronze sculpture of a Tongva woman gathering the Line Paul Polubinskas. 12 Three mosaic, clad winged guardians post office and city hall. and the restored Santa Fe Depot. adjacenttotheLakeAvenuecorridor. Gabrielino Women, Antelope, Oak Tree, and Mountain/Arroyo) are incorporated into various water, clusters of river boulders, a dry riverbed, coyote rest atop white columns on bases adorned with images of area Art Along Untitled, 2003 Tony Gleaton, artist. 29 Large-scale photo portraits retaining walls and overpass structures creating a visual connection of commonality, nature footprints and metal “story fences” define the path of landmarks. Platform seating consists of capitals, dice, arroyo Art Along Astride-Aside, 2003 Michael Stutz, artist. 17 Art Along Kinetic Energy, 2003 Ries Niemi, artist. Paralleling the rail tracks, Art Along Everyday People, 2003 Pat Ward Williams, artist. 24 Large-size, the Line on porcelain enamel steel panels are suspended above stairway and movement along the entire alignment. passenger access to the station. boulders and Victorian, inspired metal chairs. the Line A larger-than-life bronze “walking man” is sited at the station plaza the Line the metal fence panels serve as functional barriers while evoking the the Line black & whitephotoportraitsofpeoplecaughtineverydaygestures access to the station platform areas. and strides atop antique granite blocks. rich vocabulary of rail transportation imagery from the 19th and are laminated within special dichroic glass at the mezzanine level Attractions Olvera St. 2 Attractions Cypress Park Attractions Audubon Center in Debs Park 20th centuries. Funded by Urban Partners LLC. producing a moving dialogue between the actual and the illustrated. Attractions California State University Los Angeles Extension Metropolitan Water District LA River Center and Gardens 8 Carlin Smith Attractions Carnegie Library 18 Victory Park Community Center 30 Patsaouras Transit Plaza Casa de Adobe 13 Mission West business district Attractions Art Center College of Design – via ARTS Bus Line 50, Attractions Ice House 25 Hastings Ranch Shopping District 31 Historic Union Station 3 Recreational Center Meridian Ironworks Museum 19 Central Park, Gamble House, Los Angeles Music Academy, Carnegie Observatories MTA Headquarters Ramona Hall Old Pasadena Shopping & Dining District, 22 Lake Shopping Districts Southwest Museum 14 Pasadena Antique Center, Pasadena Center and Civic Auditorium, Pasadena Playhouse District Sycamore Grove Park Pasadena Ice Skating Rink, 23 Pasadena Santa Fe Depot, Rose Bowl – via ARTS Bus Line 50 Station names shown as of press time 1.800.COMMUTE Connecting to a Bus from Discover how to ride Metro Rail System Map mta.net Discover Gold. Metro Gold Line stations Metrolink Antelope Valley Line Metrolink Ventura County Line PASADENA North Hollywood Universal City Memorial Fillmore Park Allen Hollywood/Highland Mission SAN FERNANDO Hollywood/Vine Del Mar Lake Sierra Hollywood/Western Madre Villa VALLEY Highland Park Metro Gold Line Guide Southwest Museum Vermont/Sunset Union Station Line Number Mission Line Number Heritage Squar e/ Arroyo Metro Bus 33, 38, 40, 42, 58, 60, 68, 70, 71 Metro Bus 176 Work. Shopping. Schools. Entertainment. Thanks Cash Fares – Bus or Rail Vermont/Santa Monica Lincoln Heights/ 78, 79, 340, 370, 434, 439, 442 Base Fare $1.35 Cypress Park Fillmore to the new Metro Gold Line, they’re all an easy 444, 445, 446, 447, 484, 485, 487 Senior/Disabled/Medicare Base Fare .45 Vermont/Beverly Chinatown Metro Bus 260, 361, 686 train ride away. Now local residents and visitors alike 489, 490, 491 Transfer .25 Union Station Metrolink Pasadena ARTS Bus 20, 50 can travel by rail to Chinatown, Colorado Boulevard, Metro Rapid South Broadway 745 Wilshire/ 7th/Metro San Bernardino Line Old Pasadena, Pasadena City College, the Southwest Senior/Disabled/Medicare Transfer .10 Normandie Antelope Valley Transit Authority 785 Del Mar Foothill Transit 480, 481, 482, 486, 488, 492, 493, Metro Bus 177, 256, 260, 361, 686 Museum and so much more. Wilshire/ Wilshire/ Westlake/ Pershing Civic Center Metrolink Tickets Western Vermont MacArthur Square DOWNTOWN LA Riverside Line 494, 495, 498, 499, 699 Pasadena ARTS Bus 20, 50 Park Self-service ticket vending machines are located at each station; Pico LADOT Commuter Express 430, 534 step-by-step instructions are displayed on the screen. Memorial Park Best of all, the Gold Line is part of the 62-station WILSHIRE CENTER LADOT Dash B, D, DD (weekend only) Like the rest of the Metro Rail system, the Metro Gold Line has no Grand Metro Bus Lines 260, 267, 361, 687 OCTA 701 Metro Rail system. So for the first time, Pasadena and conductors to collect tickets or gates to pass through. Instead, fare Foothill Transit 187, 189 San Pedro Santa Clarita Transit 794 Chinatown are linked by rail with downtown LA, inspectors on board and at stations randomly check to see that Pasadena ARTS Bus 20, 40, 50 passengers have valid tickets or passes. If you cannot show proof of Santa Monica Big Blue Bus 10 Hollywood, Wilshire Center, the San Fernando Valley, payment, the inspectors may issue a citation and you may be fined. Washington Torrance Transit 1, 2 Lake Long Beach and dozens of points in between. Vernon Metro Bus 180, 380, 485 Chinatown Information Pasadena ARTS Bus 20 For trip planning assistance and all other questions, call Slauson Metro Bus 58, 76 Whether you’re a commuter wanting to skip the 1.800.COMMUTE, the Metro System’s toll-free telephone LADOT Dash B, DD Allen traffic jams, a student trying to get to class information number. Tell the customer representative Florence Metro Bus 177, 256, 686 where you want to go, where you are starting and the day Lincoln Heights/Cypress Park Firestone Pasadena ARTS Bus 40 economically, or a shopper hunting for untold and time you want to travel. LAX Metro Bus 251, 252, 350 Los An gelesInternational A irport bargains, it’s time for you to discover Gold! You can also get customized bus and rail itineraries 24 hours (LAX)ViaFree Shuttle 103rd Street Sierra Madre Villa Station mta.net Heritage Square/Arroyo a day on the Metro Trip Planner at Imperial/ Metro Bus 177, 181, 264, 266, 267, 268, 487 Hawthorne Vermont Avalon Wilmington Metro Bus 83, 255 Aviation/LAX Foothill Transit 184, 187, 189 Crenshaw Harbor Long Beac h Lakewood I-605/I-105 Southwest Museum Montebello Bus 20 Freeway Mariposa Metro Bus 83 City of Sierra Madre–City Shuttle Compton Metrolink 91 Line City of Arcadia Shuttle El Segundo NORWALK Highland Park Artesia Pasadena ARTS Bus 31, 32, 40, 60 Metro Bus 176, 256 Douglas DelAmo LADOT Dash Redondo Wardlow For exact information check timetables or mta.net Effective June 2003. Subject to change. Willow Metrolink REDONDO BEACH Orange County Line Pacific Coast Highway Buying a Metro ticket 2 Insert payment using coins, tokens Anaheim Metro Red Line (A) Pacific and/or bills from $1 to $20. Metro Blue Line (B) 1 5th Street Metro Gold Line (C ) Special Features Select a fare using the display screen Note: Metro GreenLine (D) One token is good for one base fare > 1st Street Tran sferStation Up to 8 identical tickets may be and option buttons. only. There is no change due when purchased at a time for you and using a token or using a combination Station your party Metro Rapid Regular Ticket Types of token(s) and cash. Transfer > Instructions in English, Spanish Transit Mall > One-way rail trip Parking and Chinese > One-way with transfer to connecting > Audio and/or video help available bus or rail service LONG BEACH Parking (Paid) when needed > Roundtrip travel on a single rail line 3 Pick up your ticket and enjoy Metrolink T ransfer Option: Senior/Disabled/Medicare Amtrak Transfe r Select this option only if you have your ride! valid proof of senior, disabled or Medicare status. GoldTrivia

BUILDER HOURS OF OPERATION CAR BODY Los Angeles To Pasadena • Approx. 3:35 am to 2 am Low-alloy tensile steel and stainless steel Metro Construction Authority 7 days a week • First/last train Union Station: TRAIN SPEED OPERATOR approx. 3:35 am/12:50 am Up to 55 mph MTA • First/last train Sierra Madre Villa: approx. 4:35 am/1 :30 am STANDARD STATION AMENITIES PROJECT COST Raised platforms, canopies, benches, $859 million INITIAL FREQUENCY OF SERVICE public art and landscaping, public • Weekday rush hours – telephones and ticket vending LENGTH every 10 minutes machines 13.7 miles • Weekday early morning – every 20 minutes DISABLED ACCESS STATIONS • Weekday midday – Fully compliant with the 13 every 12 minutes Americans with Disabilities Act • Weekend mornings – including ticket vending machines and PROJECTED RIDERSHIP - 1ST YEAR every 15-20 minutes emergency phones with instructions 26,000-32,000 average weekday • Weekend midday/afternoon – written in braille boarding passengers every 12 minutes • Daily evening hours – TRAIN OPERATORS TRAVEL TIME every 20 minutes 39 full-time and 2 part-time Downtown Los Angeles to: • East Pasadena – FLEET SIZE SAFETY AND SECURITY approx. 36 minutes 26 state-of-the art electric-powered • Open and lighted stations • Downtown Pasadena – rail cars • Electronic surveillance approx. 26-28 minutes through closed-circuit • South Pasadena – SEATING CAPACITY TV cameras approx. 20 minutes 76 seats per rail car • Emergency telephones at each station COMMUNITIES SERVED TOTAL PASSENGER CAPACITY • Emergency intercoms in trains Downtown Los Angeles, Chinatown, INCLUDING STANDEES • Stations and trains patrolled by LA Lincoln Heights, Mount Washington, 144 per car County Sheriff’s Department which Highland Park, South Pasadena, is in direct contact with MTA’s Rail Pasadena, East Pasadena PEAK HOUR FLEET Operations Control Center 9 two-car trains (includes one reserve • Fire protection devices train) • Stations and trains are ADA-compliant TRAIN MANUFACTURER Siemens Transportation Systems Inc. METRO RAIL SYSTEM 73.1 miles, including TRAIN LENGTH • 17.4-mile Metro Red Line Line subway; 89-feet, 6-inches • 22-mile Metro Blue Line; • 20-mile Metro Green Line; and TRAIN WIDTH • 13.7-mile Metro Gold Line 8-feet, 9-inches INFORMATION TRAIN WEIGHT 1.800.COMMUTE 99,000 pounds (empty) 139,348 pounds (full) Visit interactive trip planner at mta.net

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METRO GOLD LINE STATIONS ATTRACTING DEVELOPERS

tations on the LA – Pasadena homes. Half of the 324 underground Metro Gold Line are proving to parking spaces will be reserved for be attractive locations for private commuters. There also will be retail Sventures and private/public joint space for restaurants and a small development in the form of residences grocery store. and commercial space that encourage The transit village at the Hollywood/Western use of public transit and relieve DEL MAR STATION Metro Red Line Station is being expanded to traffic congestion. include additional affordable housing, a daycare center and 9,000 square feet of Currently under construction, the retail space. project is a transit-oriented, mixed-use CHINATOWN STATION residential/commercial development that Plans call for a multistory will surround the Del Mar Station in downtown Pasadena. The four-acre site parking garage, of which 600 spaces will commercial/residential development be for exclusive use by transit riders. with retail units on the ground floor will incorporate the historic Santa Fe and loft units on the upper floors. Railroad depot and the construction of four new buildings. The new buildings FILLMORE STATION will contain 34 residential apartment MISSION STATION units, with the depot and ground floor of Under negotiation, plans call for the new buildings containing approximately construction of a 30,000 square foot Currently under construction near 10,000 to 11,000 square feet of retail medical office building and 160 parking the station, the 212,000-square-foot commercial and restaurant space. spaces dedicated to transit users on a Mission Meridian Village, a “transit one-acre parcel. village,” will include 14 artist’s lofts, 50 Approximately 1,200 parking spaces townhouses and three single-family will be provided in an underground SIERRA MADRE VILLA STATION This transit-oriented, mixed-use residential/commercial development will consist of approximately 200 apartments and approximately 200,000 to 250,000 square feet of commercial office space on approximately five acres.

Meanwhile, developments have been completed or are in the planning stages for several stations on the Metro Red Line and Metro Blue Line including Union Station, 7th St./Metro Center/ Julian Dixon, Hollywood/Western, Hollywood/Vine, Hollywood/Highland, Wilshire/Vermont, Wilshire/Western and Willow.

MTA also is looking at the potential MTA’s largest joint development, Hollywood & Highland, is located above the Metro Red Line subway station at the famous intersection. Built next to Grauman’s Chinese Theater, the more than 600,000 joint development of other Metro Rail square foot complex features retail shops, restaurants, general cinemas and the Kodak Theatre, home stations including the North Hollywood of the Academy Awards. Metro Rail Station. 204 BackTracking

ELECTRIC RAIL IN PASADENA DATES BACK MORE THAN 100 YEARS

he city of Pasadena has a long, by 1900, accommodated 28 local A Pasadena Short Line Red Car trolley heads storied history so it is not passenger trains per day running south on Fair Oaks Avenue toward Los Angeles. surprising that long before the through Shorb Junction. Most of that arrival of the LA – Pasadena traffic served Pasadena commuters and T the premier way of getting around in Metro Gold Line, electric rail cars visiting tourists from the East Coast. transported people between Pasadena those days.” and Los Angeles. Railroad tycoon Henry Huntington bought the slightly renamed Los Angeles Huntington opened two additional The Pasadena & Los Angeles Electric & Pasadena Electric Railway line in 1898 electric rail lines serving Pasadena. The Railway opened May 1, 1895, and traveled and incorporated it into the Pacific Pasadena Short Line opened in 1902 and down Colorado and Fair Oaks boulevards Electric Railway in 1902. The Southern ran from Fair Oaks to Huntington Drive through what is now Highland Park into Pacific Railroad assumed control of the to downtown LA. The Pasadena Oak downtown Los Angeles. The line was a line in 1912 and eliminated all passenger Knoll Line served the city of San Marino. 4.5-mile extension of the defunct San service on its route heading into and out Both lines were replaced with bus service Gabriel Valley Rapid Transit Railway and of Pasadena soon after. Pasadena in the early 1950s. originated at what is now referred to as passengers were instead routed via Red Shorb Junction, a railway nexus 5.5 miles Car trolleys to Shorb Station to complete Between the two principal routes on east of the Los Angeles River. In its time, their journey to downtown Los Angeles. the Pacific Electric, the Short Line and Shorb Junction was one of the busiest Red Car service was discontinued in 1951. the Oak Knoll lines, the rail cars carried transit points in Southern California. about seven million passengers a year. “The Red Cars to Pasadena were Los Angeles’ downtown train station, an important part of the area,” says “The high point in the lines was then called Arcade Station, was fitted MTA historian Jim Walker. “They were the early decades of the 20th century,” with double tracks on its main line and, says Walker.

TIMELINE — LOS ANGELES TO PASADENA

1885 — First rails between Los Angeles and Pasadena open, 1940 — Arroyo Seco Parkway (now Pasadena Freeway) opened. the Los Angeles & San Gabriel Valley Railroad. 1951 — Last “Red Car” rail service, the Pasadena Short Line, 1888 — The Pasadena Railway Company (predecessor to converted to bus service. Union Pacific) opens railroad line to terminal at Calaveras & Lake. 1955 — Last “Yellow Car” streetcar service to Highland Park, 1895 — Southern Pacific Railroad opens branch from route “W,” converted to bus service. Alhambra, from Broadway — now Arroyo — to depot at Colorado. 1994 — Last Amtrak rail passenger service on former Santa Fe 1895 — Pasadena & Los Angeles Electric Railway Company line, now part of the Metro Gold Line alignment, discontinued opens first electric line to Los Angeles via South Pasadena and to Pasadena. Highland Park. (Name soon reversed to Los Angeles & Pasadena Electric Rail company.) Became part of Pacific Electric Red Car system in 1902. 2003 — Metro Gold Line opens.

1902 — Pasadena Short Line of Pacific Electric built by 2009 — Eastside extension of Metro Gold Line Henry E. Huntington. With Oak Knoll rail route these became the expected to open. principal lines to Pasadena, relegating the original route via 21 Highland Park to minor status. BeingFare

PRICE ADJUSTMENTS WILL HELP MTA IMPROVE METRO SERVICE

As Metro Bus operator Don Smith looks on, passenger Richard Dowhan, in a demonstration, deposits $1.25 into farebox, 10 cents less than the current price and effective January 1, 2004 on the entire Metro System.

he MTA Board is reducing cash The change will result in $30 compared to the typical 47% at most fare by 10 cents beginning million more in revenue annually, which large transit properties in the United January 1, 2004 from $1.35 to will help the agency offset a projected States. The restructuring will increase T$1.25 in order to help patrons 10-year $1.4 billion operating deficit that percentage to 31% under the who statistically earn less income than exacerbated by the State’s $38 billion fare modification. passengers who purchase transit passes. budget deficit, other decreasing funding sources, and $100 million in annual The MTA Board’s decision to At the same time, for the first time Consent Decree costs. adjust fares was made following a in 15 years, the MTA Board has approved 40-day public comment period, which an increase in the price of monthly By lowering cash fare and increasing included a public hearing. passes, also effective January 1. the price of regular weekly, bi-weekly and monthly passes between $3 and $10 — and leaving senior citizen, student and disabled The New MTA Fare Structure person fares unchanged — National Cash Fare MTA will be in a much better Major Transit Agencies financial position to continue expanding and improving the Cash Fares Current New Now Future/Proposed quality of service. New York $2.00 Cash Fare $1.35 $1.25 The fare adjustment also Philadelphia 2.00 $2.10 Tokens 0.90 *1.10 was needed because MTA Chicago 1.50 Transfer 0.25 *N/A wages, fuel, equipment and Los Angeles 1.35 1.25 Senior Cash Fare 0.45 (no change) .45 security costs have all risen Washington, D.C. 1.10 1.20 Express Cash Fare $1.85-$3.85 $1.75-$2.25 since cash fare was last Boston .75 bus/$1.00 subway increased in 1995. In addition, Pass Fares Current Proposed inflation has risen by 51% since 1989. The monthly pass price increase of 23.8% is less than Weekly Pass $11.00 $14.00 National Pass Prices Semi-Monthly 21.00 27.00 half of the Consumer Price Monthly Pass 42.00 52.00 Index over that same period. Major Transit Agencies Senior/Disabled 12.00 (no change) 12.00 Other major transit Student K-12 20.00 (no change) 20.00 Current Future/Proposed agencies in the nation are New York $70 College/Vocational 30.00 (no change) 30.00 either proposing or have Philadelphia 70 $73 Day Pass N/A 3.00 recently implemented fare Chicago 75 Sr/Disabled Day Pass N/A 1.50 hikes ranging from 18% Los Angeles 42 52 Zone 4 @ $15.00 2 @ $15.00 to 50%. Washington, D.C.* 40 bus/$150 rail Boston 57 * Tokens will be eliminated when the universal fare As it stands today, MTA system is implemented. recovers only 29% of its * Eliminating monthly passes * Transfer will be included as part of Day Pass. operating expenses from the farebox, the balance * Effective January 2004 subsidized by taxpayers, 22 22 ChainReaction

BIKESTATION LONG BEACH FUTURE SUCCESSFULLY ‘PEDALS’ WARES BIKESTATIONS IN PLANNING modeled after forerunners throughout Europe and Japan, provides STAGE transportation options and services to commuters, area residents, employees and tourists as a way of TA and the non-profit complementing existing public transit. Bikestation Coalition have received a “A bikestation provides the critical community-based link that connects bike commuters to M planning grant from Caltrans to transit,” says Georgia Case, marketing study the possibility of creating a and public relations director of bikestation network. Bikestation Coalition, dedicated to providing bicycle transportation Current Metro Rail stations in amenities which improve the quality North Hollywood, Pasadena and of life. Norwalk as well as expected future stations in Santa Monica and Through providing transportation Culver City are potential sites for options and services, Bikestation Long the bikestations. Beach also improves air quality and reduces traffic and parking congestion. The one-year study, which The facility to date has reduced more started in April, was made than 500,000 vehicle miles. possible by a grant from Caltrans to evaluate the potential for More than 50,000 bicycles have parked at Bikestation Long Beach Bikestation Long Beach since it opened in bikestation parking at each site 1996 which contributed to reducing 500,000 counterparts are located in Palo Alto by analyzing the surrounding land car vehicle miles. and Berkeley. Bike stations also are uses, population, employment and planned in Seattle, Pittsburgh, Denver bike-to-transit links in the and Fort Collins, Colorado, and on the corridor. concourse of the Embarcadero BART ikestation Long Beach, funded station in downtown San Francisco. “Traditionally, bikestations by MTA, has helped create located along rail corridors have healthier lifestyles for Bikestation Long Beach is located done very well,” says Lynne thousands who have taken directly behind Pine Avenue and Goldsmith, MTA planning B adjacent to Promenade Amphitheater. advantage of its services and helped manager. “A key is making sure reduce traffic congestion since the The Port of Long Beach, Long Beach there is sufficient bike parking at unique facility opened in 1996. Aquarium of the Pacific, Queen Mary these transit hubs.” and the Pine Avenue shopping and Located on the 1st Street Transit dining district are among the close-by The bikestations may also Mall, frequented by Metro Buses and destinations. Also within close feature “clean transit centers” with other regional carriers, and adjacent to proximity are 30 miles of dedicated electric bicycles, scooters and cars the 1st Street Metro Rail station, the shoreline and river bicycle paths. for rent, similar to Bikestation bikestation also has drawn people to Long Beach. public transit. For more information about the bike station, call 562.436.2453 or visit The first of its kind to open in the www.bikestation.org United States, the bikestation,

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ALTERNATIVE FUEL POLICIES, PROGRAMS HAVE IMPROVED LA’S AIR QUALITY

TA’s Alternative Fuel METRO COMPARISON OF SMOG VIOLATIONS AND MTA'S CNG BUS FLEET Initiative adopted by the MTA Board 10 years ago, FREEWAY 140 2500 combined with other efforts SERVICE 120 M 2000 including the funding of the Metro MTA'S CNG BUS FLEET 100 MTA'S CNG BUSES Freeway Service Patrol and over 400 PATROL (FSP) SMOG LEVELS 1500 miles of carpool lanes, reduce nearly 80 4,000 tons of air pollutants from the By towing stalled 60 LA County atmosphere annually. vehicles off crowded 1000 freeways during rush 40

“MTA has always been out ahead on hours, FSP shortens 500 NUMBER OF SMOG VIOLATIONS clean air technologies that keep Los traffic jams by up to 20 Angeles County moving,” says South 75% and significantly 0 0 Coast Air Quality Management District reduces air pollution 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 from idling cars. YEAR Governing Board Chairman William A. SMOG LEVELS MTA'S CNG BUS FLEET Burke. “They proved that you could How much? The state provide top-notch transit service and estimates that idling clean the air at the same time.” and slow-moving vehicles in congestion emit 250 times more pollution than CARPOOL LANES CLEAN AIR BUSES vehicles in free-flow conditions. A recent analysis shows that providing patrols on MTA has helped finance the First-and-foremost in the agency’s a 10-mile stretch of a congested freeway construction of 435 lane miles of freeway fight for a cleaner environment is the reduces 84 tons of pollution each year. carpool lanes and will add up to 130 more fact that MTA fields the largest fleet of miles throughout LA County by 2010. compressed natural gas (CNG) buses in The larger carpool lane network will the nation. The purchase of 2,000 CNG improve travel speeds, reduce traffic buses is important because each CNG congestion and air pollution. bus reduces almost four tons of smog- forming emissions over its lifetime when These clean air programs have compared to the cleanest diesel buses helped push the Los Angeles region available today. toward healthy air. In the 10 years since AFI was adopted, smog levels throughout the region have decreased by 64%. Even METRO BUS AND METRO carbon monoxide pollution levels have RAIL SYSTEMS decreased by 97% and have all but vanished from local roads. Metro Rail, Metro Rapid and Metro Buses carry about 1.1 million daily Since cars, trucks and non- passengers. By helping people get out alternative fueled buses make up most of their cars and onto clean air buses of the remaining smog problem, MTA’s and trains, more than 11 tons of smog- programs will continue to move the forming emissions are removed region towards cleaner air by setting an every day. example for others to follow.

244 Faces

MTA CHIEF OF STAFF NAMED ‘WOMAN OF THE YEAR’

aria Guerra, MTA chief of awards dinner at the Millennium staff, has been named the Biltmore Hotel. Women’s Transportation Seminar’s (WTS) Woman of Guerra manages four separate MTA women and minorities, with an emphasis M departments: Policy, Research & Library; on scholarships, internships and the Year for 2002 for her leadership and commitment to the development and Labor/Employee Relations; Government employment. advancement of women in the industry. & Board Relations; and Administration- Human Resources, Real Estate, General “My experience in the Guerra, in the transportation field Services. transportation industry has afforded since 1979 and one of the highest- me a very rewarding and fulfilling ranking women in the industry in She also was recognized for helping career,” says Guerra. “I encourage all Southern California, received the award WTS and the transportation industry women to explore opportunities in this during the WTS annual scholarship develop and advertise opportunities for exciting field.”

NEW INSPECTOR GENERAL MAKES SURE MTA CONDUCT MTA’S TOP BEYOND REPROACH STARS HONORED TA’s new inspector general “My commitment as inspector has 32 years’ experience in general is to work with the MTA Board law enforcement. and MTA leadership to ensure taxpayers’ M hard-earned dollars are being spent wisely and honestly,” says William Waters, who replaced the retired Arthur Sinai.

The Office of Inspector General (OIG), an autonomous entity created by the state Assembly, conducts independent and objective reviews and investigations of MTA programs, operations and contracts to ensure all are functioning as intended and to protect the integrity of MTA. CEO Roger Snoble (left) and Deputy CEO John Catoe (right) congratulate Equipment Waters joined the OIG in 1998 as Maintenance Specialist John Tena, one of deputy inspector general in charge of nearly 200 transit operations staff honored investigations. Prior to joining MTA, he at "Night of Stars" awards ceremony, held had a successful career with the U.S. aboard the Queen Mary ocean liner, for their Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement exemplary safety and attendance records. Administration (DEA). 25 Happenings

LA COUNTY EXPECTED TO LINE UP FOR SMORGASBORD OF NEW PASSES

he menu of MTA use the Metro System; the All Employee transit passes is in the Pass Program will be a yearly pass that process of being LA County employers can purchase for T greatly expanded. all their employees; and the Institutional Pass Program will be offered to large In another effort to organizations or groups such as colleges, increase mobility and transit universities, trade schools, government convenience, MTA approved agencies and senior citizens centers. the launch of five new transit passes, valid on the Metro Bus The Juror Pass Program, introduced and Metro Rail systems and in March, offers a weekly pass to jurors. aimed at promoting transit use among businesses, institutions, The Visitor’s Pass Program will and major organizations. provide a pass to area conventions, (L-R) Gloria Gomez, Superior Court of California director of hotels, chambers, visitor bureaus and Juror Services; Robert A. Dukes, presiding judge of Los Angeles The Annual Pass Program meeting planners to provide access to Superior Court; David H. Sutton, MTA executive manager of Employer Programs; and Judge Dan Oki, supervising judge will be a yearly pass that Metro Bus and Metro Rail service. of the Criminal Department, all endorse MTA’s new Juror employers may purchase for Pass Program. their employees who wish to For more information, contact Metro Employer programs at 213.922.5669.

FOUR TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE Metro Art Tours SIGNING UP TO RIDESHARE

ince it was expanded last December, new membership in an MTA rideshare program that S provides participants ridesharing for at least three months with booklets containing savings for area restaurants and attractions has skyrocketed by 400%.

Previously only available at companies with fewer than 250 workers, Reservations are no longer required for free Metro Art tours of Metro Rail stations. Roundtrip tours the Club Metro program, introduced in are offered the first Saturday and Sunday of 1997, also is offered at firms with more every month and last approximately two hours. than 250 employees. To participate, meet promptly at 10 a.m. on first Saturdays at the street level entrance to the For more information, call Metro MTA Project Manager Edie Howard holds Club Hollywood/Highland Metro Rail Station; and at Metro entertainment booklet, which contains Employer Programs at 213. 922.5669 or 10 a.m. on first Sundays at the information numerous discount coupons and savings. the Metro Commute Services hotline at booth inside the entrance to historic Union 213.922.2811. Station. Tours for groups of 15 or more are available by special arrangement. For more 264 information, call 213.922.2738 or visit mta.net Briefings

SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT BIKE-TRANSIT SAFEGUARDING METRO COMMUTING ENCOURAGED following the award of an exclusive five- year contract by MTA.

“The Sheriff’s Department generally, and specifically our transit service bureau, welcomes the great opportunity to pioneer a transit-oriented community policing program that will be different from any other program in the nation,” says Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau Capt. Dan Finkelstein, also MTA’s Chief of Transit Police.

Paul Lennon, MTA’s managing director of safety By consolidating security and and security, left, and Los Angeles County agreeing to an annual contract of $47 Sheriff’s Department Capt. Dan Finkelstein, million, MTA will save taxpayers $2 also MTA’s chief of Transit Police, conduct an inspection of rail car on Metro Red Line subway. million during the first year, alone. “I have full confidence in the Sheriff’s Department to take on and he Los Angeles County deliver on their new responsibilities,” Sheriff’s Department is now says MTA CEO Roger Snoble. “In short, patrolling the entire Metro Bus our customers, our communities, and and Metro Rail systems our employees are the beneficiaries.” MTA staff members Helen Lessick and T Rodney Brandon, among the thousands of LA County employees who bicycled to their jobs on Southern California Bike to Work Day, May 15, head toward MTA’s “pit stop” adjacent to the agency’s headquarters. Area pit stops featured free MORE RAIL CROSSING GATES refreshments, bicycle servicing, music and giveaways. MTA promoted the event to TO STOP WAYWARD DRIVERS more than 3,000 employers participating in the MTA’s ridesharing programs and supported the daylong event by offering free fare to bicyclists connecting with the y early fall, MTA will begin measure that will contribute to our goal Metro Bus and Metro Rail systems. Bike installing additional crossing of reducing, and eventually, eliminating to Work Day, co-sponsored by MTA, the gates at 13 streets along the accidents,” says Abdul Zohbi, MTA City of Los Angeles, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, LA Bicycle Metro Blue Line that already manager of system safety, Rail Coalition and Bikestation Long Beach haveB two gates, a project that should Operations. “In a very dynamic and was the highlight of California Bike reduce the potential for train versus changing rail system, safety should be Commute Week which encourages bicycle vehicle collisions caused by motorists the only constant.” commuting as a viable form of trying to beat the train. ridesharing and as a healthy, cost-saving The locations of the four-quadrant option to driving alone. For more “Equipping rail crossings with four- gates for the Metro Blue Line alignment information regarding MTA rideshare quadrant gates is an added safety were chosen based on accident statistics. programs, call 213.922-2811.

27 GoldMinds

“The Metro Gold Line has “I am so excited about the beautified our neighborhood. Metro Gold Line. This new way It’s well lighted and a of transportation will reduce beautiful sight.” my stress level...” - Alice Beltran, Education aide, - Valerie Irons, LA County Nightingale Middle School, Administrative Service Manager, Los Angeles resident Pasadena resident

“This is a great revival for the City of Los Angeles. I rode the Hollywood “In smoggy LA, it’s much better Red Car as a kid and now I can use to take the electric train than the Metro Gold Line to visit my drive poison-spouting cars...” daughter…” - Hendrik Stooker, - Peter E. Porter, retired, Retried Art Historian/Curator Gabrielle Porter, Loyola law student, Highland Park resident Pasadena/Montecito Heights residents

“I chose my apartment in Pasadena because of its proximity to the Metro “My family plans to take it often Gold Line. I can practically hop on to visit my husband at his law the train for a speedy trip to my job office downtown.” in downtown LA.” - Gina Stella Girard, - Bill McLeod, Mom and son Nicholas, 5, MTA Director of Human Resources, South Pasadena residents Pasadena resident

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