The Metro Board held its May meeting last Thursday. There was no shortage of interestingness on the agenda (also embedded above) with the meeting stretching to more than six-and-a-half hours, including two-plus hours of public testimony. Here’s the webstream: Among the items tackled: •The Board voted to continue further developing [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors today approved going forward with development a fareless pilot program to benefit students and low-income riders and to determine whether fareless transit could be expanded to more riders. In approving a motion with a friendly amendment by a 12 to 0 vote (the approved motion [continue reading]
pdf download here The Metro Board meets virtually at 11 a.m. this Thursday for their regular monthly meeting — please note the start time, which is an hour later than usual. The live webstream will appear here shortly before the meeting begins and the agenda is posted above. This is [continue reading]
Metro today held a ceremonial groundbreaking with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, UCLA and key local and federal officials to mark the start of major [continue reading]
Metro is nearing the end of a year-long effort to revamp its Joint Development Policy. For those new to this program, Metro collaborates with developers to build transit-oriented developments on Metro-owned properties — often parcels left over from construction projects. We now have a new Frequently Asked Questions about the [continue reading]
Metro’s new Adopt-a-Bike program launched today with a media event at Union Station — watch the video here. Working with community groups, Metro will give residents of L.A. County who are most in need the chance to adopt a previously owned bicycle. The goal is to improve peoples’ mobility options [continue reading]
pdf download here Metro’s Better Bus Program returns to the Metro Board of Directors this month seeking $2.1 billion in funding over the next five years. The goal of Better Bus is to make meaningful investments in the bus system, as follows: •Faster bus trips via new bus lanes, traffic [continue reading]
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced Wednesday that that U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will be restoring and expanding the Local Hire program launched during the Obama Administration. This is good news as local hiring has been a major priority of the Metro Board of Directors — the Board wants [continue reading]
Metro’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Overall Goal for the three-year period from Federal Fiscal Years 2022 – 2024 is 28 percent for Federal Transit Administration (FTA) – assisted contracts. Metro plans to achieve its overall DBE goal by using race and gender neutral measures and race and gender conscious measures. The [continue reading]
Metro staff today released a much-anticipated proposal to test eliminating fares on Metro buses and trains for kindergarten through 12th grade students, community college students and low-income residents of Los Angeles County. Under the proposal, Metro buses and trains would be fareless for students beginning in August. Fareless transit would [continue reading]
