The Metro Board of Directors today approved scheduling a public hearing for Metro fare restructuring proposals. The Board is scheduled to vote on fare restructuring at its meeting on Thursday, May 22. The two proposals by Metro staff are posted above. Here is the Metro staff report on fare restructuring. [continue reading]
UPDATE: The gavel has dropped on the meeting and it’s now underway. This is a big meeting, folks, with tons of interestingness (relatively speaking) and a lot of important items. For those attending and media: might be a good idea to have a few Red Bulls along with your coffee [continue reading]
Here is the news release from Metrolink, the commuter rail agency. Metro helps fund Metrolink along with transportation agencies representing Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties. Metrolink to institute fare increase, fare policy change effective July 1 Metrolink Board adopts 5% system-wide fare increase, as well as changes to Weekend [continue reading]
As you may have heard, there’s a runoff Tuesday in Los Angeles to elect the next mayor of the second-largest city in the nation — a city with about 3.8 million inhabitants and some well-known transportation challenges. I ran the following post on March 4, the day before the primary election in [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metrolink, the agency that runs commuter rail in Southern California. Because this involves a potential fare increase up to seven percent, I want all readers to understand that Metrolink and Metro are separate agencies, although Metro is one of the five counties in So Cal [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. TAP coming to the Big Blue Bus (Santa Monica Lookout) Very good news obviously [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Beverly Hills Unified School District files state lawsuit against Metro (P.R. Newswire) As I [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metrolink: LOS ANGELES – After skipping a fare increase last year, the Metrolink Board of Directors approved a seven percent average systemwide fare increase to go into effect on or after July 1, 2012. Funds generated from the increase will be used exclusively to help [continue reading]
Tomorrow is July 1 and that means that it’s finally time for the Metro fare increase approved in 2007 to take effect. That means that the single-ride fare of $1.25 will increase to $1.50 and a day pass will rise from $5 to $6. Here’s a full list of the [continue reading]
Attentive readers know that Metro fares are increasing on July 1. We’ve written a fair amount about it and the agency’s Board of Directors held a special meeting on Saturday to discuss the increases. The meeting lasted about an hour and was lightly attended. Here are a few emails from [continue reading]
