Load money on your TAP card with Tappy
Have you met Tappy? TAP’s new mascot is here to help you learn how to get the most out of your TAP card. Load it with money — called Stored Value — and you’re good to go.
1,500 U-Passes now in hands of CSUN students
The 1,500th U-Pass — Metro’s cheap-and-easy college transit pass solution — was recently purchased by a CSUN student. Here’s the news release. The U-Pass is heavily subsidized by schools, meaning CSUN students can buy them for $95 for fall semester and then use their student ID cards to board Metro [continue reading]
Metro Bike Share: what will it cost and how to use TAP to get a bike
The date is quickly approaching: beginning on July 7, workers, residents and visitors in downtown Los Angeles will be able to hop on a bicycle at one of the 65 Metro Bike Share stations [continue reading]
Commuting on the Expo Line this week? Eight things to know
Hi everyone. Anna and I will be out on the Expo Line tomorrow morning. Please follow us on Twitter for frequent updates, service alerts and news about Metro. 1) What’s [continue reading]
Commuting on the Expo Line? 8 things to know
Hi everyone. Anna and I will be out on the Expo Line tomorrow morning. Please follow us on Twitter for frequent updates, service alerts and news about Metro. 1) What’s [continue reading]
Where to get your commemorative Expo to Santa Monica TAP card
Y’all knew it was coming: commemorative TAP cards will be available starting Friday, May 20, to celebrate the Expo Line opening to Santa Monica. You’ll be able to purchase them from [continue reading]
Metro proposes test parking fees at nine rail stations
As you may have read by now, Metro staff are proposing a test program that would charge a $2 or $3 parking fee at nine rail stations where there a [continue reading]
Gold Line to Azusa opens March 5; 10 things to know
All photos by the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority. Click on a photo to see a larger version. Metro CEO Phil Washington announced Thursday that the Gold Line Foothill [continue reading]
Go Metro to UCLA and USC football season openers on Saturday
USC plays doormat Arkansas State in its season opener Saturday night at the unusual time of 8 p.m. local time at the Expo Line-adjacent Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. UCLA opens their [continue reading]
How We Roll, Tuesday, August 4
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. If So Many People Support Mass Transit, Why Do So [continue reading]