In May 2020, Metro launched a no-cost partnership with Transit, making it Metro’s official trip planning app at no cost to the agency. Transit replaced Metro’s previous app. That partnership is now coming to an end. It was a very productive partnership that we think gave riders a better trip [continue reading]
With Earth Day approaching on Friday, April 22, we wanted to share this news from our friends at Metrolink, who yesterday announced their locomotives now run entirely on cleaner burning recycled natural fats and vegetable oils. Metrolink operates commuter rail service in our five county region — with good connections [continue reading]
Join Metro’s On the Move Riders Program and Cyber Seniors for a series of webinars covering the Metro Micro app for both the iPhone and Android phone. Attendees will learn [continue reading]
Metro partners with the Transit app to provide a seamless experience for riders who rely on getting real-time information about buses and trains on their smartphones. Metro is offering riders access to a free subscription to Royale — a set of special features within the Transit app. Metro riders can [continue reading]
Improved real-time bus and rail information is now available on the Transit app, Metro’s official trip-planning app for smartphones. Here are the links to get Transit for iPhones and for Android phones. As part of the upgrades, canceled bus and rail trips are now displayed in the app. While Metro [continue reading]
To help protect our riders as they shop online this holiday season and beyond, Metro and the city of Los Angeles have announced the launch and public availability of “LA Secure,” a free app for Apple iOS and Android platforms. The app will help protect Metro riders and other L.A. [continue reading]
If you have recently purchased the new iPhone 13, be sure to transfer your virtual TAP card to your new phone so you can keep using it as a safe, [continue reading]
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]
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]
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]
