Want to provide input towards the future of rail in California? Caltrans will be holding a workshop at Metro’s headquarters, One Gateway Plaza, tomorrow evening from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for the public to review and comment on the draft California State Rail Plan. Those unable to attend the meeting can participate in [continue reading]
El Pasajero Editor Jose Ubaldo took the above photo this morning on Alameda Street near Union Station. It’s no secret gas prices have been on the rise lately and as of Monday averaged $4.04 for a gallon of regular in California. As for the price above — that’s Death Valley [continue reading]
As many of you have noticed in the past week, there are new floor graphic decals on the platforms serving the Red and Purple lines at the 7th/Metro Center Station in downtown Los Angeles. The intention of the decals is to deal with an issue many of you have also [continue reading]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3ysil-wogY] Here’s a new video from UCLA that school officials say is specifically aimed at new employees to familiarize them with alternative transportation options available at UCLA before their first day of work. The video will be incorporated into the new employee orientation process campus-wide. Of course, at some [continue reading]
Metro manages a fleet with 2,228 buses that averages more than one million weekday boardings. Our buses traveled over 70 million miles in 2012! It is a big job to make sure everyone knows where all of these buses are headed. We could use your help ensuring that we communicate [continue reading]
EV drivers will soon be able to charge their vehicles at five Metro park and ride stations: Union Station, Sierra Madre Villa Station, Willow Station, El Segundo Station and Universal City Station. Each of the five locations will have four Level 2 chargers that can accommodate up to eight vehicles at [continue reading]
Photos by Luis Inzunza/Metro Metro will be supporting the first Public Transportation Supports America’s Veterans Day on Monday, November 12. The goal is to bring greater awareness to the fact that public transportation jobs include skills veterans may already have obtained through their military service. Metro has been very proactive in [continue reading]
Did you know that Metro publishes rider guides in multiple languages? If you haven’t noticed already, links to rider guides in Spanish, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Armenian, Cambodian, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Japanese, Russian and Thai are available on Metro’s homepage. Other than English, these 10 languages are among the most widely spoken around [continue reading]
Is the scenery along your daily commute looking a little cleaner? It’s not your imagination. Here’s the news release from Metro: Metro Freeway Crew, a pilot project dedicated toward mitigating graffiti, removing debris and enhancing the landscape on the I-110 and I-710 freeways, officially launched this week. Intended to augment [continue reading]
Good morning, Expo passengers. First note of the day: Expo trains are leaving from platform 2 at the 7th/Metro Center station in downtown L.A. UPDATE 10 a.m.: Operations reporting smooth boarding at 7th St. / Metro Center Station, with lots of staff directing. (You can tell they’re staff If they’re smiling [continue reading]
