Metro Board actions: easier college transit passes coming soon
The May meeting has concluded, clocking in at a swift 3.5 hours. Audio and video of the meeting will be posted online here in the next day or so. The above [continue reading]
The latest on the June bus service changes
Above are the Metro bus service changes as currently proposed to take effect in June or after. The changes were proposed by Metro staff and then approved, rejected or amended by the five different Metro Service Councils that consist of riders and citizens. The changes are going to the Metro [continue reading]
How We Roll, March 14: skeptical look at Gold Line ext, housing in SaMo, ballot measure buzz
Things to listen to whilst transiting 1: what if you went online, looked up the guy who bullied you in grade school and discovered he was in Oakland running a motorcycle [continue reading]
Video: Gold Line to Azusa from the operator’s cab
The 11.5-mile extension to Azusa opens on Saturday, March 5. The Gold Line to Pasadena currently ends at Sierra Madre Villa Station. Soon there will be six new stations: Arcadia, Monrovia, [continue reading]
How We Roll, Monday, August 10; CicLAvia edition & more
First @BikeMetro #BikeShare at #CicLAvia today. Next #bikemetrodesigncontest to wrap the bikes in LA designed art! pic.twitter.com/UVcbaG0PjI — figureagency (@figureagency) August 9, 2015 The Avenue ? #ciclavia pic.twitter.com/4zWGqcTsW2 — Jim Chelius (@JimChelius) August 10, 2015 Video: Our friend Jack Weiss is at it again, with a great video from ciclavia incuding [continue reading]
Agenda for today’s Metro Board of Directors meeting
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. You can listen online here. Perhaps the most watched item on this month’s agenda is No. 14, which includes a contract for a firm to run the regional bikeshare program. As per usual, I’ll be at the meeting and will follow-up [continue reading]
Ballot measure bill OKd by State Senate
As many of you know, Metro is getting feedback on developing a new long range transportation plan and a possible ballot measure for Nov. 2016 although there’s nothing definitive yet before the the Metro Board. In order to take a ballot measure to voters, Metro first needs a bill approved by the Legislature allowing [continue reading]
PowerPoint: Metro staff proposal to rename rail and BRT lines
Attentive readers here already know that the Regional Connector project is under construction. The 1.9-mile underground light rail line in downtown Los Angeles will link the Blue Line, Expo Line [continue reading]
Actions taken today by the Metro Board of Directors
•Item 17. The Board approved a motion by several Board Members (Don Knabe, Eric Garcetti, Jacquelyne Dupont-Walker, Mike Bonin, James Butts and Mark Ridley-Thomas) directing Metro staff to report back on a cost and schedule comparison of building a rail station at Aviation/96th as part of the Crenshaw/LAX Line versus [continue reading]
Agenda for today’s Metro Board of Directors meeting
Metro Board Chair Eric Garcetti just dropped the metaphorical gavel, thereby beginning the February meeting of the Metro Board of Directors. The agenda for the meeting is above (pdf and web version). The agenda includes links to Board motions and Metro staff reports. I encourage everyone to peruse through them — [continue reading]