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 and Caltrans hosted the first in-person and virtual Special Combined Meeting of the Long Beach-East Los Angeles Corridor Task Force (formerly known as the I-710 South Corridor Task Force) and Community Leadership Committee (CLC) on Monday, November 21, in South Gate as part of the Corridor Mobility Investment Plan [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 of Directors and the L.A. City Council in July 2019 authorized the Bus Speed Engineering Working Group, a collaborative effort between Metro and LADOT to speed up transit service as part of Metro’s NextGen Bus Plan. Metro and LADOT’s work have resulted in three projects ready to [continue reading]
Metro and local officials today celebrated the groundbreaking for advanced utility work on the first segment of the estimated $1.6 to $2 billion East San Fernando Valley light rail project, [continue reading]
Take advantage of our transit discounts! Join us at Union station on Thursday, December 8, for a LIFE Program Discounted Fares Event. The event will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the East Portal of Union Station. This event will provide on-site enrollments by LIFE Program staff [continue reading]
There are many opportunities to shape how Metro defines funding priorities. We invite you to visit My Metro Budget to learn and participate in the budget development process for the upcoming fiscal year that will run from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024. You will be asked to make [continue reading]
We’ve finalized our proposal to make paying fares easier and to ensure that no one overpays for riding Metro buses and trains. Based on customer feedback, the staff recommendation is to keep base fares at their current prices and continue free one-way transfers between Metro buses and trains for two [continue reading]
Did you know that using a TAP card is the safest, most flexible way to pay for your transit fare? If you normally pay with cash when you ride Metro, [continue reading]
