Metro Micro will expand into three new zones in Compton/Artesia, El Monte and North Hollywood on Monday, January 25. These areas are currently served by Metro’s Mobility on Demand pilot [continue reading]
Another sign of the times: the significant local increase in COVID-19 cases poses a challenge to the five rail construction projects that Metro oversees. These projects include the three sections of the Purple (D Line) Extension, the Regional Connector Transit Project and the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project. The numbers tell the [continue reading]
With Metro’s light rail system expanding, Metro in 2012 ordered new P3010 light rail vehicles (LRV) from Kinkisharyo International. On Jan. 7, 2021 Metro received the final rail car of [continue reading]
With a devastating surge in COVID-19 cases ongoing in Los Angeles County, Metro continues to run bus and rail service for essential trips. As we reported earlier this week, we are experiencing some staff shortages and missed trips due to employees missing work because they’re ill, caring for family members [continue reading]
In one sense, 2020 was the toughest of years for mass transit across the United States. Lives were lost. At LA Metro and across the nation, ridership plummeted due to safer-at-home orders. Service was reduced and — depending on location — restored to varying degrees. Agencies’ finances were upended. I [continue reading]
Our country’s economy can’t recover without #publictransit. Systems across the country need $32 billion in federal funding to help essential workers reach the frontlines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Join #Voices4Transit to urge Congress to #SavePublicTransit pic.twitter.com/bvYpBoBGew — PublicTransportation (@APTA_Transit) December 15, 2020 Without at least $32 billion in emergency [continue reading]
In April 2020, Metro created a Recovery Task Force to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and to recommend actions the agency can take in the wake of the nation’s public health crisis in over a century. The Recovery Task Force has now delivered a draft of its final report — [continue reading]
Metro is launching its new on-demand ridesharing service — called Metro Micro — this Sunday, December 13. Metro Micro will be initially available in two zones, the Watts/Willowbrook and LAX/Inglewood areas. A Facebook Live event was held this morning — the video is posted below. Metro Micro will use small [continue reading]
pdf here The Metro Board of Directors met for the final time in 2020 last Thursday. Video of the meeting, which clocked in at a sleek 4 hours and 47 minutes, is above, as is the agenda. This page has links to all agenda items, too. The official item-by-item recap [continue reading]
Big news today on Metro’s plans to build a light rail line in the San Fernando Valley: The Metro Board certified the project’s Final Environmental Impact Report, which officially ends [continue reading]
