pdf here UPDATE: the Board in September approved the contracts described below. The earlier post: As part of Metro’s efforts to reduce traffic and improve mobility, the agency’s Board of Directors this month will consider awarding two contracts to conduct the agency’s Congestion Pricing Feasibility Study. Here are the staff [continue reading]
Weeknight rail service will be suspended between Anaheim St. and Pacific Ave. stations from Tuesday, Sept. 17 through Monday, Sep. 30 as beautification work takes place in the Long Beach area. [continue reading]
Pile installation to create the support structure for the Wilshire/Rodeo station on the Purple Line Extension’s second section is expected to begin on September 23. When it comes to subway [continue reading]
This is the story of how it took three years to do something very simple in government — and lessons learned. When Metro launched the Unsolicited Proposal Policy in February 2016, the newly founded Office of Extraordinary Innovation was keen on executing pilot projects to enhance the customer experience. Around [continue reading]
Over the past few weeks, L.A. Metro has taken major steps to deploy an innovative partnership model to design and deliver the Sepulveda Transit Corridor. This corridor is one of [continue reading]
Thank you for your patience as we enter the home stretch of the New Blue Improvements Project. The Blue Line will fully reopen in late October 2019 with new digital [continue reading]
A new study titled “Understanding How Women Travel” will be released later this month. The first of its kind by a transit agency in the United States, the report is a broad effort to identify and understand mobility barriers and challenges faced by women when using the Metro system. Metro [continue reading]
The I-10 Busway Bridge/HOV lane, between Alameda Street and Mission Road, will be closed in both eastbound and westbound directions from Monday through Friday, Sept. 9 through 13, between the [continue reading]
Metro has just completed half a year of service in our partnership with Via (an on-demand, shared ride service). We have made exciting strides in the numbers, reaching 1,600 rides [continue reading]
Our current bus-only lanes don’t perform at an optimal level (and don’t inspire public confidence as a rapid public transit tool) since they are sometimes clogged with people illegally parking or driving in them. The Wilshire Boulevard Bus-Only Lanes are often blocked by cars using them to illegally park, Uber [continue reading]
