The private sector can excel at creating products and services that meet and exceed customer demand. Metro aims to achieve those kind of results with its upcoming Microtransit service. The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday approved contracts totaling $885,247 to three vendors — RideCo, NoMad Transit and Transdev — [continue reading]
As waves of homeless descend onto trains, L.A. tries a new strategy: social workers on the subway (LAT) As waves of homeless descend onto trains, L.A. tries a new strategy: [continue reading]
(pdf here) Metro staff on Friday released a draft of the Metro Vision 2028 Plan as part of a report to the agency’s Board of Directors. This is Metro’s big [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors this month will consider three contracts totaling $885,247 with firms to partner with Metro to plan and design the agency’s much-anticipated MicroTransit Pilot Project (MTP). Here’s the Metro staff report. The proposed on-demand service line will allow Metro to transport customers in a small vehicle [continue reading]
Quite frankly, I’m thrilled about this. The Metro Board of Directors today approved a motion by L.A. Mayor and Board Chair Eric Garcetti to offer free rides on Earth Day [continue reading]
PDF of agenda here The Metro Board of Directors meets Thursday at 9 a.m. for their regular monthly meeting. The agenda is above. The meeting will be webcast. Click on the ‘listen’ tab that will appear on this page once the meeting begins. The agenda is on the light side [continue reading]
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]
The Metro Board of Directors meeting is Thursday at 9 a.m. at Metro HQ adjacent to Union Station. As always, the meeting is open to the public. If you can’t make it, you can listen online. The big ticket item tomorrow: the Board will be considering adoption of the “locally [continue reading]
pdf here The public hearing for all-door boarding on the 754 Rapid and 720 Rapid will be this Thursday at 9 a.m. during the Metro Board’s System Safety, Security and [continue reading]
A new bus circulator with more stops and that travels in both directions will replace current Orange Line service in the Warner Center area later this year. The plan was unanimously approved by the San Fernando Valley Service Council at Wednesday night’s meeting — with support from the Valley Industry [continue reading]
