Metro celebrates Women’s History Month
For too long, the transportation industry has been a man’s world. As we kick off Women’s History Month for 2023, the good news is that women are playing a greater [continue reading]
Metro ridership was up 12 percent in 2022 over prior year
Metro announced today a 12 percent increase in transit ridership compared to a year ago. There were 255 million boardings in 2022, surpassing the 227 million in 2021. “During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of Metro’s riders disappeared, and stayed away for most of the epidemic. As [continue reading]
Go Metro to Skyline LA at Exposition Park this weekend!
Go Metro to Skyline LA in Exposition Park! LA’s biggest House & Techno event features an incredible lineup with artists such as Peggy Gou, Michael Bibi, Diplo, Charlotte de Witte, [continue reading]
Photography exhibition at Universal City/Studio City Station celebrates architect Paul R. Williams
As we continue to recognize Black History Month, we’d like to guide riders to a Metro Art photo exhibition by artist Janna Ireland at the B (Red) Line’s Universal City/Studio [continue reading]
Upcoming enrollment events this month for our LIFE low income fare discounts
The LIFE program is holding events throughout Los Angeles County this month to help riders sign up for our low-income fare program. LIFE offers discounted transit passes or 20 free rides each month to low-income riders. Riders can use LIFE discounts to ride Metro and other participating transit agencies. Join [continue reading]
Ribbon cutting tomorrow on the new Redondo Beach Transit Center!
Redondo Beach will formally unveil its new Redondo Beach Transit Center (RBTC) tomorrow — Tuesday, February 7. The RBTC will replace the existing Transit Center located at the South Bay Galleria and will serve as a modern multimodal transportation facility. This will be exciting for transit riders, as the RBTC [continue reading]
Make keeping track of your TAP card easy — get a TAP wearable!
TAP wearables — key fobs and wristbands — are on sale at Metro Customer Centers and at the Foothill Transit and Torrance Transit stores. The wearables make it easy to [continue reading]
Metro celebrates Black History Month
Black History Month — the annual celebration of the voluminous, and historically overlooked, achievements of Black Americans — begins today. Throughout February, we’ll use The Source and our social media [continue reading]
Why we’re offering free rides on Transit Equity Day on Saturday, Feb. 4
We’re offering free rides on our bus, rail and bike system on Saturday, February 4, to honor Transit Equity Day and the birthday of civil rights icon Rosa Parks, who [continue reading]
Lunar New Year TAP cards are now available at Metro Customer Centers and select rail stations
Celebrate Lunar New Year with a new TAP card commemorating the Year of the Rabbit! Cards are now available at Metro Customer Centers and at Metro rail stations below. Use [continue reading]