The budget is for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30, 2016. It calls for no fare increases in the coming fiscal year or any cuts to bus service hours. The budget can be read online here and a recent podcast about the budget is above. Here is [continue reading]
[scribd id=266699847 key=key-nkxBLoPHwmXMamFUIJTa mode=scroll] The Metro Board of Directors holds their monthly meeting on May 28 at Metro headquarters adjacent to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. The agenda is posted above including links to Metro staff reports on a wide variety of items. Two items caught my eye: •Item [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metro: Metro will hold a public hearing on its proposed Fiscal Year 2016 budget (FY16) on Wednesday, May 20 to receive public input on a proposed $5.56 billion budget. The hearing will be held as part of the Board’s Finance and Budget Committee starting at [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Today’s Zocalo Public Square Metro rider profile: a student and skateboarder traveling from 23rd Street to Melrose Avenue. Wilshire Boulevard will truly be a multi-modal [continue reading]
Good news for Los Angeles — President Obama’s proposed FY16 budget includes $100 million for the second section of the Purple Line Extension Project. Section two will run from Wilshire/La Cienega [continue reading]
The Metro Board held their final meeting of 2014 this morning; audio of the meeting can be heard by clicking here. It was a short agenda with three receive-and-file items (in other words, items that serve as reports and don’t require a Board vote) on areas of reader interest: •The Board received [continue reading]
The Board unanimously approved a $5.5-billion budget for the fiscal year running from this July 1 through June 30, 2015. Here is the updated news release from Metro to reflect the fare changes the Board also adopted today: The Board of Directors of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Give L.A.’s riders a fare hike that’s fair (L.A. Times) The editorial partially backs the Metro staff proposal for fare increases that will be considered [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors is scheduled to consider fare changes at its meeting on Thursday. The meeting, as always, is open to the public and begins at 9:30 a.m. at Metro Headquarters, which is located next to Los Angeles Union Station East (the side on Vignes Street). Those who can’t [continue reading]
[scribd id=221484783 key=key-24cq9hfx0mhfs38g08kn mode=scroll] Here is the news release from Metro and the proposed budget is above: A public hearing is set for 1 p.m. on May 14, 2014 to hear comment on Metro’s proposed balanced $5.508 billion Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) budget, set to begin July 1, 2014. The [continue reading]
