You can also download or print a pdf of the agenda from this link. The meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. and will be streamed live once it begins. Metro CEO Phil Washington will also give his annual State of the Agency talk during his CEO remarks, which usually take [continue reading]
There are too many women’s marchers for Metro trains to carry (SGV Tribune) The Red Line at the women’s march (Reddit) Huge crowds swarm Metro’s trains and buses for Women’s [continue reading]
Kathryn Barger, who was elected to replace Michael D. Antonovich as Los Angeles County Supervisor for the Fifth District, has joined the Metro Board, as has Janice Hahn, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, who has replaced Don Knabe as Supervisor of the Fourth District. All five members [continue reading]
Established by Metro in late 2014, the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project Pilot Business Solution Center (BSC) provides hands-on assistance to small businesses along the Crenshaw corridor during construction. The BSC has helped more [continue reading]
This was my seventh year at the agency and, by far, 2016 was the busiest. I usually like to put the end-of-the-year highlights in chronological order but I think four [continue reading]
(pdf of the above report for downloading and printing) Grappling with an issue often raised by Metro riders — the presence of police on the system, or sometimes the lack thereof — the Metro Board of Directors voted 7 to 4 on Thursday to delay a vote on a new [continue reading]
Updating as the meeting proceeds today, with most recent items at the top of the post. The agenda for the meeting is at the bottom of the post. •After two hours of discussion, the Board voted 7 to 4 to delay consideration of a new policing contract for the agency. [continue reading]
A new contract to provide law enforcement on the Metro system will be considered by the Metro Board of Directors at their Dec. 1 meeting. The current contract expires Dec. 31 and is with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD), who have policed the Metro system since 2009. The five-year contract [continue reading]
To print or download, click here. To print or download, click here. The motion calls for Metro creating an implementation plan for using electric buses on the Orange Line by 2020 [continue reading]
A new $10.5-million U.S. Department of Transportation grant will fund the purchase of 30 next-generation, near zero-emission compressed natural gas buses to run in the South Bay and Gateway Cities region, Metro announced today. The takeaways: •Combined with Metro’s $10.5-million match, a total of $21 million will be invested to replace [continue reading]
