Metro

"Angeli" has completed work on two mile-long subway tunnels below downtown L.A.

Many of those speaking up in favor of the project Wednesday touched on how important it was that Metro had shifted gears and listened to the community three years ago. But they also wanted Metro to understand the agency would have to deepen its relationship with the community for the project to be truly successful.

Wednesday, January 17, Metro's Planning and Programming Cmte votes on negotiation agreements with developers regarding proposals for affordable housing and retail at Mariachi Plaza and Cesar Chavez/Fickett.

Metro's parking plan would validate that parkers actually ride the Metro system, and would charge for park-and-ride where spaces are more than 90 percent full.

This Saturday, the Empowerment Congress West Area Neighborhood Development Council will hold a town hall featuring a presentation from Metro on the mixed-use project proposed for the two lots at Exposition and Crenshaw.

Between May and September of this year, the lawsuit Public Counsel filed on behalf of the Labor/Community Strategy Center (LCSC) this past December 13 states, both Metro and the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department (LASD) failed to adequately respond (or respond at all) to multiple requests for public records regarding policing and fare enforcement practices, breakdowns of data on those arrested, cited, and engaged by law enforcement, and the agreements and communications between Metro and law enforcement agencies regarding law enforcement's role in policing transit. [The lawsuit can be found here: PDF]

Last Saturday morning, the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority hosted a groundbreaking ceremony celebrating the start of construction on the next phase of the Foothill Gold Line. The new Gold Line "phase 2B" extension will run 12.3 miles east from Azusa, extending from Glendora to Montclair. It will include six new stations, one each in the cities of Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne, Pomona, Claremont, and Montclair.

Garcetti is pushing 28 by 28 to complete major Metro projects before the Olympics

In 2018, Metro is planning to eliminate paper transfers, tokens, and day passes - and to increase TAP card costs from $1 to $2