Our new simpler fares began July 1
Starting Saturday, July 1, Metro is introducing fare capping, a new way to pay your fare that makes riding more convenient and less expensive. Just remember, the more you ride, [continue reading]
LIFE Program Upcoming Enrollment Events
The LIFE program is conducting outreach throughout L.A. County. LIFE offers savings with discounted transit passes and 20 free rides each month. Riders can use LIFE discounts on Metro and other participating transit agencies (the entire list is here — scroll down). Join us at one of our upcoming events [continue reading]
Preview of Metro Board of Director’s April meeting this Thursday, April 27
The Metro Board of Directors have their monthly full Board meeting this Thursday, April 27, at 10 a.m. The full agenda with links to staff reports is here. A link will also appear on that same page to watch/listen to the livestream shortly before 10 a.m. on Thursday. The public is [continue reading]
Upcoming enrollment events for our Low Income Fare is Easy (LIFE) program
The LIFE program is conducting outreach throughout Los Angeles County. LIFE offers savings such as discounted transit passes or 20 free rides each month. Riders can use LIFE discounts to ride Metro and buses run by other participating transit agencies. Join us at one of our upcoming events to enroll [continue reading]
Metro ridership was up 12 percent in 2022 over prior year
Metro announced today a 12 percent increase in transit ridership compared to a year ago. There were 255 million boardings in 2022, surpassing the 227 million in 2021. “During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of Metro’s riders disappeared, and stayed away for most of the epidemic. As [continue reading]
Why we’re offering free rides on Transit Equity Day on Saturday, Feb. 4
We’re offering free rides on our bus, rail and bike system on Saturday, February 4, to honor Transit Equity Day and the birthday of civil rights icon Rosa Parks, who [continue reading]
We’ve updated our fare capping proposal to keep fares at current prices and continue free transfers
We’ve finalized our proposal to make paying fares easier and to ensure that no one overpays for riding Metro buses and trains. Based on customer feedback, the staff recommendation is to keep base fares at their current prices and continue free one-way transfers between Metro buses and trains for two [continue reading]
Metro reminds public to take advantage of discounted transit fares
With the price of gas, housing, food and everything else sky high, Metro continues to offer half-price transit passes to help you save money. Metro’s regular 1-Day, 7-Day and 30-Day [continue reading]
Metro Partners with CBOs to promote Low Income Fare is Easy (LIFE) program
In the above gallery, CBOs work to help riders sign up for Metro’s Low Income Fare is Easy program. In November 2021, Metro released a Request for Proposals through a partnership with Civilian, a social impact and marketing company, to the Community-Based-Organization (CBO) community. The goal was to engage the [continue reading]
Want to avoid soaring gas prices? Go Metro with discounted fares
As of this morning, the average price of a gallon of gas locally is $5.65, according to AAA. Yikes! Until recently, that’s the highest the average gas prices have been since the summer of 2008 — when the California average was about $4.51 a gallon. We know that many of [continue reading]