When we began creating our on-demand service Metro Micro six years ago, there was skepticism around the idea that a public agency could — or would want — to operate [continue reading]
Glenn Kaino, the artist commissioned to create a sculpture for the future LAX/Metro Transit Center Station, recently led a drawing and origami folding workshop at SoLa Impact Tech Center with [continue reading]
As B and D line riders know, the Westlake/MacArthur Park station has, unfortunately, long been a place with a disproportionately high amount of crime, drug use, and loitering. Lately, we’ve seen increases in illegal activity at the station that we don’t want anyone to experience anywhere on our system – [continue reading]
Members of the public can attend the April Service Council meetings in person or virtually, and will be able to submit comments online or by phone. Here are the dates, times, locations, transit options and Zoom info for each of the upcoming April meetings: San Fernando Valley: April 5, 2023 [continue reading]
During the 1920s, Los Angeles began to abandon its rail-based system and plan its future around the automobile. Over the next few decades, buses began to replace streetcar lines. And [continue reading]
Thanks to our very wet winter, Metro is proud to announce our new, exciting way to get around the L.A. Region: MetROW! With MetROW, you’ll use our local [continue reading]
Metro Art is excited to announce the second season of Deep Routes, produced in partnership with community radio and arts foundation dublab. Each episode is a multimedia dive into the intersecting [continue reading]
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]
As many of you know, we opened the first segment of the K Line last fall between Expo/Crenshaw Station and the Westchester/Veterans Station. But there’s a lot more K Line [continue reading]
In response to an increasing number of rider complaints about the illegal use of drugs on our rail system, in February we launched a 30-day pilot of a new approach to reduce illegal drug use on Metro. Using a comprehensive, layered approach, the Drug-Free Metro Campaign seeks to reduce drug-related [continue reading]
