Metro Art “Journeys” by bike: Community ride to Exposition Park
Join Metro Art and Metro Bike Share for a special multimodal community ride celebrating Bike Month through art! The day begins on foot with a walking tour of the new [continue reading]
Origami spaceships: LAX/Metro Transit Center Station artist Glenn Kaino leads youth in artmaking workshop
Glenn Kaino, the artist commissioned to create a sculpture for the future LAX/Metro Transit Center Station, recently led a drawing and origami folding workshop at SoLa Impact Tech Center with [continue reading]
Regional Connector artist seeks your memories of riding the Pacific Electric streetcars
Inspired by his childhood memories of Southern California’s former transit system, Metro-commissioned artist Mark Steven Greenfield has created a site-specific artwork for the Regional Connector Transit Project that pays homage to the Pacific Electric Railway streetcar. Fondly known as the Red Car, the streetcars [continue reading]
Metro’s 2019 Public Participation Plan is open for comments
Public outreach and community engagement are fundamental and mandatory activities for Metro. Metro staff have released the draft Public Participation Plan (PPP) for 2019 and the agency wants input from [continue reading]
First/Last Mile Plan to improve neighborhood access to Blue Line is adopted; first of its kind plan in U.S.
Above: pics of community outreach and audits done to identify first/last mile issues around Blue Line stations. Photos: Metro. The Blue Line First/Last Mile Plan was adopted Thursday by the [continue reading]
Metro to hold public hearings on Feb. 28 for unmet public transit needs
Metro will hold three public meetings in Palmdale, Lancaster and Santa Clarita on Wednesday, Feb. 28 to discuss unmet public transit needs. The hearings will help to determine how TDA Article 8 funds should be allocated. Meeting times and locations are as follows: Lancaster Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 11 a.m. [continue reading]
Make your voice heard at Long Beach Transit’s STAR Initiative October community meetings
The Long Beach Transit Systemwide Transit Analysis and Reassessment (STAR) Initiative launched earlier this year in order to evaluate different types of service investments and consider possible changes to LBT’s services and [continue reading]
Community invited to open house for new Airport Integrated Project Management Office
Metro and Walsh/Shea Corridor Constructors (WSCC) are inviting the community to an open house for the new Airport Integrated Project Management Office (IPMO). Event Details Saturday, March 15, 2014 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project Airport IPMO 9323 Bellanca Avenue Los Angeles, 90045 Community residents, property owners, business [continue reading]
"Bus Lighting Ceremony" to take place this Saturday at Denker Recreation Center
If you’ve never seen a “bus lighting ceremony” now’s your chance: Metro will be participating in the Winter Holiday Festival this Saturday, Dec. 14 at the Denker Recreation Center. The festival will take place from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. One of Metro’s red articulated buses will be decorated and [continue reading]
Here's a video from SoCal's first pop-up street design event
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EQo7iW0NEU] A few months ago, Santa Monica held a pop-up street improvement event to show how Michigan Avenue Neighborhood Greenway (MANGo) can be improved. The event was very successful, with numerous participants stopping by and providing feedback. Check out the above video to see the temporary installations featured at the event, including traffic [continue reading]