Here is Stephanie’s bio on the Metrolink website and below is the news release from the office of Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Eric Garcetti with today’s announcement: MAYOR GARCETTI ANNOUNCES STEPHANIE WIGGINS AS NEXT METRO CEO Metrolink CEO brings long history with Metro, public transit, and infrastructure [continue reading]
The Metrolink Board of Directors this morning hired Metro Deputy CEO Stephanie Wiggins as Metrolink’s next CEO. Metrolink runs regional commuter rail across five counties — Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura with service also to Oceanside in San Diego County. Here is the statement on Stephanie’s hiring [continue reading]
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/metro-budget-fy-2016-17-part-3 In part three of our podcast trilogy looking at Metro’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year, Steve and Drew look at four key numbers in the agency’s proposed $5.66-billion budget. In part one of the budget podcast, we provided a quick overview of the agency’s spending and revenues. In [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 profile of a Metro rider by Zocalo Public Square: I’m always thinking about food, Alpine Street to Santa Monica Boulevard Recent crash puts L.A.’s [continue reading]
Quite a couple of days at the Metro headquarters building. On Thursday, Metro officially hired its next CEO, Phil Washington, and today Metrolink’s Board of Directors approved outgoing Metro CEO [continue reading]
[scribd id=258375242 key=key-Zj3CWV8LxfEjIUlbCqX1 mode=scroll] The special meeting of the Metro Board of Directors is underway. The agenda is above. The Board is meeting in closed session to consider candidates for the position of Chief Executive Officer for Metro. Current Metro CEO Art Leahy announced earlier this year that he is [continue reading]
[scribd id=258375242 key=key-Zj3CWV8LxfEjIUlbCqX1 mode=scroll] The agenda is above. The Board will be meeting in closed session — that is, behind closed doors — to consider candidates for Metro’s CEO position. Current CEO Art Leahy announced earlier this year that he will be departing the agency in early April.
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! Zocalo Public Square’s daily Metro [continue reading]
Here is the news release from Metro: Art Leahy, CEO of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), today announced his last day of service will be April 5, 2015, [continue reading]
Last year was a little busy around here, ‘little’ being a vast understatement. I’m guessing 2015 won’t be much different. Metro is in the midst of a $14-billion capital program — [continue reading]
