pdf here Metro’s Office of Extraordinary Innovation recently published Metro’s 2019 Innovation Portfolio – Transforming Ideas into Improvements. The report highlights 17 innovative projects developed through the Unsolicited Proposal process [continue reading]
In the first phase of Our Next LA, we have identified five broad categories that people would like to see for future transportation in Los Angeles County. Let us know [continue reading]
Metro has received a new allocation of $100 million from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the third and final section of the Metro Purple Line Extension Project to Westwood/VA [continue reading]
pdf here The Metro Board of Directors held their meeting for June last week. Here’s a recording of the live-stream. Among actions taken: •The Board certified the Final Environmental Impact for the Link Union Station project, which aims to build new run-through tracks that will allow Metrolink and Amtrak trains [continue reading]
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE MEETING Crenshaw Crossing is a transit-oriented development that Metro and Los Angeles County are pursuing. The plan is to build housing, retail and community [continue reading]
pdf here The Metro Board of Directors will hold their regular monthly meeting at 9:30 a.m. this Thursday at Metro headquarters that is adjacent to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. The meeting, as usual, is open to the public and will be live-streamed. A link will appear here shortly [continue reading]
Over the last half year, several high-ranking Metro employees have left the agency for prominent jobs at other agencies. Most recently, Metro Chief of Security Alex Wiggins resigned to accept the position of CEO of the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, and Chief Civil Rights Program Officer Dan Levy announced [continue reading]
Some more fossil-related news from the team building the Purple Line Extension: A piece of a horn that is believed to be from an extinct species known as a long-horned [continue reading]
The current fiscal year is coming to a close on June 30 and the Councils are preparing for FY2020. At their June meetings, all Councils will elect a chair and vice chair and adopt their work plans for the new fiscal year. Metro’s low-income fare program, LIFE, will present updates [continue reading]
Rail service on the southern section of the Blue Line resumes on Saturday after four months of work to modernize the line. One big change riders will see at the [continue reading]
