Metro seeks $2.4 billion from SB 1
The state of California is considering the first allocations from SB 1. Metro is not being shy with its requests and is asking for $2.4 billion for a variety of [continue reading]
Preview of March Service Council Meetings
Come join us this month to welcome a new season with Metro’s regional projects and programs. All Service Councils will meet in March and will receive the Regional Performance Report and presentations for their respective regions. Each Council will also select its representative to serve on the NextGen Bus Study [continue reading]
Crime on Metro system down in 2017 compared to previous year
Metro crime data from Jan. 2018. Click on page above to see larger. It goes without saying that safety and security is a very big deal for Metro customers — riders have told the agency that over and over. And the message was received. In July, the Long Beach and [continue reading]
Agenda for Thursday’s Metro Board meeting, which will include 710 project alternative
The Metro Board of Directors meeting is Thursday at 9 a.m. at Metro HQ adjacent to Union Station. As always, the meeting is open to the public. If you can’t make it, you can listen online. The big ticket item tomorrow: the Board will be considering adoption of the “locally [continue reading]
Maintenance Diaries: Inside Metro’s Central Maintenance Facility
Learn about work performed throughout the Metro system to keep it in a state of good repair with the Maintenance Diaries. We recently toured Metro’s sprawling Central Maintenance Facility (CMF), [continue reading]
Significant Blue Line work coming in 2019
Work to modernize the Blue Line — Metro’s oldest and busiest light rail line — has been underway since 2014 as part of a $1.2-billion project we’re calling “The New [continue reading]
New northern routes to be studied for Artesia to downtown L.A. light rail project
The new route options will be further refined in the next few months, identifying the alignment and station locations. A key Measure R and Measure M project is a new [continue reading]
Could paying people not to drive help reduce congestion?
Transportation wonks typically agree that charging people for using the roads is the best way to reduce traffic. What if we paid people for not using the roads? It’s no [continue reading]
Service Council approves new Warner Center circulator connecting with Orange Line
A new bus circulator with more stops and that travels in both directions will replace current Orange Line service in the Warner Center area later this year. The plan was unanimously approved by the San Fernando Valley Service Council at Wednesday night’s meeting — with support from the Valley Industry [continue reading]
Maintenance Diaries: get to know Bob Spadafora, Senior Executive of Rail Fleet Services
Learn about work performed throughout the Metro system to keep it in a state of good repair in the Maintenance Diaries. In this installment, we took a trip to the Red [continue reading]