New Metro Manners videos are here!
One year ago, we debuted Metro Manners: a transit etiquette campaign starring magical girl Super Kind and her arch-nemesis, Rude Dude. You can refresh your memory and view the previous [continue reading]
Become a champion for a greener L.A.
The Envision Rating System is an international standard for assessing the sustainability of projects across a variety of categories. It’s used by Metro, L.A. County and the City of Los [continue reading]
Metro x LAFC: Go Metro to Banc of California Stadium
Los Angeles has a great new sports team — LAFC — and their new Banc of California Stadium in Exposition Park is easy to reach via the Expo Line, Silver [continue reading]
Bike Share for Business Spotlight: AEG
Metro’s Bike Share for Business program offers employers across Los Angeles County the opportunity to provide their employees with discounted passes. To help you understand how the program could work [continue reading]
State recommends $1.792 billion in grants for Metro projects
Metro is having a good week on the funding front. The state of California has recommended $1.792 billion — yes, billion — in grants from SB 1, the landmark state transportation funding package that became law in 2017. The funds come from these SB 1 programs: the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital [continue reading]
Start your transportation career as a Metro bus operator: attend hiring event on April 7
If you are 21 years old or older and interested in becoming a Metro bus operator, don’t miss our one-day hiring event this Saturday, April 7. There are more than [continue reading]
Metro launches pilot contractor development and bonding program for small, disadvantaged and disabled veteran-owned businesses
Metro has implemented a one-year pilot program to assist Metro-certified Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) firms secure sufficient bonding to work on Metro construction projects. Metro will provide a bonding guarantee to qualified SBE, DBE, and DVBE firms to expand their [continue reading]
SB 1 supports jobs, economic activity and investment in California, new report finds
An economic impact report for SB 1 has been released by the California Alliance for Jobs, the California Transit Assn. and Transportation California. The report is above (or pdf here). As we posted last week, the state of California is considering the first allocations from SB 1. Metro is not [continue reading]
Tunnel boring machine completes its job on Regional Connector project
And that’s all she wrote. On Tuesday evening, the tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the Regional Connector — named Angeli — arrived beneath the intersection of Flower and 4th streets [continue reading]
Older Adult Transportation Expo will be held at Union Station on Oct. 24
Metro’s On the Move Riders Program will be hosting the Older Adult Transportation Expo at Union Station on Tuesday, Oct. 24. Attendees will be able to learn how to ride, [continue reading]