Metro has partnered with Early Warning Labs of Santa Monica to install a new earthquake early warning system at all of our bus and rail divisions — just in time [continue reading]
Metro has launched a new awareness campaign called “Keep Metro Clean and Safe” to protect employees and riders from COVID-19 and improve the customer experience by promoting shared responsibility and [continue reading]
Beginning Friday, October 1, Metro and the Sheriff’s Department will activate a photo enforcement program along the future Crenshaw/LAX Line to deter motorists from disobeying traffic signals and illegally driving across the train tracks. In October, motorists will receive warnings before actual citations are issued, starting November 1. We’re posting [continue reading]
The Los Angeles Police Department held a news conference this morning to announce they arrested a person suspected of leaving three incendiary devices in a B (Red) Line station last Friday, July 30. The LAPD worked closely with Metro and its contract security staff to safely remove the devices, conduct [continue reading]
UPDATE, MARCH 18: The item has returned to the Board in March but the contract amount has been amended to $36 million to cover costs for the remainder of 2021. Here is the new staff report. From the report: Additional contract authority is being requested to cover significant costs incurred [continue reading]
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, and Metro Vice Chair, is contributing a $10,000 reward through her First District Discretionary Funds to add to Metro’s $25,000 reward for information that leads to the identification, apprehension and conviction of the person who shot a Metro L Line (Gold) rail operator [continue reading]
Riders on Metro and 25 other transit systems in Los Angeles County can now add TAP cards to their Android smartphones, in addition to their iPhones, beginning today. The TAP [continue reading]
Metro is launching its new on-demand ridesharing service — called Metro Micro — this Sunday, December 13. Metro Micro will be initially available in two zones, the Watts/Willowbrook and LAX/Inglewood areas. A Facebook Live event was held this morning — the video is posted below. Metro Micro will use small [continue reading]
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, one question that we have regularly received from riders is this: why aren’t bus and train operators enforcing Metro’s requirement to wear face coverings while on our system? The answer: Metro has asked our bus and rail operators to focus solely on safely operating their [continue reading]
On Friday, October 16, 2020 at 10:45 p.m. at 7th/Metro in downtown Los Angeles, the suspect became involved in a verbal dispute with the victim on a B Line (Red) train. The dispute escalated and the suspect armed herself and fatally stabbed the victim (Friday’s Source post). Here is the [continue reading]
