With gas prices staying stubbornly high — around $4 a gallon — and the local and national economy still facing tough times, the Metro Board of Directors this past spring lowered the cost of Metro day passes from $6 to $5. The lower price begins today, Monday, Aug. 1, with [continue reading]
This new video from the Office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa — who just assumed the role of Chairman of the Metro Board — looks at his transportation program, including many of the projects that Metro is planning or building. The video also includes some snippets about America Fast Forward, the [continue reading]
Thousands of new boardings system-wide. Reduced transfers saving up to 20 minutes on some trips. An 11-minute ride from Union Station across downtown to Pico Station. Increased service efficiency. New transit stations in the employment heart of Los Angeles County. Take your pick, because the 1.9-mile Regional Connector has something [continue reading]
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved a 7.7-mile option for rush hour bus lanes for Wilshire Boulevard, clearing a key hurdle needed for the project to begin its design phase and then construction. But the Council provided a wrinkle: adding language asking the Metro Board of Directors to [continue reading]
Two loose ends from today’s Board of Directors meeting: •The Board approved rolling passes for TAP cards — meaning that weekly and monthly passes will be good seven and 30 days from the time they’re purchased instead of being tied to the calendar. Metro’s target date to begin such sales [continue reading]
In the sixth hour of their monthly meeting on Thursday, the Metro Board just approved a $4.145 billion budget for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1. It’s the largest budget in the agency’s history, mostly due to money being spent on the construction and planning of Measure R [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors voted unanimously today to lower the cost of the day pass to $5 from $6 for a one-year test period beginning this summer. Here’s the staff report on the issue. One nice development: TAP cards preloaded with a day pass will be available on Metro [continue reading]
The special meeting today of the full Metro Board of Directors ended with a decision to delay a vote on the agency’s full budget until the next Board meeting on May 26. Several Board members wanted more time to review the lengthy budget document.
Metro is today releasing its budget [pdf] for the coming 2011-12 fiscal year. The highlights, in short: •The budget is $4.145 billion, which is 6.3 percent higher than last year, mostly due to more spending on Measure R projects. •Metro CEO Art Leahy is proposing to lower day passes from [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors are currently finishing up their regular monthly meeting here at Metro headquarters in downtown L.A. Here is the agenda and below are a few key issues they tackled: •(Item 22) The Board approved lifting the ban on bringing bicycles on Metro trains during peak hours [continue reading]
