Metro and local officials today celebrated the groundbreaking for advanced utility work on the first segment of the estimated $1.6 to $2 billion East San Fernando Valley light rail project, [continue reading]
We’ve finalized our proposal to make paying fares easier and to ensure that no one overpays for riding Metro buses and trains. Based on customer feedback, the staff recommendation is to keep base fares at their current prices and continue free one-way transfers between Metro buses and trains for two [continue reading]
This is the first time that the task force will hold a simultaneous in-person and virtual meeting Metro and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) invite community members, stakeholders and residents to participate in the first in-person/virtual “hybrid” special combined meeting of the Task Force and Community Leadership Committee (CLC) [continue reading]
We’re holding a virtual public hearing at 5 p.m., Monday, November 14, on proposed changes to our fares that will lower costs for many riders. Click here to try our new online calculator that will let you see how the fare proposal may change your fare and lower your costs. [continue reading]
Metro is working to make streets and sidewalks safe and convenient for everyone to support healthy neighborhoods. We are studying which proposed improvements in the Sepulveda Station First/Last Mile Plan (FLM Plan) are most needed to enhance safety and access for transit riders accessing the station on foot, bike or other [continue reading]
For the November round of meetings, all of the Councils will hear an overview of Metro’s 2022 Customer Experience Plan, and Bienvenidos a Metro, a new training program for bus operator candidates, as well as the usual regional updates. The San Fernando Valley Council will hear an overview of the [continue reading]
Of the most vexing challenges facing Metro, none is as difficult as the issue of the number of homeless using our system as shelter. The frustration among our riders about the unhoused is palpable. Look at Metro’s social media streams on any given day. The feedback we get covers a [continue reading]
Metro and the city of Los Angeles are partnering to improve speed, frequency, and reliability for the over 12,000 daily boardings/passengers who ride Metro Line 234 along the Sepulveda Boulevard corridor in the San Fernando Valley. That’s why we’re proposing bus lanes along a 5.5-mile segment of Sepulveda Blvd. and [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday approved the appointment of Paul Rajmaira to serve on the Measure M Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee.The committee was formed following the approval of Measure M in 2016 to monitor and ensure that all tax measure revenues are spent for transportation purposes.Paul Rajmaira is [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors today approved the agency’s first tree policy to help preserve and grow L.A. County’s urban tree canopy, which will help protect Metro customers from extreme heat and improve air quality. Metro’s tree policy is the first of its kind among transit agencies across the country. [continue reading]
