The Metro Board of Directors today approved going forward with development a fareless pilot program to benefit students and low-income riders and to determine whether fareless transit could be expanded to more riders. In approving a motion with a friendly amendment by a 12 to 0 vote (the approved motion [continue reading]
pdf download here The Metro Board meets virtually at 11 a.m. this Thursday for their regular monthly meeting — please note the start time, which is an hour later than usual. The live webstream will appear here shortly before the meeting begins and the agenda is posted above. This is [continue reading]
pdf download here Metro’s Better Bus Program returns to the Metro Board of Directors this month seeking $2.1 billion in funding over the next five years. The goal of Better Bus is to make meaningful investments in the bus system, as follows: •Faster bus trips via new bus lanes, traffic [continue reading]
Section 2 of the Purple (D Line) Extension reached a significant milestone this week when Metro’s design-build contractor (TPOG) reopened the busy intersection of Constellation Boulevard and Century Park East in Century City. The intersection had been closed for the past two years while the Century City Station was being [continue reading]
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced Wednesday that that U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will be restoring and expanding the Local Hire program launched during the Obama Administration. This is good news as local hiring has been a major priority of the Metro Board of Directors — the Board wants [continue reading]
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]
