Embarking on a new term as @MetroLosAngeles Board Chair — laying out our vision for 21st century transportation. pic.twitter.com/OabIMUqMBR — Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) July 28, 2017 Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will be the Chairman of the Metro Board of Directors for the next year. He oversaw the Board [continue reading]
[scribd id=354716079 key=key-tqmhzc0IzzeT9mXMYpZI mode=scroll] You can view the agenda online or download it here. The agenda includes links to all staff reports. Among the actions taken by the Metro Board of Directors today: •The Board approved three contracts for new Metro buses, with two of those for a total of 95 electric [continue reading]
Attentive Source readers know that the Metro Board has adopted a policy of converting Metro’s entire fleet of buses to zero emission vehicles by 2030. The bus fleet is currently powered entirely by compressed natural gas, which burns much cleaner than the diesel fuel which previously fueled the fleet. A fully [continue reading]
A $2 daily parking fee will go into effect on Aug. 28 at the El Monte Bus Station and the Gold Line’s Atlantic Station. The monthly permit pass at Atlantic Station [continue reading]
New footage from the Regional Connector project in downtown Los Angeles shows how the tunnel boring machine has completed building the first of two twin tunnels under the city center. Work [continue reading]
Metro’s Board of Directors today approved five-year contracts for all five of its transit labor unions representing operators, maintenance workers, clerks, customer service agents, bus and rail transportation and maintenance supervisors and security officers. “This is a historic day for Metro, our unions and the people of Los Angeles County,” [continue reading]
Photos by Gary Leonard/Metro Marc Foxx Gallery, located along Section 1 of the Purple Line Extension, has been in its current mid-Wilshire location since 1997. The gallery is owned by [continue reading]
Update for Monday, July 31: Limited Blue Line and Expo Line service will continue into 7th/Metro for the Monday’s commute due to ongoing repair work. Trains will run every 8 to 10 minutes through Monday July 31 AM and PM rush — instead of their usual every six minutes during peak hours. [continue reading]
For some people, retirement means kicking back. For Officer Terry Simon, retirement just meant moving on to help Metro riders in another capacity. Terry Simon was as a Metro Bus operator for [continue reading]
Transit and reading go hand in hand, and now more than ever. Starting today, you’ll be able to purchase and load TAP cards at 35 county library locations. For the [continue reading]
