May Board agenda And the gavel has fallen on the monthly meeting of the Metro Board of Directors. Today's agenda is above. You can listen into the meeting by phoning 213-922-6045. As per usual, I'll post on any interestingness that breaks out at the meeting.
Metrolink is offering special round trip service from Orange County to Union Station next Monday and Tuesday as the Dodgers take on the Angels. There will be station events featuring Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda and former players Jay Johnstone and Bob Boone. Here’s the full press release from Metrolink with all the [continue reading]
The Los Angeles City Council voted on Wednesday to use $55 million from Measure R local return funds to help build a Leimert Park station and Hindry station for the Crenshaw/LAX Line. The above report from City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana explains that $40 million would go to the Leimert [continue reading]
Metro and Caltrans broke ground today on the I-5 Carpool Lane Widening/Imperial Highway and Pioneer Boulevard Project, the fourth of six segments to begin construction. Metro is a major funding contributor to the I-5 South Corridor Widening Project, providing $965 million to date. Here’s the press release from Caltrans: Caltrans [continue reading]
Here is the news release from Metro: The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will hold a community meeting to discuss preparation for construction for the first section of the Purple Line Extension on Thursday, June 6, 2013 from 5:30-7:30 p.m at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Eric Garcetti’s moment (California Planning & Development Report) A short and interesting post from [continue reading]
As you have probably heard by now, Los Angeles Councilman Eric Garcetti has won the mayoral election in Los Angeles and, as a result, on July 1 will be trading the Los Angeles Council Chambers for the Metro Board Room. Mayor-Elect Garcetti will take the oath of office on July [continue reading]
Enjoy movies, live music, food trucks and more this summer in Los Angeles at the Street Food Cinema Summer Event Series, taking place at destinations conveniently accessible by Metro. Every Saturday this summer from May 25 through Sept. 21, Street Food Cinema will be showing great movies under the stars. The majority [continue reading]
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, our roundup of the latest Metro related tweets. To get our attention, add the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets and subscribe to our feed if you haven’t already. For specific complaints and customer service, please use the Customer Comment Form on metro.net. http://storify.com/metrolosangeles/metrolosangeles-twitter-tuesday-may-21
Metro Research launched a new web page on metro.net today. Click here to check it out! On the new page you can take a quick poll about Metro’s services, sign up for Metro research opportunities and find links to transportation data resources. The page will also be a hub for [continue reading]
