October is here already?! That means it’s once again National Arts & Humanities Month, when Metro Art showcases its many approaches to art in the transit environment – from publications to artist pop-ups to artworks for future stations and more. Check it out: To kick off the month, we are giving [continue reading]
The 2021 American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Awards recognize organizations and leaders that have greatly advanced public transportation. Metro was recognized this year with the Innovation Award for our efforts to give people a way into jobs and careers in the transportation industry via Metro’s WIN-LA and Career Pathways programs. [continue reading]
Our country’s economy can’t recover without #publictransit. Systems across the country need $32 billion in federal funding to help essential workers reach the frontlines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Join #Voices4Transit to urge Congress to #SavePublicTransit pic.twitter.com/bvYpBoBGew — PublicTransportation (@APTA_Transit) December 15, 2020 Without at least $32 billion in emergency [continue reading]
Metro has joined the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and transit agencies across the nation in committing to specific measures to help ensure the safe return of riders as the [continue reading]
Dept. of What I’d Like to Write: After three days of hanging out at the J.W. Marriott at the annual meeting of the American Public Transportation Assn., I’m back in my cage/cubicle. I wish I could remember more of the past three days, but those APTA guys — man do [continue reading]
In Memoriam: Former Los Angeles County Supervisor and city of Los Angeles Councilman Ed Edelman passed away Monday at 85. Besides being an extremely nice guy, Ed was of that first [continue reading]
On behalf of Metro, I’d like to extend a warm welcome to members of the American Public Transportation Assn., who are in Los Angeles this week for the trade group’s [continue reading]
Unless you are totally immersed in the world of transit operations, you may not know that the American Public Transportation Association hosts an annual Rail Rodeo in conjunction with their annual rail conference. While it’s not quite as exciting as a regular rodeo — no clowns and no livestock — it’s an [continue reading]
Metro held a media event this morning at its Central Maintenance Facility to demonstrate the amount of greenhouse gases reduced when a person takes public transit instead of driving. The concept of [continue reading]
The American Public Transportation Assiociation this week released an infographic as part of its “Stand Up 4 Transportation” campaign that urges Congress to pass a long-term federal transportation funding bill. The campaign culminates on April 9 on National Transportation Infrastructure Day with transportation stakeholders across the country staging various outreach [continue reading]
