Metro staff today released a much-anticipated proposal to test eliminating fares on Metro buses and trains for kindergarten through 12th grade students, community college students and low-income residents of Los Angeles County. Under the proposal, Metro buses and trains would be fareless for students beginning in August. Fareless transit would [continue reading]
Help stop Asian hate. As you have likely heard, there have been several incidents across the U.S. and even one attack on a Metro bus last month. The suspect was [continue reading]
Metro’s annual budget sets transportation priorities across L.A. County for the coming year. The $8-billion budget for the 2022 fiscal year, which will be effective July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, will be presented to the Metro Board of Directors for approval this month. Please see our prior Source [continue reading]
Weekend rail service on the C Line (Green) will be suspended between Vermont/Athens and Long Beach Blvd Station due to signal system upgrades starting at 9 p.m. Friday, May 14 to Sunday, [continue reading]
Metro has a plan to make it easier to get around L.A. County, including streets that are safer for everyone. Metro wants your input on the proposed alternatives for Rail to Rail/River Active Transportation Corridor, Segment B. The project aims to extend the future active transportation corridor (Segment A) from [continue reading]
Artists Kuniharu Yoshida and Susu Attar, along with the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) and Metro Art, are creating temporary construction banner artworks for the Metro Center Project [continue reading]
A new tribute poster dedicated to all essential workers debuted this week across the Metro system. The workers include our own employees— who have kept L.A. County moving— and our [continue reading]
Metro has partnered with the L.A. County Department of Public Health and Metro Director and L.A. County Supervisor Holly Mitchell to open three new public vaccination sites at Metro transit [continue reading]
Metro and the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) on Thursday morning relaunched an improved Metro Bike Share System on the Westside in time for Bike Month in May. Above is a recording of the media event held next to the E Line’s Expo/Bundy Station. Metro has reinstalled 54 bike [continue reading]
pdf download here pdf download here Metro released its budget Tuesday for the 2022 Fiscal Year that runs between this coming July 1 and June 30, 2022. A presentation and the budget book are above. The Metro Board of Directors will consider the budget as part of their May round [continue reading]
