Metro, Measure Up! and the Regional Integration of Intelligent Transportation Systems (RIITS) have teamed up to collect, share and analyze transportation data to better understand travel patterns and help inform transportation policies and operations throughout the Los Angeles region. Measure Up! LOCUS are dashboards that provide info from transportation trips [continue reading]
Of the most vexing challenges facing Metro, none is as difficult as the issue of the number of homeless using our system as shelter. The frustration among our riders about the unhoused is palpable. Look at Metro’s social media streams on any given day. The feedback we get covers a [continue reading]
The new school year is upon us — and it’s a good time to remind everyone that Metro’s GoPass Pilot Program is offering free rides to L.A. County students at participating K-12 schools and community colleges. All students need is a registered GoPass TAP card to ride Metro and buses [continue reading]
Metro on Thursday announced that it has broken ground on a project that will finally build a bridge for freight and passenger trains over the busy intersection of Rosecrans and Marquardt avenues in Santa Fe Springs. See the above video. The bridge will replace the street level rail crossing which [continue reading]
President Biden announced the details of his American Jobs Plan for revitalizing America’s infrastructure today in Pittsburgh. A summary of the plan can be found on the White House website. The plan would provide $85 billion to modernize transit systems and $115 billion to modernize bridges, highways, roads and local [continue reading]
Metro today released its 2021 to 2024 Draft Coordinated Public Transit – Human Services Transportation Plan (plan) for L.A. County. The plan addresses regional transportation needs of target populations including seniors, persons with disabilities, low-income individuals and veterans. Read and download the plan here. Key areas the plan covers include: [continue reading]
The number of new COVID-19 cases has exploded in Southern California over the past two months — and Metro, unfortunately, is feeling the impact on our bus and rail service due to staffing shortages. As a result, some bus and rail trips will likely be canceled each day over the [continue reading]
Our country’s economy can’t recover without #publictransit. Systems across the country need $32 billion in federal funding to help essential workers reach the frontlines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Join #Voices4Transit to urge Congress to #SavePublicTransit pic.twitter.com/bvYpBoBGew — PublicTransportation (@APTA_Transit) December 15, 2020 Without at least $32 billion in emergency [continue reading]
Calling all Angelenos! Participate in the Wear A Mask LA video PSA contest to show all Los Angeles County residents why it’s important to wear a face covering or mask [continue reading]
UPDATE, 6:35. P.M. E LINE (EXPO): Trains turn back to DTSM at LATTC/Ortho Station due to protests. Follow announcements. pic.twitter.com/eAURlbnJaV — LA Metro Rider Alerts (@metrolaalerts) June 2, 2020 B LINE (RED): Trains SKIP Hollywood/Highland, Hollywood/Vine, and Hollywood/Western. Buses are also on detour nearby. pic.twitter.com/hTdO4JGzYd — LA Metro Rider Alerts [continue reading]
