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]
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) on Wednesday approved the award of $516 million in new SB-1 grants for Metro’s local transportation improvements, including: •$150 million in Solutions for Congested Corridors Program funds for the I-105 ExpressLanes Expansion. The project will build ExpressLanes on the 105 for 16 miles between the [continue reading]
pdf here The Metro Board of Directors meets for the final time in 2020 at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3. The agenda is above. This page has links to all agenda items, too. As has been case since last spring, the meeting will be held virtually due to the [continue reading]
The Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the North Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project was released in late October. Public comments are being accepted through Dec. 10 [continue reading]
A First/Last Mile (FLM) Plan for the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit project will be considered by the Metro Board of Directors at their December meeting. The project will build an 8.5-mile light rail [continue reading]
The San Fernando Valley had not seen a transit option like it for more than five decades. On opening weekend in late October 2005, an estimated 83,000 people converged in the East San Fernando Valley for a chance to ride L.A. Metro’s first Bus Rapid Transit line: a veritable “rail [continue reading]
Metro will open its new Union Station Patsaouras Bus Plaza with the start of service this Sunday, November 1. The new platform will be used by bus lines that run [continue reading]
