Help us continue to shape the Customer Experience Plan
Going Metro should be easy, comfortable, safe and fast, so we’ve developed a Customer Experience Plan that focuses on 10 areas where we can improve to make riding better for [continue reading]
Preview of February Service Council meetings
This month, all Service Councils will hear an update on the Traffic Reduction Study and a NextGen Bus Speed Engineering Working Group Update, which is working on bus supportive infrastructure projects to speed up the bus system in support of the NextGen Bus Plan. Last but not least, all Councils [continue reading]
Purple (D Line) Extension pays homage to the designs of Master Architect Paul R. Williams
With Black History month now underway, we wanted to focus on Paul Revere Williams (Feb. 18, 1894 – Jan. 23, 1980), a leading practitioner of mid-century modern design in Southern California and the first Black architect to become a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 1923. Metro’s [continue reading]
Recap of Metro Board of Directors’ January meeting
[scribd id=492206855 key=key-WKRucfEAfDw7pyLRr4rP mode=scroll] [scribd id=492906083 key=key-ruKKlb0vC8G9Mq7w9ykQ mode=scroll] Agenda pdf is here. Recap pdf is here. The Metro Board of Directors met virtually last Thursday, Jan. 28. You can watch/listen to the webstream (embedded below) of the four hour, 35-minute meeting — there is a tool at the previous link [continue reading]
Gateway Cities Service Council seeking applicants
Are you an avid user of public transit? Do you feel called to public service? The Gateway Cities Council of Governments (COG) is seeking applicants to serve during the July [continue reading]
L.A. County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis contributes $10,000 reward to add to Metro’s $25,000 reward for capture of suspect in Metro Rail operator shooting
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, and Metro Vice Chair, is contributing a $10,000 reward through her First District Discretionary Funds to add to Metro’s $25,000 reward for information that leads to the identification, apprehension and conviction of the person who shot a Metro L Line (Gold) rail operator [continue reading]
Work begins on Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for C Line (Green) Extension to Torrance
The C Line (Green) Extension to Torrance project is studying light rail transit options between the existing Redondo Beach Station and the under-construction Torrance Transit Center. Trains from both the Metro C Line (Green) and the future Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project may run on this new extension. A previous study — [continue reading]
TAP App now available on both iPhone and Android phones
Riders on Metro and 25 other transit systems in Los Angeles County can now add TAP cards to their Android smartphones, in addition to their iPhones, beginning today. The TAP [continue reading]
UPDATE: Metro train operator shot early Friday; Indiana Station has reopened
UPDATE, 12:40 p.m. Friday: Metro is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the suspect’s arrest. Regular L Line service has resumed. Earlier today one of our rail operators was shot at Indiana Station and is hospitalized. We wish him a safe recovery and will continue to support the [continue reading]
Metro releases paper on updating affordable housing policy in response to area’s housing crisis
Metro’s Joint Development team is in the process of updating the agency’s affordable housing policy. The program allows Metro to collaborate with qualified developers to build transit-oriented developments on Metro-owned properties — usually parcels left over from construction of transit projects. As part of the policy update, the J.D. team has released [continue reading]