Pilot program begins to put WiFi on 150 Metro buses
Over the next couple of weeks, about 150 Metro buses with WiFi will hit the streets of Los Angeles County as part of a pilot program. The vehicles with WiFi [continue reading]
How We Roll, Jan. 18: if climate change isn’t your thing, try riding transit
Coming soon: we’ll have a post up this afternoon about service Saturday to the march in DTLA. We’re getting a lot of questions. Art of Transit 1: View this post [continue reading]
How We Roll, Dec. 6: increased security, Blue Line grade seps, rail to WeHo, future TAP cards
Art of Transit: check out the fancy new ‘bike hotel’ at a train station in Lillestrøm, Norway. L.A. subway commuters encounter bag searches, heavily armed deputies as city responds to terrorism [continue reading]
Off Peak podcast: First woman everything
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/episode-6-first-woman-everything?in=metrolosangeles/sets/off-peak On our season finale episode of Off Peak, we interview a singular woman in transit history. In 1971 Leilia Bailey-Leahy was the first woman hired as a bus operator [continue reading]
Metro receives 900th and final bus of order from New Flyer
Completing an order of new CNG buses that comprises 40 percent of the current fleet, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) today received delivery of the 900th and [continue reading]
Listen: Telephone Town Halls for city of L.A. and San Gabriel Valley
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/telephone-town-hall-5-city-of-los-angeles Here are recordings from the two Telephone Town Halls (TTH) that Metro held on Monday night to discuss the potential ballot measure with residents of Los Angeles County. Here’s the transcript for the city of Los Angeles TTH. I’ll add the transcript for the San Gabriel Valley TTH as [continue reading]
Listen: Telephone Town Halls for South Bay, South L.A. and North County
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/telephone-town-hall-may-4 Metro held the first pair of Telephone Town Halls on Wednesday evening to help inform the public about the potential sales tax ballot measure the agency is considering. The recording above is from the Town Hall with Metro Board Chair Mark Ridley-Thomas and Metro CEO Phil Washington talking with residents [continue reading]
Here’s the list of Telephone Town Hall meetings on potential ballot measure
There will be general information about the potential ballot measure that Metro is considering, as well as info about projects specific to different parts of Los Angeles County. If you want to listen to any meeting, call 888-400- 1932 to hear it in English or 888-400-9342 for Spanish. Here’s the rest [continue reading]
Preview of May Metro Service Council Meetings
It’s May, and baseball season is well underway. If you’re not busy taking Metro’s Dodger Stadium Express to catch a home game, why not stop by the Service Council meeting in your area? All five Metro Service Councils will meet for their regular meetings this month and hear an update [continue reading]
How We Roll, Nov. 4: high-speed rail estimate concerns, WeHo's free bus shuttle
Twitter conversation between Emily Castor of Lyft and The Transport Politic’s Yonah Freemark (Nov 3, 2015)