The LIFE (Low Income Fare is Easy) program helps qualifying, low-income riders save on Metro 7-Day, 30-Day or EZ Passes with LIFE coupons. The discounts were made possible by the passage of the Measure M sales tax ballot measure by L.A. County voters in 2016. Eligibility guidelines have recently changed. Adult [continue reading]
Ride sourcing services such as Uber and Lyft have expanded mobility options for those who have access to them. But not everyone can afford Uber or Lyft or has the [continue reading]
In the coming decades, the Los Angeles County region will be undertaking one of the largest transportation infrastructure investments in the Western Hemisphere. As Metro works with public and private [continue reading]
Check out the video above to see how we’ve been dealing with World Cup fever. We also predict the winner of World Cup 2018 using a highly scientific selection formula with a 101 percent accuracy rate. (Purchase the buses used in the video at Metro’s Pop-Up Shop — find out [continue reading]
ICYMI: starting July 15, transfers between most TAP-participating agencies will be exclusively on TAP, and Metro Day Pass sales will be discontinued on buses — you’ll be able to load your [continue reading]
Metro Bike Share has always aimed to be accessible and Metro is making the service even more affordable by reducing prices across the system. Starting today the prices for the [continue reading]
It’s been just over two years since Metro debuted its Unsolicited Proposal Policy. In that time, the policy has exceeded expectations, in the number of proposals generated (113 to date; 16 for megaprojects), the ability of Metro to advance those ideas to implementation (more than a dozen) and the quality [continue reading]
Metro light rail car 144 will make its last run on July 25 before retirement. Afterwards, it will be trucked to its new home at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris. Car 144 was one of 54 identical “P865” type cars to open service on the Los Angeles-to- Long [continue reading]
Art of Transit: https://www.instagram.com/p/BlDt_zmHG3n/?taken-by=metrolosangeles Pasadena to pull out of Metro Bike Share one year after launch (Pasadena Star News) Metro officials say they are disappointed and point to coming improvements in the Metro Bike Share system — such as the new $1.75 walk-up fare that begins Thursday. Pasadena officials say [continue reading]
Metro’s project to build a light rail line between Artesia and downtown Los Angeles — formally known as the West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor — is in the planning [continue reading]
