How to Go Metro to the Women’s March this Saturday
This year’s Women’s March will take place on Saturday, Jan. 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and a large turnout is expected. To help you get to and from the [continue reading]
Metro urges riders to report suspected human trafficking on transit
As part of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention month, Metro is reminding the public how to help potential victims. Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labor, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. To put it more bluntly, human trafficking [continue reading]
Valentine’s Day Commemorative TAP cards now available at select stations and Metro Customer Centers
New Valentine’s Day commemorative TAP cards are now available at Metro Customer Centers and at select TAP vending machines, located at the rail stations listed below. Each TAP card costs [continue reading]
Street restoration on the Regional Connector starts January 10, road closures in effect through August
At the new Little Tokyo/Arts District Station, crews have completed concrete placement of the exterior walls and roof for the rail tunnel entrance on 1st Street that will serve trains [continue reading]
Metro is working to stop theft of copper wiring from rail lines
One of the occasional — but serious — problems that causes delays on the Metro Rail system is the theft of copper wiring from signal and traction power equipment adjacent [continue reading]
Purple Line Extension Project: Goals for 2020
Above is a section of the Purple Line Extension tunnel between La Brea and Western. The video is taken from the loci train that is used to haul workers [continue reading]
Paid parking to begin at Expo/Crenshaw Station on Jan. 27
Paid parking will be implemented at Expo/Crenshaw Station beginning Monday, Jan. 27. The parking rate is $3 per 24 hours for transit riders. You’ll be able to use the automated [continue reading]
Tournament of Roses, toll lanes, California’s population flat lines: Metro News Now, Jan. 3
Happy New Year’s, folks. Some desk clearing… •If you missed it and have some time to kill, I managed (with hours to spare) to post our 2010s-in-review here. •For those of you who rode Metro to the Tournament of Roses, how did it go? Looked to me like all the [continue reading]
Happy New Year! Resolve to be more involved in your community by attending a Service Council meeting
This month, all the Councils will meet except the San Fernando Valley, which will return to their regular meeting date in February. At each of this month’s Council meetings, we’ll receive an update from the Station Evaluation team. The report will recap all the new scores of each inspected station [continue reading]
A look back at the 2010s from a Metro and mobility point of view
The end of the 2010s is upon us. Although I’m not one who thinks history fits neatly in 10-year boxes, this is a good chance to mull what has happened [continue reading]