[scribd id=492206855 key=key-WKRucfEAfDw7pyLRr4rP mode=scroll] The Metro Board of Directors meets for its first meeting of 2021 at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 28. The agenda is above. This page has links to all agenda items, too. As has been case since last spring, the meeting will be held virtually due to [continue reading]
What if we all worked together to give people more options to driving? Metro is developing a $1.3-million Travel Rewards Research Pilot Project to identify and test the most effective incentives to persuade travelers to skip driving alone and instead choose transit, carpooling, walking, bicycling or telecommuting with an Accelerating [continue reading]
Metro Micro will expand into three new zones in Compton/Artesia, El Monte and North Hollywood on Monday, January 25. These areas are currently served by Metro’s Mobility on Demand pilot [continue reading]
Los Angeles’ own Amanda Gorman made history at age 22 on Wednesday when she delivered her poem, “The Hill We Climb” at the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Her deeply moving performance has been lauded by some of the nation’s most influential luminaries, including Lin-Manuel Miranda, Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and [continue reading]
Another sign of the times: the significant local increase in COVID-19 cases poses a challenge to the five rail construction projects that Metro oversees. These projects include the three sections of the Purple (D Line) Extension, the Regional Connector Transit Project and the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project. The numbers tell the [continue reading]
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took the oath of office this morning and the President posted the video below this morning. Guess the rail station at the :19 second mark. https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1351960433905700864 And if you missed Los Angeles’ own Amanda Gorman this morning, this is a worthy investment [continue reading]
Expressions of connection and care during challenging times — and beyond — are at the heart of Silver Linings, a new series by Metro highlighting six local artists that are [continue reading]
In October, Metro published a blog post explaining that Metro had become aware that some N95 masks in the agency’s possession were of questionable quality. Metro subsequently pulled those masks from its inventory and stopped issuing them to employees. As we said at the time, Metro would investigate the origin [continue reading]
The SR-170 freeway will undergo bridge demolition work at Chandler Boulevard beginning Monday, Jan. 18 as part of the SR-170 soundwall project. This work will take place late nightly from [continue reading]
•The COVID-19 surge continues in Los Angeles County. There were 281 COVID-related deaths reported across the county on Wednesday. And this news as reported today in the LAT: One in three Los Angeles County residents have been infected with the coronavirus, according to new estimates by county scientists, an astonishing sign [continue reading]
