pdf and online agenda is here Among some of the actions taken by the Metro Board today: •The Board approved a $7.2-billion budget for Metro for the 2019-20 fiscal year that runs from July 1 through June 30, 2020. Here’s a staff report and Source post on service changes that [continue reading]
pdf and online agenda is here The Metro Board of Directors meets at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday at Metro headquarters for its regular monthly meeting. The link for the livestream will appear here just before the meeting begins. Among some of the items the Board is scheduled to tackle: •Consideration [continue reading]
Art of Transit Construction: a couple pics from a staff tour on Friday of the Regional Connector project under DTLA. The Connector is trying together the Blue, Expo and Gold [continue reading]
•The LAT has a story on why the forecast completion of the Regional Connector has recently slipped from Dec. 2021 to spring/summer 2022. Among one of the challenges: labor shortages [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday unanimously voted to launch feasibility studies of congestion relief pricing and New Mobility fees on Uber, Lyft and devices such as scooters as part of Metro’s “Re-Imagining of LA County: Mobility, Equity and the Environment” plan. The initiative seeks to greatly reduce traffic, [continue reading]
On Thursday, the Metro Board of Directors will consider The Re-Imagining of LA County: Mobility, Equity and the Environment. The plan aims to reduce traffic, improve transit and reduce air pollution before and after the Games by using a number of tools — including congestion pricing and New Mobility fees. [continue reading]
By Rani Narula-Woods and Debra R. Avila LA Metro is investing in new transportation innovations that harness new and emerging technology services to improve the experience for customers. Metro is beginning to experiment with technology to develop the best possible ways to serve our customers. Rather than buying off-the shelf [continue reading]
UPDATE: The Metro Board at its September meeting approved more study of these two routes. *** The Green Line Extension to Torrance project returns to the Metro Board of Directors [continue reading]
Update, June 20: The Metro Board’s Planning Committee approved the staff recommendation today. The item now goes to the full Board on June 28. Metro Board Member Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker also [continue reading]
