Our new simpler fares began July 1
Starting Saturday, July 1, Metro is introducing fare capping, a new way to pay your fare that makes riding more convenient and less expensive. Just remember, the more you ride, [continue reading]
Actions taken by Metro Board at their October meeting
[scribd id=480869309 key=key-y2vCRtETlkzMgXCb3oxn mode=scroll] pdf here The Metro Board of Directors held its regular October meeting virtually on Thursday, Oct. 22. The agenda for the meeting is above. A recording of the webstream is here or watch below. Among the items that the Board took action on: •The Board on [continue reading]
Metro to host Telephone Town Hall on April 10 to discuss Fiscal Year 2020 budget
Metro will host a live and interactive Telephone Town Hall meeting on Wednesday, April 10, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to discuss Metro’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget. Metro is in the process of seeking input from the public about its upcoming budget as the agency works to expand, improve [continue reading]
Metro's bike share fare structure
The bike share pilot program is scheduled to begin next summer in downtown Los Angeles. Metro’s bike share fare structure consists of three simple pass options to meet the needs of [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Monday, September 15
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! MTA bus and train fares to rise on Monday (L.A. Times) Transportation reporter Laura Nelson does a good job of breaking down the new fare [continue reading]
Metro Board adopts budget for 2013-14 fiscal year
Here's the news release from Metro — the big news is no fare increases and added service on the Orange Line, Expo Line and Gold Line: The Metro Board of Directors today adopted a balanced $5.075 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2013-14 that begins on July 1, 2013. The spending [continue reading]
Reminder: why Election Day matters in Los Angeles if you care about transportation
As you may have heard, there’s a runoff Tuesday in Los Angeles to elect the next mayor of the second-largest city in the nation — a city with about 3.8 million inhabitants and some well-known transportation challenges. I ran the following post on March 4, the day before the primary election in [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Tuesday, April 16
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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Anxiety, heightened security on the ‘T’ (Boston Globe) The Globe’s story posted today about [continue reading]
On Transportation column, May 10 edition
Next stop, Culver City: Some good news this week with Expo Line test trains running all the way to the end of phase 1 of the project in Culver City. No opening date to Culver City has yet been announced, but the start of testing is a good sign. A [continue reading]
Metro staff looks at different fare structures in new report
First, this caution: there are zero proposals on the table at the moment to change fares or the fare structure at Metro. That said, Metro staff have released a new report looking at different fare structures at other transit agencies and how they may work or not work for Metro. [continue reading]