The Measure M sales tax approved by Los Angeles County voters in 2016 requires some local jurisdictions to contribute three percent of the cost of new rail projects. The Metro Board of Directors in 2017 adopted guidelines on how to implement this requirement. In February 2023, the Metro Board adopted several [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors have their monthly full Board meeting this Thursday, June 22, at 10 a.m. The full agenda with links to staff reports is here. A link will also appear on that same page to watch/listen to the livestream shortly before 10 a.m. on Thursday. The public [continue reading]
As we celebrate today’s opening of the Regional Connector in Little Tokyo, here’s a nice tribute to the late Norman Mineta. He was the U.S. Transportation Secretary from 2001 to 2006 and the first Asian-American to serve as a Cabinet member. Mineta, a dedicated member of the Japanese American [continue reading]
Our new A and E light rail lines make their debut this Friday, June 16, at noon when the Regional Connector and its three new underground stations in downtown Los [continue reading]
Metro is hosting three more community meetings on June 12, 14, and 15 to update the public on work on the route for the southern segment of the West Santa Ana Branch light rail project. The Metro Board of Directors last year selected a route from Pioneer Station in Artesia [continue reading]
Metro has received a $38.3 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for the agency’s Doran Street Grade Separation Project, which seeks to eliminate a street level railroad crossing to improve safety for Metrolink, Amtrak and freight trains operating in the cities of Glendale and Los Angeles. The federal [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors have their monthly full Board meeting this Thursday, May 25, at 10 a.m. The full agenda with links to staff reports is here. A link will also appear on that same page to watch/listen to the livestream shortly before 10 a.m. on Thursday. The public [continue reading]
Metro announced today it will officially open the Regional Connector transit project to the public on June 16. The ambitious, complex project, which began in 2013, is unique among rail [continue reading]
Metro and Caltrans will intermittently close one direction of the Golden State Freeway (I-5) from the Antelope Valley Freeway (State Route-14) to Calgrove Boulevard at selected nighttime hours beginning Monday, May 22 through Thursday, June 1 to remove temporary steel and wood framing structures from the Weldon Canyon Bridge. Motorists [continue reading]
We’re happy to announce that we’ve hired, trained, and deployed the 1,000th new Metro transit operator since February 2022, when we temporarily cut back bus service by 10% in the [continue reading]
