Pilot program begins to put WiFi on 150 Metro buses
Over the next couple of weeks, about 150 Metro buses with WiFi will hit the streets of Los Angeles County as part of a pilot program. The vehicles with WiFi [continue reading]
Here’s what you need to know about parking at the three new Expo Line stations
Update, Monday, May 16, 1 p.m.: The monthly permits at 17th St/SMC Station have sold out. Permits remain for the two other stations with parking — Expo/Bundy and Expo/Sepulveda. *** [continue reading]
Take the new Metro parking survey
Please take the new parking survey, which was posted a few days ago. With the paid parking pilot program recently approved for nine Metro Rail stations — including the three Expo [continue reading]
All-door boarding pilot program on Silver Line gets green light from Metro Board
Metro tested all-door boarding on some key stops on the Rapid 720 bus last summer on Wilshire Boulevard. The study below provides the official results: the boarding of buses was [continue reading]
Metro Board approves pilot parking fee program at nine Metro Rail stations
[scribd id=305690038 key=key-QqMoK1IsjcHVFh4LImFw mode=scroll] The Metro Board of Directors approved a pilot parking fee program at nine Metro Rail stations on Thursday. The plan is to first implement the program [continue reading]
Metro proposes test parking fees at nine rail stations
[scribd id=298633891 key=key-qi6jRA3i94xyMVR15RqI mode=scroll] As you may have read by now, Metro staff are proposing a test program that would charge a $2 or $3 parking fee at nine rail [continue reading]
Where would you put bike share in DTLA?
Metro is partnering with the city of Los Angeles to launch the Downtown Los Angeles Metro Countywide Bike Share Pilot Program in Summer 2016. The pilot program will [continue reading]
How We Roll, Sept. 10: the project acceleration edition
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Transportation headlines, Monday, June 8
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. Blossom Plaza takes form in Chinatown (urbanize LA) Nice post [continue reading]
Actions taken today by the Metro Board of Directors
The Metro Board of Directors held their January meeting this morning. It wasn’t a very busy agenda but some of the actions taken included: •Item 72. The Board approved a 12-month pilot program with Google to place advertising on the Metro.net website while also asking staff to study issuing a [continue reading]