Did you know that Metro has over 540 veterans in its ranks? That’s no coincidence -– there’s a very special skillset you hone when serving in the military, and many [continue reading]
Metro has issued a Request for Proposals seeking early assistance from the private sector to jointly develop plans for the massive Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project. Metro’s RFP seeks a pre-development agreement (PDA) with up to two private sector proposers to assist in the planning and design of this mega-project — [continue reading]
One in a series of posts that will look at projects and programs that would receive funding from the Measure M sales tax ballot measure on the Nov. 8 ballot. What [continue reading]
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/telephone-town-hall-5-city-of-los-angeles Here are recordings from the two Telephone Town Halls (TTH) that Metro held on Monday night to discuss the potential ballot measure with residents of Los Angeles County. Here’s the transcript for the city of Los Angeles TTH. I’ll add the transcript for the San Gabriel Valley TTH as [continue reading]
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/telephone-town-hall-may-4 Metro held the first pair of Telephone Town Halls on Wednesday evening to help inform the public about the potential sales tax ballot measure the agency is considering. The recording above is from the Town Hall with Metro Board Chair Mark Ridley-Thomas and Metro CEO Phil Washington talking with residents [continue reading]
It’s May, and baseball season is well underway. If you’re not busy taking Metro’s Dodger Stadium Express to catch a home game, why not stop by the Service Council meeting in your area? All five Metro Service Councils will meet for their regular meetings this month and hear an update [continue reading]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6B4AJD4qJI&feature=youtu.be] Three Metro Board Members and other elected officials, activists and business leaders held a media event on Friday morning at the NoHo Orange Line station to discuss the Board’s passage Thursday of a motion calling for feasibility studies of improving the Orange Line and potentially connecting it to Burbank, [continue reading]
How do they do that? is a new series for The Source that explores the technology that helps keep Metro running and passengers and other commuters moving. Some of it applies directly to the trains, buses and freeways and some of it runs in the background — invisible to nearly [continue reading]
The iconic Go Metro map featuring Metro’s rail and bus rapid transit lines just got an interactive upgrade. Point your browser to http://www.metro.net/interactives/go_metro/ to check it out (note: it’s a Flash map so it won’t work on iDevices). So what makes this interactive map so interactive? Clicking on stations reveals [continue reading]
Recently we asked readers to choose their favorite color name for the Expo Line. While Aqua received the bulk of the votes, many readers suggested that maybe it was time to move away from color names to a naming convention that used numbers or letters instead. It’s a logical suggestion, [continue reading]
