As some of you may have heard, Metro has been holding community meetings this month to help people understand the draft spending plan for the agency’s potential ballot measure to fund a long list of projects and transportation programs and improvements. If you couldn’t make it to a meeting, no [continue reading]
As part of the celebrations for the opening of the Expo Line to Santa Monica on Friday, May 20, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will offer free [continue reading]
The full agenda for the April meeting is here. Audio and video will be posted soon here. •The Board approved a motion by Don Knabe to transition the portion of the 270 north of El Monte Station to Foothill Transit and the portion south of El Monte Station to Norwalk Transit. [continue reading]
Beginning Friday, April 29 after 9 p.m. through Sunday, May 1 close of service, bus shuttles will replace Blue Line between Slauson and 103rd St/Watts Towers as crews perform preventative maintenance [continue reading]
The three quick takeaways: •Cell Service for Verizon customers is now available between Union Station and 7th/Metro Center on the Red/Purple Line subway. 9-1-1 calls can be made. •Sprint and [continue reading]
Azusa City Council approves permit parking district near downtown Gold Line station (Azusa City Council) Parking for the Gold Line is already prohibited on the streets in the Rosedale development immediately north of the APU/Citrus College Station, where the garage has been filling by 5:30 a.m. on many weekday mornings. The [continue reading]
Interesting stuff, especially given that Metro has about 2,200 buses. Metro has five electric buses but the rest of its 2,200-bus fleet is powered by compressed natural gas, known as CNG. [continue reading]
[scribd id=310656528 key=key-yD8fCY5Yca3NoQVCiAMP mode=scroll] Not the busiest of Metro Board agendas, but three items that may be of interest to everyday riders are: •A motion directing Metro to offer a new east-west Rapid Bus line serving CSUN — the line, as proposed, would run between the Orange Line’s Nordhoff Station [continue reading]
Metro launched its “Off Limits” campaign last spring in an effort to reduce sexual harassment on buses and trains. The campaign was a direct response to riders identifying this as an issue in Metro’s customer surveys. Earlier posts: Everyone deserves a safe ride, don’t tolerate sexual harassment: It’s Off Limits [continue reading]
Update, Monday, May 16, 1 p.m.: The monthly permits at 17th St/SMC Station have sold out. Permits remain for the two other stations with parking — Expo/Bundy and Expo/Sepulveda. *** [continue reading]
