Dept. of Practice Makes Perfect: Metro last week held an exercise for some of its bus operators: a wheelchair securement competition to test an essential skill. Below are a few [continue reading]
Art of Transit 1: Art of Transit 2: Art of Transit 3: All f the above slides/tweets, btw, were created by agencies of the United States government. Song of [continue reading]
ICYMI: Metro says there were 592,000 Metro Rail boardings on Saturday, which included the well-attended Women’s March in downtown Los Angeles. That compares to the average of 231,897 boardings on Saturdays during [continue reading]
There are too many women’s marchers for Metro trains to carry (SGV Tribune) The Red Line at the women’s march (Reddit) Huge crowds swarm Metro’s trains and buses for Women’s [continue reading]
Reminder: traffic in DTLA will be impacted by marches the next couple of days. Avoid traffic and take the train. More here. U.S. Department of Transportation to investigate civil rights complaint against Metro (LAist) Civil rights complaint alleges LA Metro, police target black riders (Curbed LA) The complaint is from [continue reading]
Coming soon: we’ll have a post up this afternoon about service Saturday to the march in DTLA. We’re getting a lot of questions. Art of Transit 1: View this post [continue reading]
From the Dept. of Go Metro to Rams and Chargers games: Peter King in his weekly MMQB column has two notes local football fans might consider: 1) The Chargers last won [continue reading]
Update, 5:12 p.m.: At this time, trains resume normal service. There is currently no Green Line service between El Segundo and Redondo Beach stations due to a BNSF Railway train derailment just north of the Douglas Station. This means all westbound trains turnback at El Segundo Station and return towards Norwalk. Law enforcement has [continue reading]
More on the Chargers below. ICYMI: As expected, the announcement by Metro yesterday that the agency was partnering with Peace Over Violence to create a telephone hotline open 24/7 to victims [continue reading]
Furthering its commitment to assist transit passengers who have experienced unwanted sexual contact, Metro today announced a first-of-its-kind 24/7 sexual harassment counseling hotline. The hotline, 1-844-Off-Limits (633-5464), will be staffed by counselors from the community advocacy organization Peace Over Violence, which has 45 years of experience counseling victims of sexual abuse [continue reading]
