Ride Metro FOR FREE on California Clean Air Day on Wednesday, Oct. 5!
California Clean Air Day is Wednesday, Oct. 5, and Metro is offering free rides on our bus, rail and bike share systems! Use the Transit app or the trip planner [continue reading]
USDOT awards $104 million to Metro for 160 zero emission electric buses
Metro has received a $104-million federal grant for the purchase and deployment of 160 battery-electric buses as well as for the procurement and installation of en-route and depot charging stations. Above is a video from the city of L.A.’s Channel 35 on the news. Electric buses are cleaner and quieter [continue reading]
Today is Clean Air Day — ride Metro for free!
Metro is celebrating California Clean Air Day by encouraging everyone to take transit today instead of driving with free rides on Metro Bus, Bike and Rail. In the above video, Los Angeles County Supervisor and Metro Board Member Holly Mitchell and Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins went to the E Line’s (Expo) [continue reading]
Celebrate Clean Air Day by taking transit — for free!
Metro is celebrating California Clean Air Day by encouraging everyone to take transit instead of driving with free rides on Metro Bus, Bike and Rail on Wednesday, Oct. 6! Metro will [continue reading]
A Line, women riding Metro, subway construction video: Metro News Now, Dec. 5
Dept. of Construction — This was shot a couple weeks ago on section one of the Purple Line Extension and shows tunneling and other work. Cool. Dept. of Twitter The FTA's acting administrator told me a year ago that the Purple Line's package of federal grants and low-interest loans — [continue reading]
Dodgers-Yanks!?, smog, housing: HWR, July 2
Dept. of Careers: There are some high-profile jobs open at Metro in some key positions — jobs important to the well-being of L.A. County. Feel free to share with colleagues, [continue reading]
How L.A.’s commute times stack up against other big cities: HWR, April 24
•Metro has apologized after a contractor painted over extensive graffiti that had vandalized and concealed a mural from the 1984 Olympics along the 110 freeway in DTLA, according to LAist. The [continue reading]
Dodgers-Reds, Coachella Valley smog, Notre Dame: HWR, April 16
Dept. of Dodger Stadium Express — I suppose this made for a nicer ride home last night for many of you. Dodgers’ fans need not concern themselves with the question of why the Reds are still handing a baseball to Raisel Islegias when the game is on the line. With [continue reading]
Metro again offering free rides on buses and trains to celebrate Earth Day
As planets go, ours is a beaut. In celebration of Earth Day on Monday, April 22, Metro is offering free rides on our buses, trains, and bike share bikes. The [continue reading]
Recirculated environmental document released for I-710 Corridor Project; public hearing dates announced
A new set of alternatives to improve the 710 freeway between Ocean Boulevard in downtown Long Beach and the SR-60 was released today in an environmental document by Caltrans. One [continue reading]