Some other actions from today’s Metro Board of Directors meeting:
•The Board approved some minor bus route modifications, extra Silver Line service on weekends in the future and a proposed operating plan after the Orange Line Extension opens this summer. Board report and Source post on Orange Line.
•The Board approved a motion by Supervisor and Board Vice-Chair Mike Antonovich for a Metro staff report on a number of improvements to Metrolink’s Antelope Valley Line. Board report and Source post on the Antelope Valley Line.
•The Board approved a motion by Supervisor and Board Vice-Chair Mike Antonovich calling for an annual performance review of Metro CEO Art Leahy, the first of which should be completed by June. Motion.
From the Antonovich resolution which was overlooked in the reporting:
10. An assessment of what would be necessary to provide seamless rail service
between Ventura and Indio (within 30 days).
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Those of us who want to see regular Metrolink/Amtrak passenger rail service between Palm Springs and Los Angeles are eagerly awaiting this report.