Just in time for back to school season, Metro announces a partnership with Target, which has agreed to sponsor Inglewood Unified School District’s GoPass participation for the upcoming 2022-2023 school year. This will mean that nearly 8,000 students enrolled in Inglewood Unified School District will be eligible for the GoPass [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors today approved a new five-year contract agreement with the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) Union, representing the agency’s bus and rail operators and scheduling analysts. The approved contract agreement ensures fair and equitable labor costs for both the agency and for Metro [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors meets at 10 a.m. this Thursday, August 25, for its regular monthly meeting. The agenda is above. You can also peruse through the agenda, staff reports and attachments on this page on metro.net. A link to the meeting’s live webstream will appear on that page [continue reading]
Metro today joined local, county and federal officials and community leaders to dedicate the K Line’s Fairview Heights K Station, which will provide the Inglewood community with a new rail connection to the city’s affordable and supportive housing, key entertainment venues and Metro’s 5.5-mile pedestrian and bicycle path that is [continue reading]
Metro’s CEO Stephanie N. Wiggins gave an address at today’s Mobility 21 Summit Luncheon in Anaheim. We wanted to share an excerpt of the prepared text of her remarks — which we think gives insight into where Stephanie wants to steer Metro as she begins her second year on the [continue reading]
Metro has received a $104-million federal grant for the purchase and deployment of 160 battery-electric buses as well as for the procurement and installation of en-route and depot charging stations. Above is a video from the city of L.A.’s Channel 35 on the news. Electric buses are cleaner and quieter [continue reading]
The new school year is upon us — and it’s a good time to remind everyone that Metro’s GoPass Pilot Program is offering free rides to L.A. County students at participating K-12 schools and community colleges. All students need is a registered GoPass TAP card to ride Metro and buses [continue reading]
Metro today joined the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and other local and state officials to announce the completion of 5.4 miles of new sound walls along State Route 170 [continue reading]
The Service Council meetings will continue virtually in accordance to the COVID-19 Safer at Home orders for the August meetings. agenda items for all Service Councils will include a Metro Title VI Service Policies Review, the Station Evaluation Program update, and the usual Regional Updates. Other items specific to particular [continue reading]
To reduce the number of traffic collisions and to save lives along the new K Line tracks, Metro and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department will begin issuing traffic citations on [continue reading]
