Here is the news release from the office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti: LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti today began his term as Chair of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Board of Directors, his third term in this post. He succeeds outgoing Chair and Inglewood Mayor [continue reading]
pdf for download here Official recap is posted below. The Metro Board of Directors held its June meeting last Thursday. Audio of the meeting can be heard by clicking here. Among the items the Board took action on: •The Board accepted a Metro staff report to be received-and-filed on Metro’s [continue reading]
LA Metro, quite understandably, has been fielding questions recently about our agency’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. People want to know what we’re doing to improve racial justice and fix longstanding inequities in the communities that we serve — and within our agency. The good news is that LA Metro, [continue reading]
pdf for download here The Metro Board of Directors meets for its regular monthly meeting on Thursday (June 25) at 10 a.m. Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, the meeting will once again be held online only. Audio of the meeting can be heard by clicking here at 10 a.m. [continue reading]
Metro CEO Phillip A. Washington joined Inglewood Mayor and Metro Board Chair James T. Butts and incoming Metro Board Chair and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Wednesday in delivering the annual State of the Agency report to community leaders and stakeholders. Video of the event is above. Mayor Butts [continue reading]
Metro and our Mobility on Demand partner Via have joined forces with Best Start, an initiative funded by First 5 LA, and their countywide network of nonprofits to deliver food and diapers to vulnerable families during the COVID-19 crisis. First 5 LA aims to strengthen families, communities and social systems [continue reading]
Over the last few weeks Metro, like many public agencies, has been reflecting on the role we play in creating an equitable and just Los Angeles area. We can rightfully point to projects and programs that we believe will make our region better. The very core of our agency’s mission [continue reading]
pdf for download here The above progress report is the first from Metro’s Recovery Task Force, formed this spring to develop a plan on how Metro can best serve the public moving forward from the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. The report includes a dozen early action recommendations. Before we go further: [continue reading]
It was a rough weekend for our region, LA Metro and our riders. After the city of L.A. expanded its curfew citywide on Saturday night, Metro took the highly unusual step of suspending service systemwide at 8 p.m. to protect the safety of riders and employees. We’d like to explain [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday authorized the release of the updated draft 2020 Long Range Transportation Plan, a $400-billion, 30-year transportation blueprint for our region. There will now be a 45-day public review period to gather additional comments from the public on the plan through July 13, 2020. [continue reading]
