TAP is now on iPhone and Apple Watch
We have some exciting news. Metro and riders on 25 other transit systems in Los Angeles County can now add TAP cards to their iPhone or Apple Watch beginning today. [continue reading]
Say cheese — maybe — to keep the bus lanes clear, please!
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]
Spotlight on Innovation: SCAG Announces Future Communities Pilot Program
This article was co-written by Rye Baerg and Margaret de Larios Whether you are a city trying to automate a parking ticket payment system or an individual struggling to learn [continue reading]
Metro to release MicroTransit RFP today
One of the agency’s most intriguing projects — Metro MicroTransit — takes a nice step forward today when at 2 p.m. Pacific time, Metro releases its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the pilot program on our Vendor Portal. MicroTransit is basically a small vehicle that you can order (like you would [continue reading]
Rethinking the future of transportation
Transit is a critical piece of overall mobility in any urban environment. But, it is still just that – a piece of a much larger transportation picture. Across L.A. County, about six to seven percent of commuters use transit to reach work. This means that there many opportunities to capture [continue reading]
Unmanned aerial vehicles and the future of track and facility inspection
Denver’s unmanned aerial vehicle program has launched. What does this mean for the industry? In July 2016, Metro received an Unsolicited Proposal to use unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) for a variety of tasks. While this proposal may hold exciting prospects for LA Metro as our vast rail network grows and [continue reading]
Cell phone service for T-Mobile customers now available in DTLA on Red/Purple Line
Some of you have already noticed this: underground cell phone service for T-Mobile customers is now up and running on the Metro Red and Purple Lines between Union Station and [continue reading]
First two rounds of updates completed to beta version of metro.net
Update: Please pardon our mess. The “Maps + Schedules” tab seems to have taken a day off. We’re making surgical updates to get the data working again. Thank you so [continue reading]
Welcome to metro.net 3.0!
[twentytwenty] [/twentytwenty] UPDATE: Whoa Nelly! Thank you beta testers for crashing the new Trip Planner:) Since launching the beta website, traffic has increased more than 5,000 percent causing momentary disruption in [continue reading]
Metro data now on Apple Maps on iPhones and iPads
It took a while but it’s now possible to plan transit trips on the Apple Maps feature on iPhones. The feature went live earlier this week after Metro provided Apple [continue reading]