pdf of agenda here The Metro Board of Directors meets at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 22, for its regular monthly meeting. As has been the case since Spring of last year, the meeting will be held virtually due to the ongoing pandemic. In addition to the agenda above, this page [continue reading]
Metro hosted a live interactive telephone town hall meeting in March to discuss Metro’s Fareless System Initiative. If you were unable to listen or dial in during the event, the recordings of the meeting are available below for you listen to at your convenience. Metro is currently in the process [continue reading]
Thanks to a collaboration with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Metro’s official app, Transit, is now displaying locations across L.A. County where residents and workers age 16 [continue reading]
A fareless transit pilot program for K-12 students in Los Angeles County could begin as soon as this August, Metro staff told the Metro Board of Director’s Executive Management Committee on Thursday. The proposal to begin the fareless pilot for students one year earlier than originally proposed is predicated on [continue reading]
Metro staff this month is releasing five alternatives to be studied as part of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor project’s environmental review process. The five are: •A monorail alternative along the 405. •A monorail alternative that would use an underground segment to connect to UCLA, which is about one to two [continue reading]
When we last checked on the Crenshaw Northern Extension last summer, the Metro Board was selecting three potential routes for further study in the project’s Draft Environmental Impact Report. The 45-day scoping period for the project begins today (Thursday, April 15) and ends Friday, May 28. This is the time when Metro [continue reading]
The above screen grabs show how Metro Micro appears when planning a trip in Transit, Metro’s official app. Metro Micro — our mobility on-demand service — is now available in Transit, Metro’s official app. Passengers can plan a trip in Transit to their destination using a combination of Metro Micro [continue reading]
When we say we integrate sustainability into everything we do at Metro, that’s more than a tagline. There are many reasons to better protect our land, wildlife, air quality and water — and better deal with the impacts of climate change. The big reason is this: we think it’s our [continue reading]
Metro is seeking public input on how to modernize its Highway Program. In June 2020, Metro’s Board of Directors directed staff to explore ways to modernize the agency’s Highway Program to better align it with policy goals of reducing vehicle miles traveled while exploring the expansion of eligible projects to [continue reading]
President Biden announced the details of his American Jobs Plan for revitalizing America’s infrastructure today in Pittsburgh. A summary of the plan can be found on the White House website. The plan would provide $85 billion to modernize transit systems and $115 billion to modernize bridges, highways, roads and local [continue reading]
