Metro Customer Centers are now accepting applications for the Low-Income Fare Is Easy (LIFE) program at all five locations, making the discount program more accessible throughout L.A. County. The LIFE program offers fare assistance to qualifying low-income riders. Customer Center locations and temporary hours are as follows: Union Station/Gateway Transit Customer Center – [continue reading]
Metro and the city of Los Angeles are partnering to improve speed, frequency and reliability for the over 120,000 passengers who ride buses that serve the Grand Avenue and Olive [continue reading]
Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins on Thursday joined Metro Board Director Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker in welcoming about 65 women to the agency’s virtual Apprenticeship Readiness program to discuss lucrative trade jobs in construction and transportation industries as part of the agency’s Women Build Metro Los Angeles (WBMLA) program. To view a recording [continue reading]
Metro is hosting a “Women Build Metro Los Angeles” virtual event on Thursday, August 19, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. The virtual Zoom meeting is part of Metro’s Job Apprenticeship Readiness Program and it’s a good chance to learn about opportunities for women in construction. This is a good chance [continue reading]
pdf for download here The Metro Board of Directors meets virtually at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 22. You can watch live here — the webstream will also be saved and available for those who wish to watch/listen at a later date. The agenda for the meeting is above with [continue reading]
Metro finalized its 2021-2024 Coordinated Public Transit – Human Services Transportation Plan (plan) for L.A. County. The plan addresses regional transportation needs of target populations including seniors, persons with disabilities, low-income individuals and veterans. Read and download the plan here — it is also embedded above. The plan was approved [continue reading]
Metro, the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) and StreetsLA have partnered to improve bus speeds, frequency, and reliability during peak travel times along Alvarado [continue reading]
pdf here The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday adopted an updated Joint Development Policy to enable the agency to build more affordable housing near transit for residents who need it most, as soon as possible. Here is the Metro staff report and the updated policy is above. In updating [continue reading]
As Los Angeles County reopens, it’s a good time to talk about a topic we’ve been able to avoid for the past year: traffic. Traffic is a complicated subject and there’s no one easy solution. Metro is working on a variety of projects that span all aspects of our transportation [continue reading]
pdf here The Metro Board of Directors meets virtually at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 24. You can watch live here — the webstream will also be saved and available for those who wish to watch/listen at a later date. The agenda for the meeting is above with links to [continue reading]
