From the Dept. of Twitter: The feed for BART — the rail system serving parts of the Bay Area — had lots to say this weekend. You can take BART to all kinds of weekend events – also, direct service to SFO is running great right now. — SFBART (@SFBART) [continue reading]
Dept. of Practice Makes Perfect: Metro last week held an exercise for some of its bus operators: a wheelchair securement competition to test an essential skill. Below are a few [continue reading]
You can also download or print a pdf of the agenda from this link. I’ll update this post as the meeting continues. •The Board Approved the final environmental study for the [continue reading]
ICYMI: Metro says there were 592,000 Metro Rail boardings on Saturday, which included the well-attended Women’s March in downtown Los Angeles. That compares to the average of 231,897 boardings on Saturdays during [continue reading]
A motion calling for further study of possible Arts District stations for the Red/Purple Line in downtown Los Angeles will be considered by the Metro Board of Directors this month. [continue reading]
This was my seventh year at the agency and, by far, 2016 was the busiest. I usually like to put the end-of-the-year highlights in chronological order but I think four [continue reading]
Metro implements service changes and adjustments twice each year — in June and December. The above flyer has this December’s changes. One other notable change: the Expo Line will continue running every six-minutes during peak hours but will run every 12 minutes during mid-day hours (about 9 to 10 a.m. to [continue reading]
(pdf of the above report for downloading and printing) Grappling with an issue often raised by Metro riders — the presence of police on the system, or sometimes the lack thereof — the Metro Board of Directors voted 7 to 4 on Thursday to delay a vote on a new [continue reading]
Dept. of Station Naming: The Regional Connector team is asking community input for the names of the three new underground stations in DTLA. If you don’t like what is proposed [continue reading]
Art of Transit: Art of Transit 2: Art of Transit 3: Art of Transit 4: Election stuff: At Curbed LA, Alissa Walker argues that Measure M should appeal to motorists, [continue reading]
