As part of the Crenshaw/LAX light rail project (the future K Line), Metro personnel, LA County Fire, Inglewood Police, and LA County Sheriff’s Departments will conduct a series of emergency drills along the project alignment. The group will be conducting testing and practice emergency drills. The drills will include simulated [continue reading]
UPDATE, MAY 26: The Metro Board of Directors today voted to approve the proposed budget. *** Here’s the earlier blog post on the proposed highways budget: Metro’s proposed $8.8 billion budget for the next fiscal year – which begins July 1 – is being considered by our agency’s Board of [continue reading]
Metro today announced that it will comply with the new L.A. County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) Order requiring masks to be worn while riding public transit and when in indoor stations within L.A. County effective at 12:01 am, Friday, April 22, 2022. The LACDPH has determined that the mask [continue reading]
Metro extends its condolences to the victims in today’s subway shooting in New York City. “On behalf of the Metro Board of Directors, I would like to extend my deepest condolences for the victims of the tragedy that occurred today in Brooklyn,” said Los Angeles County Supervisor and Metro Board [continue reading]
As we continue to welcome back more riders to Metro, we are initiating a pilot program called “Respect the Ride,” which began Monday, April 4. The idea is simple: we’re working to improve safety and the customer experience on the Metro system. As part of Respect the Ride, we’re deploying [continue reading]
To download a pdf of the agenda, click here. The Metro Board of Directors had its first full meeting of 2022 today. The webstream of the meeting will be posted soon and we’ll add the link here as soon as we can. Here are some of the highlights of the [continue reading]
To download a pdf of the agenda, click here. The Metro Board of Directors has its first full meeting of 2022 at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 22. As has been the case since March 2020, the meeting will be virtual due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. You can watch [continue reading]
LA Metro’s number one priority is the safety of our riders and our employees, and we will make sure that any changes to our public safety systems are consistent with Metro’s values. Staff has recommended that our Board approve funding the remaining six months of our law enforcement contracts with the [continue reading]
Metro today marked the beginning of construction on the Eastside Access Improvement Project, a project that will build key streetscape, pedestrian safety and bicycle access improvements for everyone walking [continue reading]
UPDATE: Citations will begin Feb. 1. Metro and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department have extended the warning period through January 31, 2022, before beginning to implement their photo enforcement program along Crenshaw Boulevard for the future Crenshaw/LAX light rail line. The photo enforcement program will help keep drivers and community [continue reading]
