How We Roll, Feb. 17: the dead flowers edition
Reminder: if you’re headed to the immigration march on Saturday in DTLA or the Not My President’s Day march on Monday, Metro is running extra service. GET A TAP CARD [continue reading]
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How We Roll, January 30: and suddenly everyone wants to take transit to the airport
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]
How We Roll, Jan. 25: until the doomsday clock hits midnight, please don’t forget to TAP!
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]
Actions taken today by the Metro Board of Directors
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]
How We Roll, Jan. 24: will city life remain popular, ridership & feds vs infrastructure
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]
Motion calls for more study of Arts District station
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]
2016: two rail openings, bike share, a ballot measure and a very busy year for Metro
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 bus and train service changes go into effect on Sunday, Dec. 11
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]
Metro Board delays vote on new policing contract
(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]
How We Roll, Nov. 23: let’s name some rail stations!
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]