On July 26, 1990, President George H. W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act. The passing of the ADA marked a historical day for the ADA community, ensuring that [continue reading]
Unsolicited Proposals continue to play a role in shaping Metro amidst change and disruption. Since 2016, the Unsolicited Proposal Policy has generated dozens of ideas that reduce costs or generate revenue, streamline internal processes, and enhance the customer experience. The policy has established rewarding partnerships and expanded Metro’s adaptive capacity [continue reading]
By Joshua Schank Metro Chief Innovation Officer Here’s the thing about a crisis: none of them are the same. We desperately seek historical parallels as we are doing now with past pandemics, previous economic downturns, and major social movements. But each crisis faces a unique set of circumstances, making it [continue reading]
In March, Los Angeles traffic as we know it vanished overnight after safer-at-home orders were issued. With the coronavirus beginning to claim lives, many of us would have welcomed the traffic back, and other signs of normalcy, in a heartbeat. Then, beginning in late May, city and county officials imposed [continue reading]
The following is a news release issued Wednesday by the California Transit Association, which represents transit agencies across the state, including Metro: California Transit Association issues formal request for relief funding to state and federal leadership, launches “California Without Transit” statewide ad campaign SACRAMENTO – California’s local public transit agencies, suffering [continue reading]
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]
