To comply with local and state directives limiting the number of people that can gather, the November Service Councils will meet virtually. For November meetings, all Councils will receive a [continue reading]
Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles County Supervisor and Metro Board member Mark Ridley-Thomas and Metro CEO Phillip A. Washington today visited the Willowbrook/Rosa Parks [continue reading]
Since the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in March, public agencies around the world have scrambled to procure face masks to protect frontline employees and members of the public. It hasn’t been easy, as stiff competition for a limited supply of masks, particularly N95 masks that have rightly been prioritized for health [continue reading]
The artist Mariana Castillo Deball has been selected to design a site-specific, integrated glass tile artwork for the concourse level of the future Wilshire/La Cienega Station, part of the Purple (D Line) Extension Transit Project’s on the Westside. Castillo Deball was recommended for the commission by a panel of nationally [continue reading]
pdf here The Metro Board of Directors held its regular October meeting virtually on Thursday, Oct. 22. The agenda for the meeting is above. A recording of the webstream is here or watch below. Among the items that the Board took action on: •The Board on a 10-1 vote approved [continue reading]
Over the past three days, a new artwork in the form of 32 massive sandstones were lifted, delicately threaded and placed at the Downtown Santa Monica Station on the E [continue reading]
The NextGen plan to restructure Metro’s vast bus system was approved on Thursday by the Metro Board of Directors on a 10 to 1 vote. The plan will increase frequency of buses, improve service on most routes and put more buses in areas with the greatest demand. NextGen has been [continue reading]
Metro has selected the winners of its art and naming contest for its third and final set of tunnel boring machines that will dig twin Purple Line Extension subway tunnels between Westwood and Century City starting in early 2021. The names “Aura” and “Iris” were chosen from entries submitted by [continue reading]
Metro, in partnership with the County of Los Angeles and the SEED Foundation, today broke ground on the Vermont Manchester Transit Priority Project, which will dramatically transform a dirt lot the size of two city blocks that has been blighted for almost 30 years. After acquiring the property through eminent [continue reading]
The Metro Art Docent Council consists of 30 volunteers who are passionate about the art at Metro Rail stations and in Union Station. In normal times the docents gave free [continue reading]
