Metro is celebrating Older Americans Month throughout the month of May with a series of virtual events aimed at building strength within our older adult community. The events are hosted by [continue reading]
From a diverse range of concerts and multi-cultural dance workshops featuring the best of L.A.’s artists to the summer kick-off of an all-new food film screening series, here’s your guide [continue reading]
Metro’s On the Move Riders Club is a peer-to-peer travel training program designed to educate older adults on the basics of riding public transportation. In the process of learning to ride, club participants [continue reading]
Metro is hosting an older adult transportation pop-up event on Tuesday, June 27 at the California Recreation Center in Long Beach from 10 a.m. to Noon. Programming will include services geared to the older adult audience — we’ll have presentations on how to apply for a Senior TAP card, or how [continue reading]
Metro’s On the Move Riders Club is a peer-to-peer travel training program designed to educate older adults on the basics of riding public transportation. In the process of learning to ride, [continue reading]
If you’re an older adult who find the ins and outs of public transportation a little intimidating, consider being part of the On the Move Riders Club. The club is part of Metro’s outreach to older adults. We teach older adults about the benefits of public transit and familiarize them with local [continue reading]
Important links: info on senior fares is here. With a senior/disabled/Medicare TAP card — available to those 62 and older — a regular fare is 75 cents per ride on [continue reading]
The Metro Speakers’ Bureau will provide free presentations throughout Los Angeles County on a variety of transportation topics: –Update on Measure R projects for your neighborhood –New ridesharing options such as carpools and vanpools –Metro’s On the Move Riders Club for seniors learning to navigate the system –Transit-oriented development –Careers [continue reading]
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Public transportation plays a large role in helping older adults stay mobile. But as much as many of them want to ride buses or trains, trying to figure out routes, times and fares can sometimes be a little intimidating. That’s where On the Move Riders Club comes in. On the Move Riders Club [continue reading]
