A look back at the 2010s from a Metro and mobility point of view
The end of the 2010s is upon us. Although I’m not one who thinks history fits neatly in 10-year boxes, this is a good chance to mull what has happened [continue reading]
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New rail cars and bench seating, Earth vs climate change: Metro News Now, Nov. 27
•Curbed LA seems to like the renderings of the new Red/Purple Line subway cars with bench seating — and notes that bench seating would make them easier to clean. Lots of reaction to this from the public — 342 comments alone on our IG post. Here is the original Source [continue reading]
Recap of July Metro Board meeting
The Metro Board of Directors held their July meeting last Thursday. Here’s a recap and here’s the agenda and here’s the video. Among the actions taken by the Board: •As part of the NextGen Bus Study to restructure the Metro bus system, the Board adopted “Regional Service Concepts.” The concepts [continue reading]
Preview of July’s Metro Board of Directors meeting
[scribd id=419544938 key=key-R9MMtO99z1tEo8bf3pHv mode=scroll] pdf here The Metro Board of Directors will hold its July meeting this Thursday at 10 a.m. at Metro headquarters adjacent to Union Station in downtown L.A. As always, the meeting is open to the public and will be live-streamed here. Please note the 10 a.m. [continue reading]
Dodgers-Yanks!?, smog, housing: HWR, July 2
Dept. of Careers: There are some high-profile jobs open at Metro in some key positions — jobs important to the well-being of L.A. County. Feel free to share with colleagues, [continue reading]
Bus lanes in Gotham, transpo tweets, scooter concerns: HWR, June 19
Dept. of Giving Names to Machines: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (@metrolosangeles) Dept. of Transpo-Related Tweets Happy to announce Metro will no longer publish PSAs on TPIS screens. Just arrivals and alerts from now on. It’s a small win [continue reading]
Happy Earth Day, carrot vs stick vs bus ridership: How We Roll, April 22
Good afternoon and Good Earth Day — we hope that you’re enjoying the free rides on Metro buses and trains today. The point of the freebies: taking transit instead of [continue reading]
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday — here are 22 transit accessible places for coffee and tea to help you get over it
No one likes to “spring forward” but alas, until the time remains the same year-round, we’re all turning our clocks one hour ahead this Sunday. That means many of us [continue reading]
The Metro 2018 year-in-review blog post
As per usual around these parts, there were no shortage of happenings in 2018. Without further ado, below are some of the more notable nuggets from the past year as [continue reading]
Purple Line Ext funding, scooter explosion, America vs transit: HWR, Sept. 5
Dept. of Behind the Scenes at Expo Line rail yard: follow Metro on Instagram for more like this. Art of Transit: Above: concrete block cutting at the future Crenshaw/Expo underground [continue reading]