Allen Yamin, the council’s Communications Officer, recently wrote a research paper on the detriments of car culture in the United States and the benefits that public transportation offers. Here is the paper: In 2019, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety reported that “Over the course of the year, Americans collectively [continue reading]
Rail service on the C Line (Green) will be suspended between Long Beach Bl and Norwalk Station due to signal system upgrades beginning at 9 p.m., Friday, July 15, 2022 until the end of service, Sunday, July 17, 2022. This will require interruption of rail service between Norwalk Station and [continue reading]
Piece by Piece — an L.A.-based arts organization with a history of working with veterans — has been selected by visual arts professionals and representatives from the veteran community to [continue reading]
Happy 4th of July! Celebrate Independence Day with Metro and purchase a commemorative TAP card, available today at Metro Customer Centers and select Metro rail stations listed below. Be [continue reading]
Metro’s new pilot transit ambassador program designed to make our system a more welcoming and safer environment, took a big step forward on Thursday when the Metro Board of Directors approved two contracts for staffing the program. When the transit ambassador program launches in late summer or this fall, ambassadors [continue reading]
Metro will perform urgent track work beginning at 9 p.m., Friday, June 24, 2022 until 6 p.m., Saturday, June 25, 2022. A Line (Blue) trains will run every 20 minutes and share 1 track at San Pedro and Washington Station. Metro staff will be on site and able to provide assistance at [continue reading]
The Regional Service Councils will be going dark for the month of July. This means that there will be no meetings held during that time. The meetings will resume in the following month of August. If you’re on the Service Council’s email lists, a meeting reminder with links to the [continue reading]
Metro Art encourages artists and arts/cultural organizations to play a role in enhancing the transit experience for riders through a duo of current opportunities. The art program has a decades-long [continue reading]
UPDATE 6/23: RSVPs are full for the 7:30 p.m. program taking place inside the Ticketing Hall. We invite you to drop by the pre-event festivities from 6:30-7:30 p.m. A very [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from the TSA: LOS ANGELES – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) honored the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) with the prestigious Gold Standard Award today, one of only six transit agencies nationwide to receive this recognition this year. The Gold Standard Award is the [continue reading]
