The Metro Board of Directors last Thursday approved a $679 million life-of-project budget for the I-5 North County Enhancements Project. This project is designed to improve the operations and safety of the freeway corridor, improve the movement of freight and people, and accommodate expected growth between Santa Clarita and Castaic [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday approved a $36-million increase to Metro’s five-year law enforcement contract with the Los Angeles Police Department, Long Beach Police Department and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department to cover additional costs through Dec. 31 of this year. This item was previously scheduled to be [continue reading]
Metro will host a live interactive telephone town hall meeting from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 31, to discuss Metro’s Fareless System Initiative. Metro is currently in the process of looking at how the agency could eliminate fares on Metro operated buses and trains for some riders. [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors today approved contracts with two private sector teams for Pre-Development work on the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project using a first-of-its-kind public-private model. Here’s a presentation given to the Metro Board and here’s the Metro staff report. This mega-project is planned to connect the San Fernando [continue reading]
UPDATE, MONDAY, MARCH 29: Here is the link to the webcast of the meeting. If you click on an item in the list below the video you can go straight to that part of the meeting instead of having to listen to the whole thing. Below is an embedded version [continue reading]
pdf download here The Metro Board of Directors meets at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 25, for its regular monthly meeting. As has been the case since last spring, the meeting will be held virtually due to the ongoing pandemic. In addition to the agenda above, this page also has links [continue reading]
Metro today released its 2021 to 2024 Draft Coordinated Public Transit – Human Services Transportation Plan (plan) for L.A. County. The plan addresses regional transportation needs of target populations including seniors, persons with disabilities, low-income individuals and veterans. Read and download the plan here. Key areas the plan covers include: [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from the Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti: LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti today celebrated the American Rescue Plan’s investment of more than $1.6 billion in transportation agencies across the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim Urbanized Area. Joined by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) [continue reading]
UPDATE, April 15: Staff provided an update to the Metro Board’s Operations Committee today. Here’s the new staff report and presentation. Better Bus is currently scheduled to return to the [continue reading]
Both Metro and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention require riders to wear face masks on public transit (except for those with a medical excuse). To make it [continue reading]
