Metro is hosting a “Women Build Metro Los Angeles” virtual event on Thursday, August 19, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. The virtual Zoom meeting is part of Metro’s Job Apprenticeship Readiness Program and it’s a good chance to learn about opportunities for women in construction. This is a good chance [continue reading]
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced Wednesday that that U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will be restoring and expanding the Local Hire program launched during the Obama Administration. This is good news as local hiring has been a major priority of the Metro Board of Directors — the Board wants [continue reading]
With more than 2,000 clean-air buses operating throughout L.A. County, Metro relies on an extensive team of bus operators to carry out our mission every day. We are currently looking [continue reading]
Metro, in partnership with the County of Los Angeles and the SEED Foundation, today broke ground on the Vermont Manchester Transit Priority Project, which will dramatically transform a dirt lot the size of two city blocks that has been blighted for almost 30 years. After acquiring the property through eminent [continue reading]
Metro CEO Phillip A. Washington and Metro’s Career Pathways Program — including the planned SEED School of Los Angeles County — were awarded the top prize Monday night in the Pioneer Institute’s Better Government Competition. The Pioneer Institute is a Boston-based, independent research organization that seeks to improve quality of [continue reading]
The need to build infrastructure and improve what we already have begs a couple of questions: how do we get more folks to work in the transportation industry? And how [continue reading]
Below are some pics taken this spring at or near two stations under construction for the Regional Connector — Historic Broadway (at 2nd and Broadway) and Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill [continue reading]
Dept. of Remembrance: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Edmond C. Smith (@k9_ed) •Story of the day: Marketplace asks why subways in the United States are [continue reading]
Dept. of Westside Tunneling Statement from Metro. @boring_company @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/Rr7xCxfHQS — LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) May 1, 2018 Art of Transit #LAFCComesHome 📸: @georgemivanoff pic.twitter.com/jG1tJrIvb2 — LAFC (@LAFC) April 28, 2018 Big opening win/night for LAFC on Sunday. If you’re headed to a game this season, a friendly reminder that the [continue reading]
We hope everyone is having a good Veterans Day and, of course, we extend a big thank you to those who have and continue to serve our country. Metro has had a Veterans Hiring Initiative Program for the past five years. Please see this page for more info and watch [continue reading]
