Metro will host a live, interactive telephone town hall meeting on Wednesday, June 20 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to talk about a number of new law enforcement initiatives. Hear from Metro CEO Phillip A. Washington and leaders from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Los Angeles Police Department and [continue reading]
Day Passes will no longer be sold on Metro buses starting Sunday, July 15. Instead, you’ll be able to add up to $20 in Stored Value to your TAP card. [continue reading]
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]
