Metro has released a Solicitation for Proposals for up to $7.9 million in funds through the state of California’s Access for All Program to expand access to on-demand, wheelchair-accessible vehicle services in L.A. County. The Access for All grant program was created to increase availability of on-demand wheelchair-accessible vehicles and [continue reading]
Before leaving office over the weekend, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti last Friday took a 10-hour tour of our local mobility system. It went like this: G (Orange) Line to B [continue reading]
UPDATE, 3:30 p.m.: Power has been restored and normal rail service has resumed between Pico/Aliso Station and Atlantic. The usual bus shuttle — due to Regional Connector construction — between Union Station and Pico/Aliso is also running. Thanks for your patience. *** About 9:20 a.m. we lost power on a [continue reading]
The Metro Board last week approved the $180-million implementation plan for the North San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor to improve the speed, reliability and passenger experience for bus services on [continue reading]
Metro last week approved a new fare policy that simplifies and streamlines Metro fares and caps fares so that no customer overpays for riding Metro buses and trains. The new fare policy was developed to provide a better customer experience by making the transit system easy to use, affordable and [continue reading]
In the latest poster to debut in Metro Art’s popular Through the Eyes of Artists series, artist Jeaneen Carlino celebrates the historic architecture, homes and commercial districts of Downey [continue reading]
Metro and Caltrans hosted the first in-person and virtual Special Combined Meeting of the Long Beach-East Los Angeles Corridor Task Force (formerly known as the I-710 South Corridor Task Force) and Community Leadership Committee (CLC) on Monday, November 21, in South Gate as part of the Corridor Mobility Investment Plan [continue reading]
Metro this week submitted a funding application package for three key light rail projects to compete for $1.9 billion in supplemental funding from the State of California. The funding would come from the state’s Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, also known as TIRCP. The State is expected to announce [continue reading]
Weekend rail service on the C Line (Green) will be suspended between Long Beach Blvd and Norwalk Station due to signal system upgrades starting at 9 p.m., Friday, December 9 to Sunday, December 11, close of service. While the work is in effect, Lakewood and Norwalk Station will be closed. This means eastbound trains will [continue reading]
Metro released its first assessment of the NextGen Bus Plan, which shows that the service has delivered a more accessible and competitive service compared with pre-NextGen bus service. The NextGen Bus Plan was the first restructuring of Metro’s bus network in a generation and the plan called for a network [continue reading]
