Metro has long recognized telecommuting (popularly known as “working from home”) as a critical means of reducing traffic. Companies adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic have been documenting how telecommuting allows [continue reading]
The City of Los Angeles has taken the first step toward environmental review of the proposed joint development project at our North Hollywood Station. An Environmental Impact Report will be [continue reading]
Unsolicited Proposals continue to play a role in shaping Metro amidst change and disruption. Since 2016, the Unsolicited Proposal Policy has generated dozens of ideas that reduce costs or generate revenue, streamline internal processes, and enhance the customer experience. The policy has established rewarding partnerships and expanded Metro’s adaptive capacity [continue reading]
This Friday, July 10 from 9 p.m. to close of service Sunday, July 12, C Line (Green) service will be suspended between Aviation/LAX and Redondo Beach as crews upgrade the [continue reading]
Over the past four years, we have made significant progress on the I-605 Corridor Improvement Project. In an effort to improve circulation and safety on the I-605, the project proposes improvements [continue reading]
Metro Bike Share celebrated its four-year anniversary on July 7 with a new, improved smart phone app and special promotions designed to make it even more attractive to try bike sharing for essential trips this summer. The agency’s growing Metro Bike Share System officially launched on July 7, 2016 in [continue reading]
By Joshua Schank Metro Chief Innovation Officer Here’s the thing about a crisis: none of them are the same. We desperately seek historical parallels as we are doing now with past pandemics, previous economic downturns, and major social movements. But each crisis faces a unique set of circumstances, making it [continue reading]
In March, Los Angeles traffic as we know it vanished overnight after safer-at-home orders were issued. With the coronavirus beginning to claim lives, many of us would have welcomed the traffic back, and other signs of normalcy, in a heartbeat. Then, beginning in late May, city and county officials imposed [continue reading]
The following is a news release issued Wednesday by the California Transit Association, which represents transit agencies across the state, including Metro: California Transit Association issues formal request for relief funding to state and federal leadership, launches “California Without Transit” statewide ad campaign SACRAMENTO – California’s local public transit agencies, suffering [continue reading]
Here is the news release from the office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti: LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti today began his term as Chair of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Board of Directors, his third term in this post. He succeeds outgoing Chair and Inglewood Mayor [continue reading]
