Public outreach and community engagement are fundamental and mandatory activities for Metro. Metro staff has released the draft Public Participation Plan (PPP) for 2022 and want input from the public before submitting to the Metro Board for their approval later this year. Anyone can submit comments about the draft Plan from [continue reading]
YMCA Healthy Kids Day is this Saturday, April 30, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum — near both the E (Expo) Line and the J (Silver Line). This FREE event brings families and communities together to celebrate healthy living with a fun filled day [continue reading]
Metro and Caltrans are working on plans to convert the HOV lanes on the 10 freeway to ExpressLanes from the 605 freeway to the San Bernardino County Line. The alternatives to be studied include, but are not limited to: •No build, i.e. leave the HOV lanes as they are. •Converting [continue reading]
The I-710 North Mobility Hubs Working Group (consisting of SCAG, LA County Public Works, LADOT, Cal State LA, and other local partners) is developing the I-710 North Mobility Hubs Plan to improve mobility in the heavily congested region surrounding the northern end of the I-710 Freeway, and we need your [continue reading]
Metro invites the public to listening sessions to share their comments on a new transit system planned for the Vermont Transit Corridor. Metro plans to enhance transit service along a 12.4-mile-long section of Vermont Avenue from Hollywood Boulevard to 120th Street. The listening sessions will feature free food, giveaways and [continue reading]
On Tuesday, April 26, Metro’s Service Councils will host the second of two FY23 (July 1, 2022 – June 30-2023) Budget Forums starting at 6:30 p.m. Metro’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will share the agency’s draft FY23 budget, discuss how the outreach process has influenced the Customer Experience [continue reading]
Metro today announced that it will comply with the new L.A. County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) Order requiring masks to be worn while riding public transit and when in indoor stations within L.A. County effective at 12:01 am, Friday, April 22, 2022. The LACDPH has determined that the mask [continue reading]
The Pan African Film & Arts Festival hosts its 30th annual festival through May 1 with a hybrid of in-theater screenings and a live ArtFest. The screenings take place at the Cinemark at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza in Leimert Park. Metro is a proud sponsor of the event. Above [continue reading]
The L.A. Times Festival of Books returns to the USC campus on Saturday and Sunday, April 23 and 24. Browse through hundreds of booksellers and enjoy hundreds of indoor and outdoor [continue reading]
A press event featuring U.S. Senator Alex Padilla to highlight federal funding for Metro’s upcoming light rail project between Van Nuys and the San Fernando/Sylmar Metrolink Station was held Tuesday in Van Nuys. Video of the event is above. Formally known as the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor, the [continue reading]
