Happy New Year! To start the year off right, come join us and learn all about Metro’s regional projects and programs. We are always open to suggestions for discussion at our Council meetings; let us know what you want to hear, and we’ll do our best to make it happen. [continue reading]
Love it or hate it, legal sale of recreational marijuana in California begins this week. However, please keep in mind that it remains illegal to smoke cannabis in public — and [continue reading]
Check it out: an end of the year list that actually arrives at the very end of the year! Instead of listing every single thing that happened at Metro this [continue reading]
This is an update on a proposal we posted about earlier this year: to replace direct Orange Line service to Warner Center with a circulator running between Canoga Station and Warner Center. The shuttle would make multiple stops whereas the Orange Line now has one stop in Warner Center. A Reseda [continue reading]
Metro has received an unsolicited proposal from AECOM and John Laing to bring advanced mobility technologies and next generation bus rapid transit to the Vermont Avenue Transit Corridor through a public-private partnership (P3). Additionally, the proposal could result in early delivery of this critical Measure M project. This is the [continue reading]
Learn about some of the work performed throughout our system to keep it in a state of good repair with the Maintenance Diaries. In this installment, we meet Sergio Perez, [continue reading]
As I’m sure many of you are aware, a man with a pipe bomb strapped to his body attacked the New York subway system on Monday. Thankfully, no one was [continue reading]
Metro is searching for two individuals to serve on the Measure M Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee to help provide government accountability and transparency for county residents and taxpayers. An essential part of the process is to organize the seven-member oversight committee that will monitor Measure M. The Metro Board formally [continue reading]
Due to the holiday season, most of the Service Councils decided to go dark in December; however, the South Bay Service Council and the San Gabriel Service Council will meet. Both Councils will meet at their regular times, dates and locations. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend and [continue reading]
Metro is considering a request to rename an existing light rail station on the system: •Changing the name of “Pico Station” on the Blue and Expo Lines in downtown L.A. to the “South Park/LA Live Station.” The station at Pico and Flower streets is in the South Park neighborhood in [continue reading]
