Long Beach Transit (LBT), Metro and Long Beach City College (LBCC) announced a new partnership last week that will offer free rides for all LBCC students across several transportation systems. Beginning with the Spring 2022 semester, all LBCC students – whether full-time, part-time, in-person, online, credit/non-credit or dual-enrollment – will [continue reading]
Metro and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) invite community members, stakeholders, and residents to participate in a virtual I-710 South Corridor’s Task Force meeting on Monday, March 14, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This meeting will be an opportunity for the public to comment and provide feedback. Please [continue reading]
The South Bay Council of Governments (COG) is actively seeking nominations to Metro’s South Bay Cities Service Councils. How it works: The COG makes nominations for the Service Council, and the Metro Board of Directors approves them — after which new members are sworn in and can begin their terms. [continue reading]
At 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, Metro’s Service Councils will host a Budget Forum in which Metro’s budget team will explain our annual budget process and share the revenue assumptions that Metro will use to put together the budget for Fiscal Year 2023 (which runs from July 1, 2022, [continue reading]
The webstream for the Metro Board meeting of Thursday, Feb. 24, is posted above. The agenda is here with links to all Metro staff reports and presentations. An indexed version of the webstream is here — making it easier to skip to the items you want to hear. Among the [continue reading]
All Service Council meetings will continue will be held virtually throughout March. Take a look at the agenda items and call in to the meetings covering the topics you’re interested in. We would love to hear your questions! March meetings kick off this month with San Fernando Valley on Wednesday, [continue reading]
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has approved Metro’s request for entry into the Project Development Phase of the Capital Investment Grants Program for the West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor Project. “I am pleased and thankful to the Biden Administration for advancing Metro’s West Santa Ana Branch project in the [continue reading]
Metro is proud to be partnering with the SEED School of Los Angeles County to help train the next generation of infrastructure workers and to build a great school at the intersection of Vermont Avenue and Manchester Boulevard in South Los Angeles. Learn more about the school at this fun event on [continue reading]
Heads up: a hiring event is this Saturday at L.A. Trade Technical College — and we’re offering a $3,000 bonus for new operators. Metro offers competitive hourly rates starting at $19.12 with benefits that include health insurance, tuition reimbursements, paid training, retirement plan options and flexible working hours. The event [continue reading]
pdf download and links to staff reports here The Metro Board of Directors has its regular monthly meeting at 10 a.m. tomorrow — Thursday, Feb. 24. As has been the case since March 2020, the meeting will be virtual due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. You can watch or listen [continue reading]
