Metro Board on Congestion Pricing: Trying to Count the Votes
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Congestion pricing dominated Metro board discussions for the last two months. It's back next week.
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Metro
![In January, 2012, community members "cruise[d] Afro-central down the River Crenshaw," as poet Conney Williams' verse reads, to the base of "Elixir." The brief pilgrimage along the corridor from Coliseum to Stocker for the dedication of Patrick Henry Johnson's mural honored the connections between people, place, and the creative process. Williams read his poem, "Elixir," as part of the dedication ceremony. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.](https://i1.wp.com/la.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/IMGP1380-1.jpg?resize=800%2C450px&ssl=1)
Destination Crenshaw and the Rise of We-Built-this-Place-Making
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Crenshaw turns "insult into opportunity” to reclaim space for the celebration of Black life, culture, and contributions via a 1.3-mile-long open-air "People's Museum"
What Projects Should Be Accelerated for the 2028 Olympics? How Can These Advance Equity?
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For 2028 Olympics project acceleration to foster equity, don't speed up highway projects. Instead focus on improving the bus system.
Peer-to-Peer Car-Share: Metro and Getaround Partner at Metro Station Lots
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Getaround car-share is now available at 110 Metro station parking spaces.
L.A. River Bike Path Downtown Gap Closure Project Input Meetings Underway
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Metro is hosting input meetings for the conceptual design for the L.A. River path through central L.A. The $365 million 8-mile project is expected to open circa 2025.
The pleasant surprises (and many frustrations) with Metro’s temporary shuttles as Blue Line closure begins
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Metro's "New Blue" rehabilitation has temporarily closed the lower end of the Blue Line. Replacement buses are making the Long Beach to L.A. an exhaustingly long trek.