May Day, May 1, marks the first day of the next round of monthly Service Council meetings, with the San Fernando Valley Council once again starting things off. A wide range of topics will be covered at the various meetings. Please note that some of the presentations are tentative at the time of this posting.

For more information about each Service Council, click on the name of the Council listed after the jump to view their web page. All Service Council meetings include a report from Metro Service Council Director Jon Hillmer providing previous month’s statistics on ridership, performance and other measures of Metro service.

Meeting topics for Service Council meetings in May include:

San Fernando Valley (6:30 pm, Wednesday, 5/1) Presentation on Valley Village Run Across the Valley; report on the San Fernando Valley Council of Governments’ Transportation Priorities Motion by Directors Antonovich, Yaroslavsky and Najarian; update on the Orange Line.

Westside/Central (5 pm, Wednesday, 5/8) – Presentation on Exposition Corridor Transit Neighborhood Plan; update on Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit.

Gateway Cities (2 pm, Thursday, 5/9) – Update on the Artesia Station Construction (repaving) Project; report on Director DuBois Motion for Fare Restructuring.

South Bay (9:30 am, Friday, 5/10) – Update on the ExpressLanes Program (carried over from previous month); Update on Redondo Beach Green Line Station Refurbishment; Discussion on upcoming Customer Survey; Recap of the quarterly Service Council Meet and Confer meeting.

San Gabriel Valley (5 pm, Monday, 5/13) – Report on Metro’s Bus Rapid Transit and Street Design Improvement Study, discussion on potential Line 485 regional meeting date and location; report on Director DuBois Motion for Fare Restructuring.

For a detailed listing of all Council meeting dates, times and locations, click here.

As always, the public is encouraged to attend and share their comments with the Service Councils on improving bus service throughout LA County. If you would like to provide input to a Council but cannot attend a meeting, you can submit your comments in writing through the Service Council web page or send them to servicecouncils@metro.net. If your comments are for a specific Council, please make sure to indicate which one you are addressing in your e-mail.