The Metro Board of Directors this month will be considering a contract with the company Bicycle Transit Systems (BTS) with Bcycle as a partner for a regional bikeshare program. Under Metro’s plans, [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors holds their monthly meeting on May 28 at Metro headquarters adjacent to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. The agenda is posted above including links to Metro staff reports on a wide variety of items. Two items caught my eye: •Item 25, asking the Metro [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metro: Metro will hold a public hearing on its proposed Fiscal Year 2016 budget (FY16) on Wednesday, May 20 to receive public input on a proposed $5.56 billion budget. The hearing will be held as part of the Board’s Finance and Budget Committee starting at [continue reading]
As many of you know, Metro is updating its long-range plan and has been exploring the possibility of a ballot measure in November 2016 to raise more money for transportation [continue reading]
Here’s the agenda for the meeting Thursday of the Metro Board of Directors. The meeting opens at 9 a.m. at Metro headquarters adjacent to Union Station. As always, the meeting is open to the public. You can listen to the meeting online.
One of the more interesting staff reports sent to the Metro Board of Directors this month involves the potential of speeding up and improving the Orange Line, the Metro bus [continue reading]
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. Today’s profile of a Metro rider by Zocalo Public Square: Futuristic scenarios in my head, Pacific Avenue to Olive Street. Emotion erupts at second 710 freeway public hearing (Daily News) [continue reading]
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! Metro takes another step forward in effort to build affordable housing at transit hubs (Streetsblog LA) A very in-depth look at ongoing efforts by the Metro [continue reading]
Key number: Metro has more than 22,000 parking spaces at 48 stations. That number is headed toward more than 30,000 with the opening of new rail lines. The issue: Metro’s [continue reading]
The Metro Board meeting is underway at Metro Headquarters, adjacent to Los Angeles Union Station (it’s the tower next to the Patsaouras Transit Plaza). The agenda for the meeting is above. The agenda includes links to Board motions and Metro staff reports. I encourage everyone to peruse through them — there’s [continue reading]
