Metro and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) invite community members, stakeholders, and residents to participate in a virtual I-710 South Corridor’s Task Force meeting on Monday, March 14, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This meeting will be an opportunity for the public to comment and provide feedback. Please [continue reading]
Dept. of Construction — This was shot a couple weeks ago on section one of the Purple Line Extension and shows tunneling and other work. Cool. Dept. of Twitter The FTA's acting administrator told me a year ago that the Purple Line's package of federal grants and low-interest loans — [continue reading]
Metro is participating in California Clean Air Day and encouraging everyone to give transit a try on Wednesday, Oct. 2! Try Metro Bike Share for free with promo code 10219. Enter [continue reading]
Dept. of Careers: There are some high-profile jobs open at Metro in some key positions — jobs important to the well-being of L.A. County. Feel free to share with colleagues, [continue reading]
As you may or may not have heard, Southern California just saw its longest streak of bad air in decades — 87 consecutive days of smog. So it’s a good time [continue reading]
pdf here Alternative 5C was approved by the Metro Board of Directors on Thursday as the ‘locally preferred alternative’ for the I-710 Corridor Project along with motions (see below) that [continue reading]
A new set of alternatives to improve the 710 freeway between Ocean Boulevard in downtown Long Beach and the SR-60 was released today in an environmental document by Caltrans. One [continue reading]
In its ongoing commitment to deploy the cleanest, most energy-efficient transit vehicles in Los Angeles County, Metro will purchase five new 60-foot electric buses and eight new charging stations for [continue reading]
First, there was the announcement earlier this week that Metro had received a $10.5-million grant for 30 near-zero emission buses to replace old stinky diesel buses on contracted lines in the South Bay and Gateway Cities. That was Tuesday. And now more news along those lines: Metro will install near-zero [continue reading]
Seeking to document the impact of investment in local transportation, Metro released its first “Quality of Life” report on Tuesday. The report compares 2008 — the year that Measure R was [continue reading]
