Go Metro to Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair August 10 – 13
It’s back! Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair (LAABF) is returning to Los Angeles for the first time since 2019! And the festivities TODAY. The fair will feature more [continue reading]
This is 30: On the family business
By Guillermo “Gil” Goytia Eight years ago, Metro began a tradition of recognizing one of its eleven bus divisions as “Division of the Year.” Most recently, Division 3 in Cypress [continue reading]
Meet three of the five artists for the future Westwood/VA Hospital Station
Meet three of the five Metro Art commissioned artists creating artworks for the under-construction Westwood/VA Hospital Station. Come see their designs in progress, learn about their inspiration and process, and [continue reading]
This is 30: On living multimodally
Avital Barnea is Metro’s Senior Executive Officer of Multimodal Integrated Planning, a new division responsible for bringing together experts in everything from highways to parking to biking and walking in [continue reading]
This is 30: On the unbearable lightness of LA Metro
Frances Anderton is an author and architecture critic who has been telling stories about LA’s changing cityscape through print, broadcast media, and public events for over 30 years. In this [continue reading]
The First/Last Mile Team at Metro Wants Your Input for Improvements around Culver City Station!
Metro is working to make streets and sidewalks safe and convenient for everyone to support healthy neighborhoods. We are working to identify improvements in the Culver City Station area. Improvements focus on enhancing safety and access for transit riders accessing the station on foot, bike, or other rolling modes. Join [continue reading]
Metro initiates new deep cleaning methods in ancillary areas on our B and D Lines
If you’ve traveled on the B / D Lines recently, you may have seen Metro staff on the system wearing masks, coveralls and other PPE equipment. These are our specialized cleaning crews tasked with cleaning the ancillary spaces used by Metro employees. Last week, we began rolling out new cleaning [continue reading]
Introducing the Mobility Wallet (MW): A collaborative transportation solution for residents of South LA
Spanish version here Three people live in Rebeca Hernández’s house in South Los Angeles. They all work and save every penny to pay household expenses, cover tuition at two colleges, [continue reading]
This is 30: On the power of ‘where’
What do you think of when you hear the acronym GIS? Maps? Computers? Massive quantities of data? That can be intimidating for many people, but Anika-Aduesa Smart, Metro’s Director of [continue reading]
Metro Art’s neighborhood poster program celebrates 20th year with four sets of archival posters available
Metro Art’s Through the Eyes of Artists poster series is celebrating its 20th year! For this commemoration, 20 posters from our archive will be on display on our buses in [continue reading]