Start your summer off right by learning all about Metro’s regional projects and programs! All Service Councils will meet in June and will elect a Chair and Vice Chair for the fiscal year starting July 1. All Councils will also receive a Transfers Design Study Presentation, an update on their [continue reading]
If you’ve been trying to keep track of the many Metro projects happening around Union Station and downtown Los Angeles, Metro’s Central L.A. Community Relations team sends a bimonthly email newsletter to subscribers about Metro-led projects that are being planned, designed or constructed in Central L.A. The newsletter even includes some [continue reading]
(pdf here) Metro today released a new report titled “How to Pass a Mega Transportation Measure” to provide lessons learned to transportation agencies and other stakeholders considering pursuit of a ballot measure to increase local transportation funding. In Nov. 2016, Metro’s Measure M was approved by 71.15 percent of Los [continue reading]
pdf here The Metro Board of Directors held their May meeting today. The full agenda is above and below is a recap of some of the more interesting items. The webstream should be posted in the next day or so and I’ll add the link when it’s up. Hopefully that [continue reading]
pdf here The Metro Board of Directors approved further study of two alignments in downtown Los Angeles for a 20-mile light rail line to run between Artesia and DTLA, known [continue reading]
Dept. of Transportation Funding Mobility 21 held a press event and workshop on Friday morning at Union Station to discuss the importance of Senate Bill 1, the legislation that raised [continue reading]
We posted a couple weeks ago about the California Transportation Commission’s staff recommendations for state grant funding to Metro. It’s now official, with the CTC having voted to approve the [continue reading]
Metrolink now offers daily service to the Hollywood Burbank Airport via the Metrolink Antelope Valley Line. There will be 14 trains running each direction Monday through Friday, and six trains [continue reading]
pdf here Spring is in the air, meaning it is also Metro’s annual budget season ???. The budget for fiscal year 2018-19 has been released and is posted above. The budget covers the fiscal year that runs from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. The Metro Board of Directors will consider [continue reading]
The Service Councils would like to thank all those members of the public who attended last month’s meetings to participate in the NextGen Bus Study listening sessions. Another NextGen update and listening session is planned within the next few months. More information about the NextGen Bus Study can be found [continue reading]
