Reminder: face masks are still required on public transportation. Wear a mask on Metro. pic.twitter.com/3GX5G9z5Qb — LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) May 14, 2021 For those wondering, masks are still required on public forms of transportation 😷pic.twitter.com/Ad9M9CIaQy — TransportationGov (@USDOT) May 17, 2021 Let’s start with the obvious thing in the [continue reading]
Metro staff today released a much-anticipated proposal to test eliminating fares on Metro buses and trains for kindergarten through 12th grade students, community college students and low-income residents of Los Angeles County. Under the proposal, Metro buses and trains would be fareless for students beginning in August. Fareless transit would [continue reading]
Every May we celebrate bicycling as a sustainable and healthy transportation mode with Bike Anywhere Day on Friday, May 21, and Bike Week from May 17 to 23. With bike sales off the charts over the last year, this is a great time to learn to ride more safely and [continue reading]
Duke University in North Carolina recently released results from a survey on remote working that includes answers gleamed from L.A. County respondents and Metro employees. The gistiness of it: all in all, telecommuting worked out well (or well enough) for most people during the pandemic and many would like it [continue reading]
Below is the official meeting recap, which will also soon be posted to metro.net: And here’s the agenda to the meeting (pdf and links to reports are here): And below is the webstream of the meeting, which this month was a brisk two hours and 47 minutes in length. That’s [continue reading]
Good afternoon, folks. A few updates on where things stand service- and COVID-wise… •Metro added trips to 30 bus routes earlier this month and we’re planning to add back more bus service in June — and then return to pre-pandemic bus service in September. More info here. •Ridership climbed in [continue reading]
Dallas Area Rapid Transit, known as DART, on Tuesday announced the hiring of LA Metro Chief of Staff Nadine Lee as their agency’s next President and Chief Executive Officer. Here [continue reading]
pdf of agenda here The Metro Board of Directors meets at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 22, for its regular monthly meeting. As has been the case since Spring of last year, the meeting will be held virtually due to the ongoing pandemic. In addition to the agenda above, this page [continue reading]
A fareless transit pilot program for K-12 students in Los Angeles County could begin as soon as this August, Metro staff told the Metro Board of Director’s Executive Management Committee on Thursday. The proposal to begin the fareless pilot for students one year earlier than originally proposed is predicated on [continue reading]
Metro staff this month is releasing five alternatives to be studied as part of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor project’s environmental review process. The five are: •A monorail alternative along the 405. •A monorail alternative that would use an underground segment to connect to UCLA, which is about one to two [continue reading]
