Construction Authority Releases Interactive Maps of Future Station Areas

Maps highlight the many important points of interest along the 11.5-mile Foothill Extension from Pasadena to Azusa, and how train riders can access those points using a bus, bike or on-foot

MONROVIA, Calif., Nov. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority released interactive maps today for the five corridor cities along the Foothill Extension from Pasadena to Azusa. The maps – which reside on the Authority's website – highlight many of the important points of interest along the 11.5-mile segment currently under construction and how future riders will be able to access those points using a bus, bike or on-foot.

The maps were a final outcome of a multi-year, $3 million federal grant to study the existing bus, bike and pedestrian routes around each of the future stations and make recommendations to support riders arriving to the stations without the use of an automobile. The maps illustrate how the current bus and bike routes connect with the future stations and local points of interest, and will be augmented as cities and service provides make changes to these routes based on the project's construction completion in 2015.

"This is all part of the proactive planning effort being done at all levels to support the success of the Gold Line as it travels further east into the San Gabriel Valley," said Balian. "Cities and service providers have been studying the impact of the train arriving in their jurisdictions for years and these recent efforts are the final touches on that planning that will ultimately make using the Gold Line easier for future riders."

In October, the Authority was awarded an additional $6 million federal grant to design and construct real improvements around the station areas. Those funds will be used to augment improvements already planned at the stations, by directly enhancing nearby streets with new bus shelters and benches, pedestrian lighting, street trees, bike lockers and racks, and new sidewalks and crosswalks – enhancing safety and convenience for riders.

"We are asked regularly about the 'last mile' of the trip – the mile that connects riders from the station to their final destination," said Habib F. Balian, CEO of the Construction Authority. "These maps and the future improvements being paid for by the federal grants work together to highlight the many connections along the corridor, but more importantly how easy it will be to use the Gold Line to arrive at those destinations."

The recently released interactive maps, bus interface study, and details about the status of the Foothill Extension project can be found at www.foothillextension.org.

About the Foothill Extension from Pasadena to Azusa - The Foothill Extension from Pasadena to Azusa is being built by the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, an independent transportation planning and construction agency created in 1998 by the California State Legislature to plan, design and build the light rail line from Union Station to the county line along the Foothills of the San Gabriel Valley.  Los Angeles County's Measure R half-cent sales tax increase is fully funding the Foothill Extension from Pasadena to Azusa, an 11.5-mile extension that will add six new stations in five cities. During the next few years of construction, the $735 million extension will generate nearly 7,000 jobs and $1 billion in economic output for the region. Future segments are also being planned and are in varying phases of study.

SOURCE Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority

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