Metro is having a good week on the funding front. The state of California has recommended $1.792 billion — yes, billion — in grants from SB 1, the landmark state transportation funding package that became law in 2017. The funds come from these SB 1 programs: the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital [continue reading]
Metro is in the midst of its NextGen Bus Study that seeks to restructure and reimagine the agency’s bus service. Please take the survey. For those new to the NextGen [continue reading]
The private sector can excel at creating products and services that meet and exceed customer demand. Metro aims to achieve those kind of results with its upcoming Microtransit service. The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday approved contracts totaling $885,247 to three vendors — RideCo, NoMad Transit and Transdev — [continue reading]
UPDATE, June: the project has advanced to a Phase 2 analysis, Metro announced. That means the agency will ask for more details. *** Metro received an unsolicited proposal from Aerial Rapid Transit Technologies LLC (ARTT) on Wednesday that calls for building an aerial tram that would carry passengers between the [continue reading]
Dept. of Free Rides on Earth Day Celebrate Earth Day by taking going Metro to hike the San Gabriel Mountains, enjoy a free concert at Union Station and more. //t.co/u2QGaUNWYp [continue reading]
Art of Transpo Elon Musk Boring Company Test Tunnel Could Get Fast-Tracked, Blocking Metro’s Sepulveda Rail Project (Streetsblog LA) We wrote about this yesterday. The Boring Company, owned by Elon [continue reading]
We’ve been writing recently about the $2.4 billion that Metro is applying for from various state programs. Next up: the Senate Bill 1 Solutions for Congested Corridors Program (SCCP). L.A. County [continue reading]
As part of Metro’s efforts to use local funds to attract other money to build projects, the agency is applying for $1.4 billion from the state’s Transit and Intercity Rail [continue reading]
As waves of homeless descend onto trains, L.A. tries a new strategy: social workers on the subway (LAT) As waves of homeless descend onto trains, L.A. tries a new strategy: [continue reading]
(pdf here) Metro staff on Friday released a draft of the Metro Vision 2028 Plan as part of a report to the agency’s Board of Directors. This is Metro’s big [continue reading]
