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Let the counting begin
Four people pitched their canvass chairs on a recent day above the Foothill (210) Freeway, their gaze focused unwaveringly on the roadway below. Their mission: count cars. All of them. One of the counters, Leandra Alvarez, positioned her fingers...
Tags: Road Transportation, Traffic, Highway Transportation, Travel
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Ron Kaye: The civic advantage of coalescence
Do you ever wonder why the subway ends in North Hollywood instead of turning east to Burbank and Glendale? Or why the Gold Line turns right when it gets to Pasadena? Or why the Westside is getting light rail and a subway extension while you get nothing?...Tags: Subway Transportation, Politics, Dennis P. Zine, Travel, Elections
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Westbound 134 Freeway lanes to close for repairs
Caltrans will close sections of the Ventura (134) Freeway over the next three days as crews repair areas that were damaged during the tanker fire on April 7. The periodic closures, which started Thursday, continue through Sunday, and will impact the...
Tags: Road Transportation, Travel, Highway Transportation, California Department of Transportation
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Regional public transit website, mobile app in the works
Want to figure out how to best get from Pasadena to Burbank using public transit? There soon could be an app for that. When it comes to traversing the disparate public transportation lines from Burbank to Glendale and on to Pasadena, all the maps, times,...
Tags: Public Transportation, Rose Bowl Game, Trips and Vacations, New Products, Commuting
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Bob Hope Airport authorizes $82.7M bond for new transit center
Bob Hope Airport officials this week authorized more than $82 million in bonds to pay for ancillary structures associated with a new regional transportation center. The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority signed off on the two, 30-year bonds...
Tags: Travel, Bob Hope
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Verdugo Views: Remembering the pre-freeway neighborhood
Ron Magneson’s family moved to Walnut Drive in 1948 when he was four years old, and remained there until they were forced to leave in 1964 by construction of the Glendale (State Route 2) Freeway. “It was a very short street,” he...
Tags: Road Transportation, Walnuts, Highway Transportation, Travel, Wars and Interventions
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Unclassified Info: Boosting bicyclists could mean big business
I'm always intrigued by what topics get people riled up in our little corner of the universe. This week's hubbub seems to be centered on city plans to spend money on more bike lanes and markings. A lot of folks seem to be against it. I have to admit,...Tags: Road Transportation, Travel
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Glendale to conduct outreach on upcoming 'road diet'
Glendale officials will host two public meetings to make sure the community knows everything there is to know about a planned “road diet” in Montrose that will test the viability of dedicated bike lanes on Honolulu Avenue.
The road diet...Tags: Road Transportation, Travel
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City to improve Grandview and Sonora rail crossings
In a step hailed as important by Glendale residents who loathe the noise of train horns, the City Council this week approved putting $9.8-million worth of railway crossing improvements out for bid. The improvements, slated for the Grandview and Sonora...Tags: Railway Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Travel, Chevy Chase
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Common sense and the Montrose road diet
I read with much interest the letter from William Brown on Feb. 10 titled “'Road diet' plan a recipe for disaster” and wish to comment regarding the proposed “road diet” through Montrose. I, too, agree that this ill-conceived plan...Tags: Road Transportation, Travel
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Public meetings on 710 Fwy. extension proposals set to begin
Community meetings about alternatives to controversial tunnel or highway extensions to connect the Long Beach (710) and Foothill (210) freeways are set to begin next week, officials said today.
For decades, community members and county and local...Tags: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Highway Transportation, Travel, California Department of Transportation
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City wants in on high-speed rail plan
The monetary hardship a proposed $98-billion high-speed rail project could bring to local transit systems such as the Glendale Beeline should be recognized in a regional plan that is key to unlocking federal and state transportation funds, city...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Railway Transportation, Commuting, Travel
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