2021 Year in Review
As has been our tradition on The Source, let’s take a look back at some of the more notable highlights from the past year Metro-wise. Before we go any further, [continue reading]
2020 in review: a year like no other for Metro
In one sense, 2020 was the toughest of years for mass transit across the United States. Lives were lost. At LA Metro and across the nation, ridership plummeted due to safer-at-home orders. Service was reduced and — depending on location — restored to varying degrees. Agencies’ finances were upended. I [continue reading]
The Metro 2018 year-in-review blog post
As per usual around these parts, there were no shortage of happenings in 2018. Without further ado, below are some of the more notable nuggets from the past year as [continue reading]
How We Roll, Dec. 30: let’s close the book on 2016 and put the book on a shelf and maybe pull the book down and dust it off once in a while
Well, well, well. We have almost completed another trip around the sun and a lot of folks are saying — with some justification — that it perhaps was not the [continue reading]
2016: two rail openings, bike share, a ballot measure and a very busy year for Metro
This was my seventh year at the agency and, by far, 2016 was the busiest. I usually like to put the end-of-the-year highlights in chronological order but I think four [continue reading]
Video: new episode of Metro Motion asks riders why they ride
It’s been a busy year for L.A. County’s transportation revolution, as Metro opened two major rail line projects and continued building three more. But there were dozens of other, less [continue reading]
2015: a year of accomplishment and anticipation
It’s been another busy year at Metro. In the same year the Blue Line — Metro’s oldest light rail line — turned 25, construction continued on five rail [continue reading]