The Measure M Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee (the MMITOC) in October unanimously voted to accept their findings and recommendations of the five-year assessment and equity report of our Measure M sales tax program. The Metro Board of Directors last week voted to adopt the assessment and to receive-and-file the MMITOC’s [continue reading]
The Measure M sales tax approved by Los Angeles County voters in 2016 requires some local jurisdictions to contribute three percent of the cost of new rail projects. The Metro Board of Directors in 2017 adopted guidelines on how to implement this requirement. In February 2023, the Metro Board adopted several [continue reading]
Our new A and E light rail lines make their debut this Friday, June 16, at noon when the Regional Connector and its three new underground stations in downtown Los [continue reading]
Metro is hosting three more community meetings on June 12, 14, and 15 to update the public on work on the route for the southern segment of the West Santa Ana Branch light rail project. The Metro Board of Directors last year selected a route from Pioneer Station in Artesia [continue reading]
One of the many key projects that Metro is planning is the future Sepulveda Transit Corridor. The first section will be a high-capacity, fast and frequent rail line or monorail [continue reading]
The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) has announced that Metro will receive a full request of $600 million in state grant funding for a key expansion of the Metro system, [continue reading]
The Metro Board last week approved the $180-million implementation plan for the North San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor to improve the speed, reliability and passenger experience for bus services on [continue reading]
Metro this week submitted a funding application package for three key light rail projects to compete for $1.9 billion in supplemental funding from the State of California. The funding would come from the state’s Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, also known as TIRCP. The State is expected to announce [continue reading]
The Metro Board approved the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) for the Eastside Transit Corridor Phase 2 Project, which will extend the Metro L (Gold) Line in phases from East [continue reading]
Metro and local officials today celebrated the groundbreaking for advanced utility work on the first segment of the estimated $1.6 to $2 billion East San Fernando Valley light rail project, [continue reading]
