These recaps are helpful to track the many different items that were on yesterday’s agenda. I also posted a little bit yesterday about some of the more noteworthy items and here’s our post explaining the Metro Airport Connector item.
The Metro Board of Directors today approved scheduling a public hearing for Metro fare restructuring proposals. The Board is scheduled to vote on fare restructuring at its meeting on Thursday, May 22. The two proposals by Metro staff are posted above. Here is the Metro staff report on fare restructuring. [continue reading]
Here are some of the more interesting items tackled today by the Metro Board of Directors at their January meeting: •Item 76, the Board approved a public hearing on March 29 to review two fare restructuring proposals released by Metro staff on Friday. At this point, the Board is scheduled [continue reading]
One of the items to be considered by the Metro Board of Directors in this month’s round of meetings: whether to begin the development process for a new ballot measure in November 2016 to pay for transportation projects. Nov. 2016 will likely be a big election with voters deciding the [continue reading]
Good morning! The gavel just thwacked the tabletop, setting in motion the final Metro Board of Directors meeting of 2013. The 13-member Board serve as the final deciders of most things Metro. Learn more about them here. The agenda is above. If you are not one of the lucky ones [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! ART OF TRANSIT: Again, from our Instagram feed. Tracking holiday travel misery (FlightAware) That’s a screen grab from 8:55 a.m. Looks like a good day [continue reading]
The issue of fare restructuring — and problems with Metro’s current fare structure — were discussed today by the Metro Board of Directors’ Finance, Budget & Audit Committee. Metro staff are currently finalizing fare restructuring options that will likely be released to the public in early 2014. Among options likely [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! ART OF TRANSIT: The old streetcar depot on the VA campus in West Los Angeles. It was built in 1900 [continue reading]
20131024rbmitem19handout Work on the Los Angeles Union Station Master Plan has been underway for more than a year, with Metro staff and contractors tackling some big questions about the best way to improve the facility Metro purchased in 2011. The Master Plan team is asking the agency’s Board of Directors [continue reading]
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Thursday toured one of the next-generation buses that will be soon part of the agency’s fleet while also expressing thanks to agency staff for their efforts to improve transit access for mobility-impaired passengers. Mayor Garcetti met with General Manager of Transit Capital Programs Richard Hunt [continue reading]
