Trolley Line

San Francisco has opened a new trolley line between the Embarcadero Station of the Muni Metro subway (at Market Street) and the Caltrain station at 4th and King streets. The line, running along the Embarcadero on the waterfront, makes it easier to link up with trains going out of the city to Palo Alto and other areas, said Sharyn Saslafsky, spokeswoman for the San Francisco Municipal Railway. Known as the E Embarcadero shuttle service, it runs 6:10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 8 a.

Re "Tar pit express?," June 6 The negative reactions by bureaucrats and gadflies alike opposing the extension of the Grove's trolley line are shortsighted. Developer Rick Caruso is stepping up to the plate in a city that has little or no vision on public transportation, and you have NIMBY opposition to a public-private partnership that actually makes sense. Instead of wasting billions on a questionable subway to the sea, why not reinstall a sensible and much less expensive trolley system that would connect Los Angeles in a meaningful way?

The environmental benefits and drawbacks of a proposed trolley line linking Glendale and Burbank to downtown Los Angeles will be discussed at three public hearings in July. A hearing is scheduled July 15 in Glendale at the Environmental Management Center, 780 Flower St. A hearing in Burbank is scheduled for July 23 at the Burbank Hilton Hotel, 2500 Hollywood Way. A third meeting, in Los Angeles, is scheduled for July 28 at the Loreto Elementary School, 3408 Arroyo Seco Ave.

Re “ Trolley gets a green light ,” Nov. 7 Trolleys were a great civic improvement in the early 1900s when they helped get tons of horse droppings off the streets. It is 2012 and the horses are long gone, but Anaheim is considering building a trolley line, which will make traffic worse and cost $318 million for 3.2 miles.That's about $100 million a mile. I guess it seems reasonable compared with California's high-speed rail project. Hasn't anyone noticed that California is broke and broken?

County transportation planners on Friday edged closer to endorsing Chandler Boulevard as the North Hollywood route for the proposed 14.3-mile San Fernando Valley trolley line. But in a long-awaited report, the staff of the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission held back from embracing the controversial but heavily favored Chandler route over Burbank Boulevard for the light-rail line.

The San Diego Unified Port District commissioners voted Tuesday to allocate $8 million to the Metropolitan Transit Development Board to help pay for placing trolley tracks underground in a proposed route through Harbor View and Little Italy.

Apparently breaking a monthlong stalemate that threatened the Los Angeles-to-Long Beach light-rail project, the City Council on Tuesday approved a compromise that allows construction of the $675-million electric railway through the heart of this city's business district while diverting noisy freight trains onto another track.

Using unusually strong terms, nine members of the Los Angeles City Council have urged regional transportation officials not to pursue a private company's proposal for a trolley line along the median of the Ventura Freeway in the San Fernando Valley. In a letter to Larry Zarian, chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the nine members said that if the MTA pursues the project, its future relationship with the city "would be drastically impaired."

Homeowner groups and business organizations continued Wednesday to choose sides in the dispute over commuter trolley service in the San Fernando Valley. Support for an east-west light-rail line through the south side of the Valley was offered by the Valley Industry and Commerce Assn., a 31-year-old Woodland Hills-based business group. But a north-south line in the east Valley was endorsed by Homeowners of Encino, a residential group. Sanford P.

More than 40 years after the last Pacific Electric Red Car clanged to a stop in Los Angeles, city leaders are weighing a proposal to resurrect the trolley system with a five-mile loop that would connect downtown landmarks from Chinatown to Staples Center.

Construction is set to begin this month on a $95-million development in Santa Monica where a local biotech company will manufacture antibodies to fight cancer. The project, which received city approval this week, allows a consolidation and expansion of operations for Agensys Inc. The Santa Monica firm researches and develops new cancer therapies, some of which are in clinical trials. Agensys will consolidate its office, research, laboratory and manufacturing space in the development at 1800 Stewart St. on land leased from the city.

Re "In L.A., Desire of Some Is Named Streetcar," Sept. 5 The main differences between the effective but confusing DASH bus system and a trolley are the legibility and fixity of the trolley line and the fun riding experience of being on a special vehicle rather than a utilitarian bus. Why not: Paint a continuous dotted line of circles, each about a foot in diameter, on the street with a big spot at each stop. Call it DOT -- Downtown Omnibus Transport. Use modern vehicles, with electric power and rubber tires.

More than 40 years after the last Pacific Electric Red Car clanged to a stop in Los Angeles, city leaders are weighing a proposal to resurrect the trolley system with a five-mile loop that would connect downtown landmarks from Chinatown to Staples Center.

Residents of Los Angeles' oldest suburb say they know how to steer their forgotten neighborhood back on track. They want to resurrect a trolley line that for 60 years carried passengers between Angelino Heights and downtown. Service on the Angelino-Crown Hill Line lurched to a halt in 1946 after Los Angeles Railway Corp. was sold to a consortium of automobile, truck and tire companies and oil firms that replaced its trademark Yellow Car electric-powered trolleys with buses.

The lights are going on again at the Pacific Electric Building in Los Angeles, the former home of Henry E. Huntington's storied trolley line that served Southern California for more than half a century with its signature red cars made of wood and steel. The massive brick building at 6th and Main streets has been mostly dark since 1989, when its former owner, Southern Pacific Transportation Co., moved out.

Can't stand the music in the car next to yours? Picture this: the teenage Buddy Collette and Charles Mingus jamming together while riding downtown from Watts during the '30s on L.A.'s bygone Red Car trolley line. Along with serving as a rhythm section for budding jazz legends, the Red Car's woody squeaks, bells and clacking steel embodied on-the-move Los Angeles for decades--and now there are signs of a Red Car revival.

The California Transportation Commission approved $48.5 million Thursday to help keep the downtown Los Angeles-to-Pasadena trolley line on schedule, Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials said. "This money allows us to finish work that has already begun," said MTA Board Chairman Larry Zarian. "The actual date for completion of the Pasadena Blue Line still has to be determined by the board, but this is an important step toward keeping the project on schedule and within budget."

After a 40-year absence, Red Cars are making a return to San Pedro. Scheduled to begin operation by September, a 1.5-mile trolley line will take passengers from the World Cruise Center to downtown San Pedro, Ports O' Call Village and Cabrillo Marina. The revival of the cars is an effort to stimulate tourism around the Port of Los Angeles. "There are 500,000 cruise passengers a year" at the World Cruise Center at the port, said Bob Henry, project manager for the Port of L.A.

A group of influential Latino elected officials Monday agreed to support the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's request for permission to spend federal funds on something other than a subway--perhaps a busway--to Los Angeles' Eastside.