Below are some of the highlights from this morning’s meeting of the Metro Board of Directors. The full agenda is here. •Item 23. The Board approved exercising an option with New Flyer to purchase an additional 350 new buses for $195 million on top of the 55o previously ordered. These buses will [continue reading]
Young people today — leaders of transit agencies tomorrow! Nearly twenty students from select South Los Angeles and Inglewood high schools visited Metro headquarters today as part of Young Leaders in Government and [continue reading]
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Metro Board Chair Eric Garcetti just dropped the metaphorical gavel, thereby beginning the February meeting of the Metro Board of Directors. The agenda for the meeting is above (pdf and web version). The agenda includes links to Board motions and Metro staff reports. I encourage everyone to peruse through them — [continue reading]
Metro held a scoping meeting Monday night to get input on the environmental study of the Airport Metro Connector (AMC). The project aims to build a new rail station near the intersection of [continue reading]
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If you plan on riding the Metro Expo Line this Wednesday, Feb. 25, please be aware that after 8:30 p.m., trains will run every 30 minutes due to track maintenance. At Expo/Western, Expo/Vermont, Expo Park/USC and Jefferson/USC Station, all trains in both directions will use the Culver City-bound platform. Departure [continue reading]
Construction continues along Crenshaw Boulevard for the Crenshaw/LAX Line, which means fencing, detours and other activity that may make the neighborhood bit difficult to navigate. However, the businesses located there are absolutely open [continue reading]
The Pasadena Playhouse is now presenting the multi-award winning production, The Whipping Man, starring Adam Haas Hunter, Jarrod M. Smith and theatre and television star, Charlie Robinson. The historical drama, written [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Today’s Zocalo Public Square profile of a Metro rider: philosophy, science and PB&Js on the train, Hope Street to Lincoln Boulevard. The sandwiches apparently stay [continue reading]
