A motion by four Metro Board Members — L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, Supervisors Sheila Kuehl and Mark Ridley-Thomas and Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia — was introduced to offer free rides on the Metro system. This is something that is done in several other major metro areas to encourage more [continue reading]
The Union Station Gold Line elevator will close beginning Saturday, October 20 to undergo necessary maintenance work. While the closure is in effect, Access Services Shuttles will be provided at [continue reading]
Here’s a quick note from Metro’s Office of Extraordinary Innovation and Government Relations teams on the Microtransit project: We’d like to provide a short update on Metro’s MicroTransit Pilot Project, which is currently under development. Metro is partnering with RideCo, NoMad/Via, and Transdev to develop on-demand technology to increase access [continue reading]
TELL ME You are gone now, truly and to look you up in the dictionary is no longer possible or enough. The new season’s arrow cleaves the maudlin right out [continue reading]
After several decades of talk and plans that never came to fruition, subway tunneling began Monday afternoon under Wilshire Boulevard for the Purple Line Extension project. The above video shows [continue reading]
With the right certifications, you could join a distinct group of Metro vendors and make your proposals stand out! Metro is offering the following trainings to those interested in the environment and [continue reading]
Design of the new Airport Metro Connector station is about 60 percent complete and a new batch of renderings have been released by agency staff. The station will be built [continue reading]
Final update, 3:00 p.m.: All cleanup now completed. Trains will resume normal service. Thank you for your patience as crews worked to repair damages and remove debris. Update, 12:45 p.m: Gold Line trains are now sharing the APU/Citrus-bound track at Sierra Madre Villa and Allen, with service every 20 minutes. Pasadena Transit’s [continue reading]
Metro today broke ground on the Metro Orange Line Improvements Project, which will improve bus speeds and safety, and prepare the bus rapid transit line in the San Fernando Valley for a future conversion to light rail. Metro has initiated preliminary engineering and has begun taking soil samples near the [continue reading]
Super Kind and Rude Dude cut-outs will be on display at Entertainment Hobby Shop JUNGLE (Anime Jungle) in Little Tokyo from Wednesday, Oct. 17, through Wednesday, Oct. 24. Stop by and [continue reading]
