Go Metro to ice skating and Winter on Ice at Leimert Park Plaza!
Go Metro to the holiday ice skating rink in Leimert Park Plaza from Friday, Dec. 16, through Friday, Dec. 23. Skating will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 10 [continue reading]
Go Metro to the holiday ice skating rink in Leimert Park Plaza from Friday, Dec. 16, through Friday, Dec. 23. Skating will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 10 [continue reading]
On Saturday, December 3, Metro’s First Youth Council ended their one-year term with a celebration at Union Station’s Ticket Concourse. The Youth Council is made up of 27 students representing the nine sub-regions of L.A. County, The day highlighted their participation in various programs and initiatives in which they provided [continue reading]
Newly elected Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath has become the newest member of the Metro Board of Directors, representing the county’s Third District. She replaces former Metro Board member Sheila Kuehl, who served on the Board since 2014. Supervisor Horvath was elected to the Board of Supervisors on [continue reading]
Metro has released a Solicitation for Proposals for up to $7.9 million in funds through the state of California’s Access for All Program to expand access to on-demand, wheelchair-accessible vehicle services in L.A. County. The Access for All grant program was created to increase availability of on-demand wheelchair-accessible vehicles and [continue reading]
UPDATE, 3:30 p.m.: Power has been restored and normal rail service has resumed between Pico/Aliso Station and Atlantic. The usual bus shuttle — due to Regional Connector construction — between Union Station and Pico/Aliso is also running. Thanks for your patience. *** About 9:20 a.m. we lost power on a [continue reading]
The Metro Board last week approved the $180-million implementation plan for the North San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor to improve the speed, reliability and passenger experience for bus services on [continue reading]
Metro last week approved a new fare policy that simplifies and streamlines Metro fares and caps fares so that no customer overpays for riding Metro buses and trains. The new fare policy was developed to provide a better customer experience by making the transit system easy to use, affordable and [continue reading]
Metro this week submitted a funding application package for three key light rail projects to compete for $1.9 billion in supplemental funding from the State of California. The funding would come from the state’s Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, also known as TIRCP. The State is expected to announce [continue reading]
Metro released its first assessment of the NextGen Bus Plan, which shows that the service has delivered a more accessible and competitive service compared with pre-NextGen bus service. The NextGen Bus Plan was the first restructuring of Metro’s bus network in a generation and the plan called for a network [continue reading]
The Metro Board approved the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) for the Eastside Transit Corridor Phase 2 Project, which will extend the Metro L (Gold) Line in phases from East [continue reading]