As part of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention month, Metro is reminding the public how to help potential victims. Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labor, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. To put it more bluntly, human trafficking [continue reading]
ICYMI: The exciting proposal for the third and watery phase of the Expo Line. Art of Infrastructure: Explosion on St. Petersburg Metro kills 11 as Putin visits city (NYT) No [continue reading]
Over the next five weeks, you may notice an increase in the presence of law enforcement on the Blue Line as the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and Metro security personnel conduct Operation [continue reading]
Wednesday morning update: The LA Times is reporting that the threat against the Universal City/Studio City Station was not credible. Nonetheless, we encourage riders — as always — to say something if they see something. Here is the news release from Metro: Metro rail riders will continue to notice an increased [continue reading]
As a woman who spends the majority of her time traveling via foot and public transit, I am — unfortunately — no stranger to sexual harassment. I have seen people make lewd gestures to [continue reading]
Two children and a mentally disabled adult who went missing from Long Beach on Saturday night were discovered Monday morning at the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station with the help of Metro bus operator George Vazquez. Vazquez was operating Line 230 when he noticed the trio at the Sylmar Metrolink Station terminal and [continue reading]
