The Spanish version of this story is here During his last year of high school, Axel Hernandez rode transit to go everywhere: to school, to the mall, to the movies, [continue reading]
Starting Saturday, July 1, Metro is introducing fare capping, a new way to pay your fare that makes riding more convenient and less expensive. Just remember, the more you ride, [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors today approved $20 million to extend Metro’s popular GoPass fareless pilot program for K-14 students for the next fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. The program was originally set to expire on June 30, 2023. Metro’s GoPass pilot program provides a free transit pass that [continue reading]
Metro today announced that, as of March 7, 2023, the agency and its municipal transit partners have provided more than 10 million free transit rides to students over the last eight months through the GoPass Pilot program, surpassing a goal that CEO Stephanie Wiggins set in her 2022 State of [continue reading]
Metro last week approved a new fare policy that simplifies and streamlines Metro fares and caps fares so that no customer overpays for riding Metro buses and trains. The new fare policy was developed to provide a better customer experience by making the transit system easy to use, affordable and [continue reading]
Metro Youth Council is hosting the first Youth Summit! There will be interactive activities to learn about Metro including creating social media posts and marketing materials and getting all the details on Metro destinations, upcoming projects and how youth can get involved with local transportation. We’re inviting all high school [continue reading]
Metro’s Youth Council was created early this year to give young people and our future riders a voice in Metro’s projects and programs. The 27 members of our inaugural Council [continue reading]
Just in time for back to school season, Metro announces a partnership with Target, which has agreed to sponsor Inglewood Unified School District’s GoPass participation for the upcoming 2022-2023 school year. This will mean that nearly 8,000 students enrolled in Inglewood Unified School District will be eligible for the GoPass [continue reading]
The new school year is upon us — and it’s a good time to remind everyone that Metro’s GoPass Pilot Program is offering free rides to L.A. County students at participating K-12 schools and community colleges. All students need is a registered GoPass TAP card to ride Metro and buses [continue reading]
Metro is proud to be partnering with the SEED School of Los Angeles County to help train the next generation of infrastructure workers and to build a great school at the intersection of Vermont Avenue and Manchester Boulevard in South Los Angeles. Learn more about the school at this fun event on [continue reading]
