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Metro To Consider Adopting Transit-to-Parks Strategic Plan
Metro's Transit to Parks plan includes various initiatives that Metro and other local agencies could do to improve transit access to parks
June 24, 2019
Metro Operations: Enforcement is Key to Bus-Only Lane Success
Eight assigned LAPD motorcycle officers have been key to the success of DTLA's Flower/Figueroa bus only lanes
June 20, 2019
Valley Gadfly Rages Against Planned Metro Bus Speed Improvements
A Valley gadfly is opposing Metro Valley BRT, alleging improved transit would cause "massive traffic jams" and "giant apartment buildings"-- but his images actually sell bus lanes
June 19, 2019
Wrongheaded High Desert Freeway Named a Top National Boondoggle
Proponents have smeared a lot of lipstick on their $8 billion, 63-mile highway project, but it's still a pig
June 18, 2019
Metro Introduces Purple Line Extension Section 2 Tunneling Machines: Harriet and Ruth
Metro tunnel machines Ruth and Harriet will soon be tunneling eastward from Century City through Beverly Hills
June 17, 2019
LinkUS Union Station Run-Through Tracks Project Looks to Keep Utility, Reduce Costs
Eliminating new concourse and loop track would shave nearly a billion dollars from L.A.'s needed Union Station re-vamp
June 7, 2019
Eyes on the Street: New Flower Street Bus Lane
Watch a Metro bus zip past a dozen drivers!
June 4, 2019
Blue Line ‘New Blue’ Refurbishment Reopening Southern Stations, Closing Northern Ones
The $350 million Metro Blue Line refurbishment is basically half done. Tomorrow southern stations re-open while northern stations close through September.
May 31, 2019
Metro Bike Share Adds E-Bikes In Central L.A.
Metro Bike Share is adding 300+ pedal-assist e-bikes to its bike-share system in and around downtown L.A.
May 30, 2019
Metro Board Approves FY2020 Budget, Locking in Rail Service Cuts
Metro's $7.2 billion FY2020 budget keeps bus service level, while cutting rail service on Gold, Expo and Blue rail lines.
May 29, 2019