Metro’s Board of Directors previously asked staff to prepare a report on the cumulative impact of bus service changes made by the agency between 2007 and 2011. A preliminary report by staff is now available and concludes: Based on the data collected to date, overall there was a negligible cumulative [continue reading]
UPDATE: Metro officials said Friday that the service changes were suspended because a few of the changes needed to be analyzed to determine their impacts on low-income people and minorities. This is required under federal Civil Rights guidelines. Due to staffing and equipment issues, Metro decided Friday that it would [continue reading]
UPDATE, FRIDAY: THE SERVICE CHANGES HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED. PLEASE SEE TODAY’S POST. Effective Sunday, Dec. 11, Metro will make various route adjustments to selected bus lines to improve connections to existing bus lines and with the future Metro Expo Line. Metro will expand service on Line 30 by extending selected [continue reading]
Here’s the news from Metro CEO Art Leahy’s daily e-mail to staff: In January and June 2011, the Bus Riders Union (BRU) filed complaints with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Executive Order #12898 on Environmental Justice regarding transit service [continue reading]
On Sunday, June 26 Metro’s bi-annual service changes go into effect. As a result, a number of bus lines will be affected including: 2/302, 4, 20, 26, 94/794, 96/155, 176/287, 180, 205, 207, 210, 217, 230/634, 247, 442, 445, 450x, 485, 487, 577, 612, 751, 757, 760, 902, Silver Line, [continue reading]
Tim Cavanaugh at the Reason Foundation “hit & run” blog recently wrote a post asserting that since Metro decided to cut some bus service due to low ridership, the same should be done to Metro Rail. He suggested a cut of 48 percent to Metro Rail service. Among his reasons: [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors voted 7 to 6 on Thursday morning to approve changes to Metro bus service, including the cutting and shortening of some lines. The changes are scheduled to go into effect June 26. The changes amount to about 300,000 hours of service annually — about 100,000 [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors is scheduled to vote Thursday on proposed bus service changes that would take effect in June. On Tuesday evening, KCRW’s “Which Way L.A.?” featured a lengthy segment on the bus changes. Among the guests was Conan Cheung, who manages service planning and scheduling; Esperanza Martinez, [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 blog. Choice or no choice: 12 hours riding L.A.’s public transportation (Spot.us) Metro’s service change hearings continue tonight in Beverly Hills. With that [continue reading]
Metro this week formally announced public hearings for proposed bus service changes to take effect in June. Here is a list of the proposed changes and the hearings, which begin on Feb. 1. (Versión en español: after the jump) The changes – which include some cuts — were requested by [continue reading]
