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Metro PSAs Target Vendors, Make Other Missteps in Effort to Teach Transit Etiquette
“Wait, did they just deport the vendor?”
September 26, 2018
September Metro Committee Updates: Bike-Share, Bike Parking, Green Line, Open Streets, and Line Naming
This month's Metro board committee meetings discussed and decided several items of interest to Streetsblog readers. Below are updates on several committee items discussed and decided last week. All of these committee approvals are pending board approval at the full board meeting this Thursday.
September 24, 2018
Metro Receives Key Federal Approval for Westside Purple Line Extension Section 3
The federal government finally OK-ed L.A. Metro to proceed with construction of the $1.3B Westside Purple Line extension section 3.
September 20, 2018
E-Lockers Can Help Curb Bike Theft at Metro Stations
Few lockers and plenty of bike theft along the Expo Line. E-lockers could help make first/last mile bicycling a more reliable option.
September 17, 2018
Metro Board Directors Tie “Rosa Parks/Willowbrook” Station Overhaul to Community Development at Groundbreaking
Construction begins in earnest in January, as do closures between 103rd St and downtown Long Beach
August 24, 2018
L.A. City Approves Downtown Streetcar Funding Plan, Pushes to Accelerate Metro Funds
The city council and mayor approved a plan to fund the $291M 3.8-mile DTLA streetcar. Metro funding would need to accelerated to make an optimistic 2021 opening.
August 21, 2018
Video of Moments Before Man Crushed by Blue Line Train Raises More Questions for Family in Mourning
"They stole a part of our hearts with my brother."
August 14, 2018
Metro’s Mid-Freeway Transit Stations Are Hellishly Loud
Metro's mid-freeway transit stations are annoyingly loud environments and may be harmful to your health
August 6, 2018
Metro Board Discusses Bike-Share; Report and Transit-Bike Transfers Both Due in September
Bike-share walk-up usage is up since Metro lowered prices, nonetheless the program faces an important decision point this September.
July 27, 2018
Metro Board Approves Orange Line BRT Improvements
Metro is moving forward with adding gates and bridges to the Orange Line BRT. Groundbreaking is expected next year.
July 26, 2018
