Last month, the Source reported that Metro has taken some new public safety-related education and outreach efforts that help ensure the Metro system is primarily used for essential travel as [continue reading]
National Night Out, an evening of fun family-focused activities, will be held at Union Station on Tuesday, Aug. 6. The national community-building campaign is a “night to unite” and promotes [continue reading]
Metro crime data from Jan. 2018. Click on page above to see larger. It goes without saying that safety and security is a very big deal for Metro customers — riders have told the agency that over and over. And the message was received. In July, the Long Beach and [continue reading]
Metro’s Board of Directors approved a new contract to increase the police’s presence on Metro in 2017. Since then, the Los Angeles and Long Beach police departments have joined the Los Angeles [continue reading]
Metro will be hosting a law enforcement meet and greet at Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station this Friday, Dec. 8 from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Stop by and get to know the officers who patrol our system; there will be tables for Long Beach Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los [continue reading]
Metro will be hosting a law enforcement meet and greet on Friday, Oct. 27 at the Union Station East Portal from 9 a.m. to noon. Stop by and get to [continue reading]
Over the next five weeks, you may notice an increase in the presence of law enforcement on the Blue Line as the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and Metro security personnel conduct Operation [continue reading]
(pdf file of Board report is here) After a three month delay, a new policing contract that splits the work of patrolling the Metro system between three police agencies was approved by a 12 to 0 vote Thursday by the Metro Board of Directors. Going forward, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department [continue reading]
At Thursday’s Metro Board meeting, Metro CEO Phil Washington announced that the agency has begun an “action plan” to reduce delays that in recent months have plagued the Blue Line, Metro’s [continue reading]
Reminder: for those of you planning on going to the march Saturday, avoid long lines at the TAP vending machines by getting your TAP card ahead of time. More here. Dept. of Infrastructure Facts: I didn’t know Oroville Dam was taller than Hoover Dam. Now I do. Here’s what the [continue reading]
