This week in Zocalo Public Square’s profiles of Metro riders
We invite you to head on over to the Zocalo Public Square website to check out their latest Metro rider profiles. In the past week, we’ve met a keyboard playing [continue reading]
Eat, Shop, Play Crenshaw: Community Fest in Leimert Park March 21
Come out and support local businesses! Eat, Shop, Play Crenshaw is hosting a community festival in Leimert Park Village on Saturday, Mar. 21. The free event will take place from 10 [continue reading]
Go Metro Weekends, March 20 to 22
Friday The Million Dollar Theatre and Grand Central Market are teaming up for an evening of 30s-themed fun this Friday. From 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., enjoy live jazz and [continue reading]
Bach in the Subways celebrates composer’s 330th birthday with 10 hours of music at Union Station
Join Johann Sebastian Bach aficionados around the world for Bach in the Subways on Saturday, March 21! You can celebrate the birthday of the famous musician by popping in at [continue reading]
Beta testers needed for new commuter app Trip2GO
Metro has worked with Caltrans, Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH) and UC Berkeley to develop a new commuter app called Trip2GO. Trip2GO is a multimodal trip planning app designed to support research [continue reading]
Go Metro to celebrate the Mexica New Year this Saturday at Mariachi Plaza
We know you’re probably thinking every New Year celebration is equipped with ceremonies, dancing and singing. And you’re absolutely right, except the Mexica New Year Los Angeles Festival is [continue reading]
Video: stand to the right on escalators, please!
As anyone knows who follows Metro’s Twitter account, we occasionally get an earful about the issue of rider etiquette. And perhaps no issue gets the collective goat of riders more than people standing in such a way that they block those who want up escalators to get where they’re going a little [continue reading]
Press Brothers Juicery opens new cart at Union Station
Union Station East has some new beverage offerings as of this morning: Press Brothers Juicery has a new cart located between the Red/Purple Line entrance and the tunnel leading to [continue reading]
Show some love to bus and train operators on Transit Driver Appreciation Day
Operating a bus or train is no easy task. Operators have to keep a schedule, give directions, announce stops, remember stop requests, all while safely maneuvering an extra-large vehicle through unpredictable [continue reading]
Let Metro do the driving this St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day is Tuesday, Mar. 17, and though four leaf clovers will surely abound, we’d like to gently remind you… don’t leave your trip home up to luck! If [continue reading]