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UPDATE, April 15: Staff provided an update to the Metro Board’s Operations Committee today. Here’s the new staff report and presentation. Better Bus is currently scheduled to return to the [continue reading]
Metro today announced that its first Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), named Elsie, on Thursday broke through to the Wilshire/La Cienega subway station in Beverly Hills. It is the first of [continue reading]
Metro staff provided an update today on the agency’s Fareless System Initiative (FSI), saying although the study is still in progress, a leading concept has emerged to do a fareless pilot program that would provide free rides on Metro for low-income riders and K-12 students. Metro staff working on FSI [continue reading]
Los Angeles Mayor and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board Chair Eric Garcetti announced today that Metro Chief Executive Officer Phillip A. Washington is stepping down later this year. [continue reading]
In one sense, 2020 was the toughest of years for mass transit across the United States. Lives were lost. At LA Metro and across the nation, ridership plummeted due to safer-at-home orders. Service was reduced and — depending on location — restored to varying degrees. Agencies’ finances were upended. I [continue reading]
Big news today on Metro’s plans to build a light rail line in the San Fernando Valley: The Metro Board certified the project’s Final Environmental Impact Report, which officially ends [continue reading]
It’s time to resume one of this blog’s regular features over the years: transportation headlines + Other Metro Stuff as curated by yours truly. I figure when you’ve grown weary of all other headlines, there’s always that special breed that is media articles about gettin’ around. Let’s begin with the [continue reading]
As any bus rider knows, there can be places along many routes that are well known for gumming up traffic and time munching delays. One of those bottlenecks is getting [continue reading]
Metro’s Traffic Reduction Study is moving forward and we’re preparing to hold our first public meetings in the coming weeks to discuss the study process, timeline, and get early feedback from communities. The study will focus on determining if, where and how a potential pilot that includes congestion pricing and [continue reading]
Metro’s Regional Connector Transit Project has reached an important phase: connecting the L Line (Gold) tracks in Little Tokyo/Arts District to the new 1.9-mile twin rail tunnels under downtown [continue reading]
