The private group planning to build the aerial rapid transit project between Union Station and Dodger Stadium — known as Los Angeles Aerial Rapid Transit (LA ART) — recently sent [continue reading]
Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday released his proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The highlight, as you may have heard in the news: the state has a projected $31-billion budget surplus. The budget focuses on five key areas of investment: the pandemic, the climate crisis, homelessness, mitigating increases in [continue reading]
Improved real-time bus and rail information is now available on the Transit app, Metro’s official trip-planning app for smartphones. Here are the links to get Transit for iPhones and for Android phones. As part of the upgrades, canceled bus and rail trips are now displayed in the app. While Metro [continue reading]
Metro is beginning the environmental review phase for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor project, which will build a heavy rail line or monorail between the San Fernando Valley and the Westside. A second phase will eventually be built to LAX. Metro will also be holding two virtual meetings in the coming weeks. Each meeting [continue reading]
As has been our tradition on The Source, let’s take a look back at some of the more notable highlights from the past year Metro-wise. Before we go any further, [continue reading]
Metro is proud to be partnering with the SEED School of Los Angeles County to help train the next generation of infrastructure workers and to build a great school at the intersection of Vermont Avenue and Manchester Boulevard in South Los Angeles. Learn more about the school during virtual information [continue reading]
Key Metro Updates •Service changes are coming Sunday, Dec. 19. This is the third of three changes to implement our NextGen Bus Plan — the first big overhaul of the Metro Bus system in 25 years. The idea is to bulk up more frequent service on our most used routes [continue reading]
Don't miss our bus operator hiring event this Saturday, Dec. 11. Metro offers: ✔️ $3,000 sign-on bonus✔️ Medical, dental and vision plan ✔️ Paid trainings✔️ Retirement plan options✔️ …and more! [continue reading]
A pdf download of the agenda is here along with links to all Metro staff reports. The Metro Board of Directors held its final meeting of 2021 on Thursday. The agenda for the meeting and an archived livestream of the meeting are above. Please see this separate Source post for [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors last Thursday took several actions regarding our contracts with law enforcement agencies and on public safety on our transit system. There was considerable discussion in both public testimony and among Board Members. The discussion on the webstream posted above begins at the 2 hour, 23:30-minute [continue reading]
