In January 2017, Metro received an Unsolicited Proposal from Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC) Community Development Corporation for a joint development at the Vermont/Santa Monica Station. After completing a review [continue reading]
pdf for download here A new study titled “Understanding How Women Travel” was released by Metro this month. The report is the first of its kind by a transit agency in the United States and is a broad effort that doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to pointing to [continue reading]
Dept. of Self-Betterment: Lots of news below as I’m in catch-up mode. But first, let’s talk about Friday the 13th, specifically the afternoon commute that included major Gold Line delays (overhead wires issue, part II) and two break-downs on the Expo Line. It was a rough day/week on our end, [continue reading]
An update is going to the Metro Board of Directors on the West Santa Ana light rail project. As part of the project’s environmental studies, staff is studying two Initial [continue reading]
The South Bay Service Council has been meeting on the second Friday of each month at 9:30 a.m. at Inglewood City Hall for the last several years and is considering moving to a different location. After witnessing high public attendance at the NextGen Bus Study workshops, they hope that moving [continue reading]
pdf here UPDATE: the Board in September approved the contracts described below. The earlier post: As part of Metro’s efforts to reduce traffic and improve mobility, the agency’s Board of Directors this month will consider awarding two contracts to conduct the agency’s Congestion Pricing Feasibility Study. Here are the staff [continue reading]
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]
