Metro CEO Phillip A. Washington and Metro’s Career Pathways Program — including the planned SEED School of Los Angeles County — were awarded the top prize Monday night in the Pioneer Institute’s Better Government Competition. The Pioneer Institute is a Boston-based, independent research organization that seeks to improve quality of [continue reading]
This is the story of how it took three years to do something very simple in government — and lessons learned. When Metro launched the Unsolicited Proposal Policy in February 2016, the newly founded Office of Extraordinary Innovation was keen on executing pilot projects to enhance the customer experience. Around [continue reading]
Over the past few weeks, L.A. Metro has taken major steps to deploy an innovative partnership model to design and deliver the Sepulveda Transit Corridor. This corridor is one of [continue reading]
A new study titled “Understanding How Women Travel” will be released later this month. The first of its kind by a transit agency in the United States, the report is a broad effort to identify and understand mobility barriers and challenges faced by women when using the Metro system. Metro [continue reading]
DASH to class! L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced earlier this year that LADOT will be offering free DASH bus rides for all Los Angeles Unified School District and Los Angeles Community College [continue reading]
Metro and the city of Los Angeles launched new “Smart” Metro Bikes on Thursday in the North Hollywood area, the Valley’s premiere arts district and its busiest transit hub. Sixteen new [continue reading]
The Metro Board doesn’t hold a meeting in August every year, so all of the Service Councils were asked if they wanted to dark for August as well. This month, only the San Fernando Valley and South Bay Service Councils will host meetings. Gateway Cities, San Gabriel and Westside opted [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors held their July meeting last Thursday. Here’s a recap and here’s the agenda and here’s the video. Among the actions taken by the Board: •As part of the NextGen Bus Study to restructure the Metro bus system, the Board adopted “Regional Service Concepts.” The concepts [continue reading]
In the wilds of Los Angeles County transportation, Metro and transportation network companies (TNCs) such as Lyft and Uber have a complex relationship. The data (here, here and here) suggests [continue reading]
The 2019 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) outlines how Metro is both fighting climate change and preparing for a changing climate. The CAAP sets goals and identifies ways the [continue reading]
