TAP App now available on both iPhone and Android phones
Riders on Metro and 25 other transit systems in Los Angeles County can now add TAP cards to their Android smartphones, in addition to their iPhones, beginning today. The TAP [continue reading]
Metro releases paper on updating affordable housing policy in response to area’s housing crisis
Metro’s Joint Development team is in the process of updating the agency’s affordable housing policy. The program allows Metro to collaborate with qualified developers to build transit-oriented developments on Metro-owned properties — usually parcels left over from construction of transit projects. As part of the policy update, the J.D. team has released [continue reading]
Hey L.A. County employers, property managers and nonprofits, want to participate in a pilot to ease traffic?
What if we all worked together to give people more options to driving? Metro is developing a $1.3-million Travel Rewards Research Pilot Project to identify and test the most effective incentives to persuade travelers to skip driving alone and instead choose transit, carpooling, walking, bicycling or telecommuting with an Accelerating [continue reading]
Metro statement on inauthentic face masks the agency had purchased
In October, Metro published a blog post explaining that Metro had become aware that some N95 masks in the agency’s possession were of questionable quality. Metro subsequently pulled those masks from its inventory and stopped issuing them to employees. As we said at the time, Metro would investigate the origin [continue reading]
With riders depending on Metro for essential trips, agency is developing plans to vaccinate staff
With a devastating surge in COVID-19 cases ongoing in Los Angeles County, Metro continues to run bus and rail service for essential trips. As we reported earlier this week, we are experiencing some staff shortages and missed trips due to employees missing work because they’re ill, caring for family members [continue reading]
Metro experiencing staff shortages and canceled trips due to regional surge in COVID-19 cases
The number of new COVID-19 cases has exploded in Southern California over the past two months — and Metro, unfortunately, is feeling the impact on our bus and rail service due to staffing shortages. As a result, some bus and rail trips will likely be canceled each day over the [continue reading]
2020 in review: a year like no other for Metro
In one sense, 2020 was the toughest of years for mass transit across the United States. Lives were lost. At LA Metro and across the nation, ridership plummeted due to safer-at-home orders. Service was reduced and — depending on location — restored to varying degrees. Agencies’ finances were upended. I [continue reading]
Metro answers rider questions and concerns about recent NextGen bus service changes, COVID-19 and crowding
As many of our riders know, on Sunday, Dec. 13, Metro began implementing its NextGen Plan to provide more frequent bus service on many routes. We also adjusted some routes [continue reading]
On #SavePublicTransit Day, agencies and stakeholders push for more help in Congress’ pandemic stimulus bills
Our country’s economy can’t recover without #publictransit. Systems across the country need $32 billion in federal funding to help essential workers reach the frontlines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Join #Voices4Transit to urge Congress to #SavePublicTransit pic.twitter.com/bvYpBoBGew — PublicTransportation (@APTA_Transit) December 15, 2020 Without at least $32 billion in emergency [continue reading]
Metro Recovery Task Force releases draft final report and recommendations to improve county’s quality of life post-pandemic
In April 2020, Metro created a Recovery Task Force to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and to recommend actions the agency can take in the wake of the nation’s public health crisis in over a century. The Recovery Task Force has now delivered a draft of its final report — [continue reading]