LA Times:
Express Adds Little Luster to Gold Line -

Seems like the Gold Line can't get riders. So they made an express train that stops, mainly, at the stops in the wealthiest neighborhoods. It stops in Sierra Madre (at the freeway), then passes by Northwest Pasadena which is a working class community, and stops at Del Mar near Old Pasadena. Not many people lives there; it's warehouses. Then it stops at Mission, which is in the hills in South Pas. Then it stops at Highland Park, which is working class, but also is the Mt. Washington stop. Then it passes Cypress Park, Lincoln Hieghts, and Chinatown, to stop at Union Station.

No wonder they can't get riders. They're flying past all the communities where people ride the bus.