NextGen Bus Study introduces online engagement tool
It has been 25 years since significant changes were made to the Metro Bus system. In response to changing travel patterns and public demand, Metro is in the midst of [continue reading]
Metro now offers online multi-language customer comment forms
Metro’s Office of Civil Rights, Customer Care and ITS departments are working to enhance the customer experience via new multilingual comment forms to assist those with limited English proficiency. Those [continue reading]
TSA and L.A. Metro partner to provide advanced passenger screening system
Another view, from L.A. Times transportation reporter Laura Nelson: Here’s the new body scan technology that @metrolosangeles has purchased, designed to detect suicide vests and other wearable explosives. The black [continue reading]
Preview of August Service Council meetings
Summer is in full effect and so are the triple digit temperatures. Beat the heat by learning all about Metro’s regional projects and programs at one of the Service Council meetings held in an air-conditioned facility near you. The San Fernando Valley is back this month after going dark for [continue reading]
Stations selected for Mobility on Demand pilot program
Ride sourcing services such as Uber and Lyft have expanded mobility options for those who have access to them. But not everyone can afford Uber or Lyft or has the [continue reading]
Metro Vision 2028
In the coming decades, the Los Angeles County region will be undertaking one of the largest transportation infrastructure investments in the Western Hemisphere. As Metro works with public and private [continue reading]
Improving Metro’s Unsolicited Proposal Policy
It’s been just over two years since Metro debuted its Unsolicited Proposal Policy. In that time, the policy has exceeded expectations, in the number of proposals generated (113 to date; 16 for megaprojects), the ability of Metro to advance those ideas to implementation (more than a dozen) and the quality [continue reading]
Metro seeks feedback on potential Westside Bike Share station locations
The Metro Board of Directors in May approved the Phase 3 Expansion of Metro Bike Share, to the Westside Los Angeles communities of Palms, Mar Vista, Del Rey, Play del [continue reading]
Actions taken at June meeting of Metro Board of Directors
pdf here, with links to individual items. Here’s the webstream and the recap. Among the actions taken, the Board of Directors: •Adopted light rail as the “locally preferred alternative” for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor project. In English, that means the Board will consider giving their stamp of [continue reading]
Light rail approved by Metro Board for Van Nuys to Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station transit line
A 9.2-mile light rail line between the Orange Line’s Van Nuys Station and the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station was approved by the Metro Board of Directors today as the “preferred [continue reading]