Here’s the news release from Metro: Metro proposes to offer free rides to students of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) in the event of a teachers’ strike that may begin on Thursday, January 10. Metro CEO Phillip A. Washington, in consultation with L.A. County Supervisor and Metro Board [continue reading]
With last week’s selection of LA Metro Deputy Chief Executive Officer Stephanie Wiggins as the new Chief Executive Officer of Metrolink, Metro CEO Phillip A. Washington has appointed Ms. Nadine Lee as LA Metro’s Interim Chief of Staff, a newly created position. Nadine is currently Deputy Chief Innovation Officer for [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]
The Federal Transit Administration this week approved Metro’s request to be reimbursed for early work activities for Section Three of the Purple Line Extension Project between Century City and the Westwood/VA Hospital. The approval also clears the way for Metro to take advantage of highly competitive tunnel contract bids, which [continue reading]
Above is the video for this year’s State of the Agency report. Metro CEO Phil Washington was joined by current Metro Board Chair Eric Garcetti and incoming Chair Sheila Kuehl. [continue reading]
Dept. of Transportation Funding Mobility 21 held a press event and workshop on Friday morning at Union Station to discuss the importance of Senate Bill 1, the legislation that raised [continue reading]
The first segment of the Red Line subway opened Jan. 29, 1993 — 25 years ago today. Metro held a media event at Union Station this morning to celebrate and [continue reading]
[scribd id=360174364 key=key-2OreZpDwGPAo7YzrG30u mode=scroll] Pdf for download and printing here. Audio from meeting. •Metro CEO Phil Washington announced that Metro would issue request for proposals for public private partnerships (PPPs) for three projects: the Sepulveda Transit Corridor, West Santa Ana Branch Corridor and Metro ExpressLanes. The PPPs could lead to [continue reading]
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) today announced that it is moving toward a series of public-private partnerships (P3s) that will deliver Measure M transportation projects to L.A. [continue reading]
Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Eric Garcetti today toured the new Little Tokyo/Arts District Station that is under construction as part of the Regional Connector project. A tunnel [continue reading]
