Metro today announced that it had been awarded $1.24 billion in American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2) funds to help pay for expenses incurred by the agency during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “LA Metro is deeply appreciative to U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla, our Los Angeles County Congressional [continue reading]
Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday released his proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The highlight, as you may have heard in the news: the state has a projected $31-billion budget surplus. The budget focuses on five key areas of investment: the pandemic, the climate crisis, homelessness, mitigating increases in [continue reading]
As we ease into 2022, we wanted to bring everyone up to speed on Metro fares and opportunities for riders to save money! First things first: fare collection resumes on the Metro bus system on Monday, January 10. Your fares help keep our system running, the reason we’re restarting front-door [continue reading]
Metro and Caltrans will hold the fourth meeting for the I-710 South Corridor Task Force (710 Task Force) on Monday, January 10, 2022 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This meeting will be open to the public and provide an opportunity for public comment throughout the agenda. Please note that [continue reading]
Metro is beginning the environmental review phase for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor project, which will build a heavy rail line or monorail between the San Fernando Valley and the Westside. A second phase will eventually be built to LAX. Metro will also be holding two virtual meetings in the coming weeks. Each meeting [continue reading]
As has been our tradition on The Source, let’s take a look back at some of the more notable highlights from the past year Metro-wise. Before we go any further, [continue reading]
Metro is proud to be partnering with the SEED School of Los Angeles County to help train the next generation of infrastructure workers and to build a great school at the intersection of Vermont Avenue and Manchester Boulevard in South Los Angeles. Learn more about the school during virtual information [continue reading]
UPDATE, JAN. 4: to protect everyone’s health, Metro is postponing in-person enrollment events scheduled for January. You can still fill out an application online. The earlier post: We are offering [continue reading]
Metro, the city of Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) have partnered to help speed bus service for transit customers during weekdays with the launch of [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metro and the Los Angeles Community College District: LOS ANGELES (December 7, 2021) — The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD), and Metro have launched [continue reading]
