Go Metro to the 2019 Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game on Jan. 1
As we get ready to welcome 2019…here’s everything you need to know to Go Metro to the Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl Game on Jan. 1, 2019. [continue reading]
10 community meetings to be held for NextGen Bus Study beginning in January
Metro will hold 10 community meetings beginning in January to ask for the public’s help in the agency’s NextGen Bus Study, the effort to redesign and reimagine the agency’s bus system to meet the needs of today’s riders. Here is a Source post from earlier this fall about the study. [continue reading]
Go Metro on New Year’s Eve with free fares from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Holiday season is always so stressful — trust me, I waited the weekend before Christmas to shop and I still have zero New Year’s plans. So let Metro relieve a [continue reading]
Ride Metro for free on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
All Metro Bus and Rail lines will be free to ride on the nights of Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. This means no fare will be charged on Christmas Eve from 9 p.m. until [continue reading]
Tunnelpalooza in L.A., congestion pricing in NYC: HWR, Dec. 19
Elon Musk and The Boring Co. held their long-awaited event last night in Hawthorne to show the public their 1.14-mile test tunnel. Key graphs from the LAT: The company previously said its planned urban transportation network, called the Loop, would whisk cars and pods through multiple levels of tunnels on [continue reading]
Future artworks to animate Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station
Artists Jamex and Einar de la Torre and George Evans have been hard at work developing designs for future artworks at Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station since their selection by a community-based art advisory group and pop-up events with riders and community members. The artworks are part of a range of improvements currently underway [continue reading]
Nadine Lee named LA Metro’s Interim Chief of Staff
With last week’s selection of LA Metro Deputy Chief Executive Officer Stephanie Wiggins as the new Chief Executive Officer of Metrolink, Metro CEO Phillip A. Washington has appointed Ms. Nadine Lee as LA Metro’s Interim Chief of Staff, a newly created position. Nadine is currently Deputy Chief Innovation Officer for [continue reading]
Blue Line south closure to begin Saturday, Jan. 26
The Blue Line will undergo a comprehensive $350-million modernization beginning Jan. 26 to improve reliability, enhance safety and improve the customer experience. From Jan. 26 to late May, Blue Line [continue reading]
Service Advisory: bus shuttles replace Blue/Expo Line trains between 7th St/Metro and Pico on night of Dec. 18
Metro will be conducting emergency repair work on the Blue Line and Expo Line on Tuesday night, Dec. 18, from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. During this time, all Blue and Expo Line trains will end service at Pico Station. Free bus shuttles will run between 7th St/Metro Center and [continue reading]
Metro Deputy CEO Stephanie Wiggins to become next CEO of Metrolink
The Metrolink Board of Directors this morning hired Metro Deputy CEO Stephanie Wiggins as Metrolink’s next CEO. Metrolink runs regional commuter rail across five counties — Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura with service also to Oceanside in San Diego County. Here is the statement on Stephanie’s hiring [continue reading]