Kobe: Metro News Now, Jan. 27
LA Metro offers its deepest condolences to family and friends of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and those who perished today. So many rode Metro to go see Kobe perform [continue reading]
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Steve Hymon
Board meeting recap; draft bus plan released for public review and motion OKd to study free transit for students
The January meeting of the Metro Board of Directors is in the books. The agenda is here. Among some of the notable items tackled: •The Board approved releasing the draft NextGen Bus Plan for public review. Please see this Source post for more info about the draft plan. Metro will [continue reading]
Preview of January Metro Board of Directors meeting
The Metro Board of Directors meets Thursday at 10 a.m. for its regular January meeting. A live webstream will he here once the meeting begins. The agenda is above or can be downloaded here. Some of the more interesting items the Board will tackle: •Formally releasing the draft NextGen Bus [continue reading]
NextGen, climate change, free transit: Metro News Now, Jan. 22
Dept. of Baseball El Toro stopped by @metrolosangeles to meet with bus drivers and thank them for their commitment to getting fans around Los Angeles. #DodgersLoveLA pic.twitter.com/w2OMXjsD3k — Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) January 21, 2020 Our Dodger Stadium Express signs will be going up soon! Report any suspicious sign [continue reading]
Metro urges riders to report suspected human trafficking on transit
As part of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention month, Metro is reminding the public how to help potential victims. Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labor, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. To put it more bluntly, human trafficking [continue reading]
Frequent service plan released for NextGen Bus Plan
In a big step forward for Metro’s efforts to restructure its vast bus system, the agency today released a draft service plan that would greatly improve the frequency of buses [continue reading]
Metro is working to stop theft of copper wiring from rail lines
One of the occasional — but serious — problems that causes delays on the Metro Rail system is the theft of copper wiring from signal and traction power equipment adjacent [continue reading]
Purple Line Extension Project: Goals for 2020
Above is a section of the Purple Line Extension tunnel between La Brea and Western. The video is taken from the loci train that is used to haul workers [continue reading]
Tournament of Roses, toll lanes, California’s population flat lines: Metro News Now, Jan. 3
Happy New Year’s, folks. Some desk clearing… •If you missed it and have some time to kill, I managed (with hours to spare) to post our 2010s-in-review here. •For those of you who rode Metro to the Tournament of Roses, how did it go? Looked to me like all the [continue reading]
A look back at the 2010s from a Metro and mobility point of view
The end of the 2010s is upon us. Although I’m not one who thinks history fits neatly in 10-year boxes, this is a good chance to mull what has happened [continue reading]