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.
Categories: Transportation News
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.