Metro Youth Council: how we plan to get around as adults
The Metro Youth Council was started last year and is made up of 27 young people from across Los Angeles County — i.e. Metro’s future riders and stakeholders. The Council [continue reading]
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Photo enforcement program along K Line begins issuing citations on Monday, Aug. 1
To reduce the number of traffic collisions and to save lives along the new K Line tracks, Metro and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department will begin issuing traffic citations on [continue reading]
Summer fun TAP cards are now available at Metro Customer Centers and select TAP vending machines
Summer fun commemorative cards are available at Metro Customer Centers and at select TAP vending machines listed below. Purchase your TAP card today and load fare to ride on Metro [continue reading]
Dedication and ribbon cutting held for K Line’s Martin Luther King Jr Station!
Metro on Saturday was joined by L.A. Mayor and Metro Board Member Eric Garcetti, Metro First Chair Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, Assemblymember Isaac Bryan and Crenshaw community leaders, supporters and residents to [continue reading]
Get a great job and career with Metro! Our next bus operator hiring event is this Saturday, July 23, in El Monte
Metro’s next Bus Operator Hiring Event is Saturday, June 25, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at our Division 9 bus facility, located at 3449 Santa Anita Avenue in El [continue reading]
Line 18 route returns to 6th Street
With the new 6th Street Bridge open in downtown Los Angeles, Metro’s Line 18 is returning to its regular route beginning with the start of service on the morning of Sunday, July 17. This means Line 18 will take 6th Street across the L.A. River instead of 7th Street. Here [continue reading]
Metro Youth Council insights: car culture in the U.S.
Allen Yamin, the council’s Communications Officer, recently wrote a research paper on the detriments of car culture in the United States and the benefits that public transportation offers. Here is the paper: In 2019, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety reported that “Over the course of the year, Americans collectively [continue reading]
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg joins many officials to dedicate K Line’s Expo/Crenshaw Station
In advance of the opening of the K Line later this year, Metro on Friday officially dedicated the Expo/Crenshaw station in the Crenshaw District.U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, [continue reading]
Metro holds annual State of Agency event; Glendale Councilmember Ara Najarian becomes new chair of agency’s Board of Directors
City of Glendale Councilmember Ara Najarian became the new Chair of the Metro Board of Directors at Metro’s annual State of the Agency event on Thursday morning. Najarian succeeds outgoing [continue reading]
Groundbreaking held for Rail to Rail path for walkers, cyclists and rollers in Inglewood and South Los Angeles
Metro today held a groundbreaking for the Rail to Rail project, a new 5.5-mile path for pedestrians, cyclists and rollers that will transform a blighted, unused rail corridor in Inglewood [continue reading]