Video from the Orange Line media event on stopping fare evasion
And here’s the video from yesterday’s media event on the Orange Line to promote new efforts to thwart fare evasion along the busway. Here’s the news release.
Metro and LASD target fare evasion on the Orange Line
Here’s the news release from Metro: To reduce fare evasion on the Orange Line, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) Transit Services Bureau (TSB) have joined in a two-pronged effort to improve communication and enforce laws requiring riders to buy [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Friday, February 7
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Trial by fire for Metro’s new top cop (ZevWeb) Interesting profile of Michael Claus, the new commander of the Sheriff’s Department unit that patrols Metro [continue reading]
Suspect arrested in fatal stabbing on Red Line last week
Here is the news release issued earlier by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau detectives are continuing their investigation into the circumstances surrounding the stabbing death of an adult male at 9:20 AM on Monday, January 13, 2014, on the Metro Red Line at [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Tuesday, January 14
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Staff report on fare evasion on the Orange Line
The above report was prepared by Metro staff and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD) in response to a motion by Board Member Zev Yaroslavsky asking for more information about who is and isn’t paying fares along the Orange Line. As the report explains, two nearly day-long fare check operations [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Thursday, October 3
em>Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! And now they’re too lazy to fly! ART OF TRANSIT: Union Station platform 12 from our growing Instagram feed. LACMA and Grove owner collaborating on [continue reading]