Memorial Day weekend travel traffic is nothing new, but this upcoming weekend is supposed to be record-settingly terrible. So instead of joining the throngs on the road, why not take [continue reading]
This morning, Metro joined L.A. City Councilmember Bob Blumenfield, residents and community groups to officially open a new pedestrian station entrance at the Metro Orange Line Station in Canoga Park. The $200,000 Metro-funded project connects the Metro Orange Line’s east platform directly to an existing pedestrian walkway that leads to four [continue reading]
Commuting between the San Fernando Valley and the San Gabriel Valley has never been easier. Skip the daily traffic grind and ride the NoHo-Pasadena Express! Why? Because… It’s a Commuting Dream: [continue reading]
This post was written by Julia Salinas, who works with Metro’s active transportation team. Been on a Metro train or bus lately? If so, how did you get to the [continue reading]
Reminder: Telephone Town Halls on the potential ballot measure begin tonight with Metro Board Chair Mark Ridley-Thomas talking to residents of Carson, Compton, Culver City, Gardena, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lynwood, the communities of South Los Angeles, Koreatown, and portions of West Los Angeles. More info here about calling in. Things to [continue reading]
One in a series of posts that will look at projects and programs that would receive funding from the sales tax ballot measure that the Metro Board has approved to send [continue reading]
One in a series of posts that will look at projects and programs that would receive funding from the Measure M sales tax ballot measure on the Nov. 8 ballot. What [continue reading]
The full agenda for the April meeting is here. Audio and video will be posted soon here. •The Board approved a motion by Don Knabe to transition the portion of the 270 north of El Monte Station to Foothill Transit and the portion south of El Monte Station to Norwalk Transit. [continue reading]
Not the busiest of Metro Board agendas, but three items that may be of interest to everyday riders are: •A motion directing Metro to offer a new east-west Rapid Bus line serving CSUN — the line, as proposed, would run between the Orange Line’s Nordhoff Station and the 794 Rapid [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metro: The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has received $8 million in grants from the Federal Transportation Administration that will be used to deploy zero-emission electric buses on the Orange Line and replace the ferry terminal on Catalina Island. “Metro is appreciative of [continue reading]
