Here’s the news release from Metro and the Los Angeles Community College District: LOS ANGELES (December 7, 2021) — The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD), and Metro have launched [continue reading]
A pdf download of the agenda is here along with links to all Metro staff reports. The Metro Board of Directors held its final meeting of 2021 on Thursday. The agenda for the meeting and an archived livestream of the meeting are above. Please see this separate Source post for [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors last Thursday took several actions regarding our contracts with law enforcement agencies and on public safety on our transit system. There was considerable discussion in both public testimony and among Board Members. The discussion on the webstream posted above begins at the 2 hour, 23:30-minute [continue reading]
Metro will hold the first listening sessions for the newly formed I-710 South Corridor Task Force (710 Task Force) on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm and Thursday, December 9, 2021, from 10:00 am to 11:30 am. These sessions are designed to present information on the [continue reading]
Metro on Wednesday celebrated the groundbreaking for the I-5 North County Enhancements Project, which will improve the operations and safety of the I-5 freeway for motorists in the Santa Clarita [continue reading]
There has been a lot happening fare-wise at Metro. As we head into December this is a good chance to bring everyone up to speed. Fare collection resumes on the Metro bus system on January 10. Your fares help keep our system running, the reason we’re restarting front-door only boarding [continue reading]
A pdf download of the agenda here along with links to Metro staff reports. This is the final Metro Board of Directors meeting of 2021, and will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 2. As has been the case since the pandemic began last year, the meeting will be held [continue reading]
Metro is beginning the environmental review phase for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor project, which will build a heavy rail line or monorail between the San Fernando Valley and the Westside. A second phase will eventually be built to LAX. As part of the environmental review, a formal public comment period will [continue reading]
LA Metro’s number one priority is the safety of our riders and our employees, and we will make sure that any changes to our public safety systems are consistent with Metro’s values. Staff has recommended that our Board approve funding the remaining six months of our law enforcement contracts with the [continue reading]
These investments are a huge deal for the American people. Take it from a guy who likes trains almost as much as I do: pic.twitter.com/37L2gnShpT — President Biden (@POTUS) November 6, 2021 The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal has passed! We're so excited to get to work building you the transportation infrastructure [continue reading]
