The Metro Gold Line Opens!!! What Is It, How Was It Built And What Does It Accomplish?; South Pasadena Residents Opposition To Gold Line Nuisances; How The Metro Gold Line Will Transform The Urban Landscape
The Metro Gold Line Opens!!! What Is It, How Was It Built And What Does It Accomplish?
Larry Mantle broadcasts live from Heritage Park in South Pasadena adjacent to the Mission stop of the newly opened Metro Gold Line. In the first hour of discussion, he explores the history of the Gold Line from conception to completion. Larry and guests, Adam Schiff, US Congressman representing the 29th District, Chief Administration Officer, Los Angeles to Pasadena Metro Blue Line Construction Authority, and Paul Little, Pasadena City Councilman representing District 2, will talk about the Gold Line's design and business model, the political obstacles to building it, and the funding mechanism used to finance its construction.
South Pasadena Residents Opposition To Gold Line Nuisances
The Gold Line runs through South Pasadena just a few feet away from homes and businesses, the closest home being only twelve feet away from the trains. Many South Pasadena residents and business owners object to noise and vibration levels of trains running through their city and have campaigned vigorously to require mitigation. These residents claim that the Gold Line was built to inferior standards to save money and now they are pleading their case in an administrative hearing process demanding that operational changes be made along the line in the area surrounding the Gold Line Mission station. If they fail, they will then take the MTA to court to demand renovations costing up to six hundred million dollars. Larry is joined by David Margrave, South Pasadena City Councilman, voting member of the Blue Line Construction Authority Board and leader of a group of South Pasadena residents campaigning to require noise and vibration mitigation, and Michael Cacciotti, South Pasadena Mayor.
How The Metro Gold Line Will Transform The Urban Landscape
Do mass transit rail systems like the Gold Line become catalysts for urban development? Many people are skeptical that the Metro Line stations provide attractive locations for developers and yet several mixed-use projects are under construction or have been completed. Two such developments are located at the Del Mar and Mission stations of the Gold Line. Larry Mantle talks with Dan Rosenfeld, Principal, Urban Partners LLC, developers of Del Mar Station on the Gold Line and Wilshire/Vermont station on the Red Line, Eric Duyshart, Economic Development Administrator, City of Pasadena, and Michael Bohn , Architect and senior associate at Moule and Polyzoides Architects and Urbanists, which designed mixed use projects adjacent to the Del Mar and Mission station about planning and development around Metro Rail stations and along the transit corridors.What are the unique design and planning challenges facing developers and architects who create transit related projects?