The Metro Board today approved several major improvements to its countywide bike share program that will make using shared bicycles more affordable and accessible for short-distance trips. Here is the staff [continue reading]
[scribd id=379805230 key=key-5pPlj2vgjvrsDhnOcPxb mode=scroll] pdf here The Metro Board of Directors held their May meeting today. The full agenda is above and below is a recap of some of the more interesting items. The webstream should be posted in the next day or so and I’ll add the link when [continue reading]
[scribd id=380075449 key=key-9slJ1WIeQTOD6zBPNCho mode=scroll] pdf here The Metro Board of Directors approved further study of two alignments in downtown Los Angeles for a 20-mile light rail line to run between [continue reading]
Dept. of Transit Oriented Futbol: LAFC has two matches this week — a Tuesday night friendly versus BVB and Saturday night against D.C. United. The new Banc of California Stadium [continue reading]
Metro staff are recommending a $45.9-million contract with CH2M Hill, Inc., to perform the environmental studies and design work for the Los Angeles River Bike Path Gap Closure Project. The Metro [continue reading]
[scribd id=378036902 key=key-MmZdWeiIaP00BkDlYcn7 mode=scroll] pdf here Spring is in the air, meaning it is also Metro’s annual budget season ???. The budget for fiscal year 2018-19 has been released and is posted above. The budget covers the fiscal year that runs from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. The Metro Board [continue reading]
Have been enjoying the #totalmuni2018 saga — two @sfchronicle reporters who are trying to take all the Muni lines in San Francisco in a single day! An equivalent adventure in Los Angeles would take… what… most of the work week? — Laura J. Nelson 🦅 (@laura_nelson) May 1, 2018 Hmm. [continue reading]
[scribd id=377404687 key=key-Pj0pTVFHsPiboa8wRleS mode=scroll] pdf here Here is the recap of the meeting: [scribd id=377937843 key=key-mzVu4iSDc6HWWDvcsRhN mode=scroll] pdf here The Board: •Approved a 25 percent fare discount program for the Metrolink San Bernardino Line to improve ridership. Staff report. The Board also approved a motion from several Board Members for the [continue reading]
The private sector can excel at creating products and services that meet and exceed customer demand. Metro aims to achieve those kind of results with its upcoming Microtransit service. The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday approved contracts totaling $885,247 to three vendors — RideCo, NoMad Transit and Transdev — [continue reading]
As waves of homeless descend onto trains, L.A. tries a new strategy: social workers on the subway (LAT) As waves of homeless descend onto trains, L.A. tries a new strategy: [continue reading]
