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Metro Hosts First Public Safety Advisory Committee Meeting
Last night's introductory PSAC meeting included remarks by Phil Washington, Judy Gerhardt, KeAndra Cylear Dodds, and Aaron Weinstein - and introduced PSAC members, and facilitators David France and Tamika Butler
April 8, 2021
Stephanie Wiggins To Become CEO of Metro
Stephanie Wiggins is expected to be CEO for a four-year term, with a start date between May 30, 2021 and June 14, 2021, plus two, one-year options
April 7, 2021
Post-COVID Metro Transit Ridership Recovering, While Service Lags
The state and county's relatively rapid steps toward re-opening are proceeding more quickly than Metro's slow crawl to restore transit service. The result is likely to be overcrowded buses.
April 6, 2021
L.A. Times Opinion Piece Amplifies Call to Nix Metro’s Harmful Freeway Widening
"...why on earth is Metro prioritizing a problematic freeway expansion? ...at some point we need our transit agencies to draw a line in the sand. If they can’t end car-centric urban planning, they can certainly stop enabling it with freeway expansions."
April 5, 2021
Eagle Rock’s Colorado Boulevard Could Get “Dining, Parking, Walking, Bikes, and a Big Fat Bus”
Metro is finalizing plans for its 18-mile long North Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit project
April 2, 2021
Advocates Urging Support for a Better Bus Rapid Transit for Eagle Rock at Hearing this Thursday
Eagle Rock livability advocates' Beautiful Boulevard proposal has been getting some traction at Metro... but not quite enough. Metro is nearing completion of public input on project environmental studies with one remaining community meeting this Thursday. Meeting details at the bottom this post.
March 30, 2021
How Metro Successfully Tunneled Through Challenging Conditions For First Wilshire Subway Extension
Purple Line Extension Section 1 saw heroic efforts to probe conditions, avoid obstacles, and clear heavy steel beams in the way. Sections 2 and 3 follow.
March 29, 2021
Metro Board Approves $36M for Transit Policing Overruns, Plus Safety Alternatives Next Year
Today's approval brings Metro transit policing price up to $150 million per year, well above the $130 million per year approved in 2017
March 25, 2021
Editorial: Metro Board Needs to Reject More Funding for Transit Police
Don't settle for more punitive policing-as-usual. Don't waste any more time in making good on your promises to reform transit policing.
March 24, 2021
Metro Expects to Finish Purple Line Extension Section One Tunneling This Week
Some new details emerged last week on Metro's herculean task of tunneling below Wilshire to extend the Purple Line subway.
March 23, 2021
