Free rides on Earth Day, April 22!
Quite frankly, I’m thrilled about this. The Metro Board of Directors today approved a motion by L.A. Mayor and Board Chair Eric Garcetti to offer free rides on Earth Day [continue reading]
710 project OKd but widening deferred
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]
Red/Purple Line subway celebrates 25th anniversary
The first segment of the Red Line subway opened Jan. 29, 1993 — 25 years ago today. Metro held a media event at Union Station this morning to celebrate and [continue reading]
2017 in review: our top 10 Metro storylines for the past year
Check it out: an end of the year list that actually arrives at the very end of the year! Instead of listing every single thing that happened at Metro this [continue reading]
Metro moves aggressively to accelerate the Measure M program
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) today announced that it is moving toward a series of public-private partnerships (P3s) that will deliver Measure M transportation projects to L.A. [continue reading]
Fresh pics: Mayor Garcetti tours Regional Connector’s underground Little Tokyo/Arts District Station
Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Eric Garcetti today toured the new Little Tokyo/Arts District Station that is under construction as part of the Regional Connector project. A tunnel [continue reading]
Metro launches new workforce development program – WIN-LA – to provide career pathway to transportation industry
Metro today launched Workforce Initiative Now-LA (WIN-LA), a groundbreaking workforce development program focused on creating career pathways in the transportation industry. Today’s event in downtown Los Angeles introduced WIN-LA to prime [continue reading]
L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti’s priorities as Metro Board Chair
Embarking on a new term as @MetroLosAngeles Board Chair — laying out our vision for 21st century transportation. pic.twitter.com/OabIMUqMBR — MayorOfLA (@MayorOfLA) July 28, 2017 Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will be the Chairman of the Metro Board of Directors for the next year. He oversaw the Board meeting on [continue reading]
How We Roll, July 3: Chicago vs NYC vs DC vs LA, Midwest rising
Art of Transit: Art of Transit 2: 1959 MTA Summer Funland Map. pic.twitter.com/9zCrIE2muy — John Gordon (@j6ordon) July 3, 2017 From the Dept. of Employment: LAPD Hiring Expo! pic.twitter.com/lBuNedztDc — [continue reading]
VICE tackles Measure M and Trump’s plan
This is a really good piece and VICE asks all the right questions. As for Measure M, here is the spending list and the project descriptions. The Wall Street Journal [continue reading]