After launching the new Metro website earlier this year, our goal was to have everything that uses Metro data on the same platform to help riders get consistent responses from the same set of tools. With consistency and a seamless experience as our focus, we have reimagined our Go Metro [continue reading]
Above is a presentation (pdf here) on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement that was released in May for the Purple Line Extension’s second segment between the future Wilshire/La Cienega Station, downtown Beverly Hills and Century City. Long story short: the report found that Metro correctly located the Century City Station [continue reading]
Metro Bike Share launches in Pasadena on Friday — the first expansion of the system that began in downtown Los Angeles last summer. In Pasadena, Metro and its contractor, Bicycle Transit [continue reading]
The International Olympic Committee today released their evaluations of the L.A. and Paris bids for the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. Both bids are called “outstanding.” As you have probably [continue reading]
Avoid the blistering heat by joining us at this month’s Service Council meetings, all held in air-conditioned facilities! All Service Councils will hold the regular monthly meetings; however this month four of the Councils will also convene public hearings. The public is always welcome to attend and share input at [continue reading]
Recently — and to their surprise — Metro contractors found a late 19th Century jaw bone from a cow about six to eight feet below Wilshire Boulevard near the future Wilshire/La Cienega Station [continue reading]
Photos: Ken Karagozian, 2017 In downtown Los Angeles, Regional Connector Transit Project construction is in full swing in the Financial District. While crews work to relocate power lines at the Flower [continue reading]
Metro invites the public to participate in two community meetings on Thursday, June 29, 2017, to share design elements for Segment A as well as the next steps for the Rail to River project. Segment A would construct a walking and biking path along an old railroad right-of-way between the Crenshaw/LAX [continue reading]
Pdf of agenda for download and printing is here. Below is the recap — I’ll include the online link once it’s published. Grab your agenda, scorecard and popcorn! The Metro Board of Directors’ regular monthly meeting takes place 9 a.m. Thursday morning at Metro HQ adjacent to Union Station. If [continue reading]
The Metro Board today approved a $1.4-billion budget and partnership agreements to extend the Metro Gold Line in the San Gabriel Valley another 11.5 miles east to Claremont. Partnership agreements establish a funding plan and shared roles and responsibilities between Metro and the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority, the agency [continue reading]
