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Five-Year-Olds Can Now Ride Free on Metro!
As of yesterday, Metro fare policy reads: “Children under age 6 may travel free with a fare-paying adult on bus or rail”
October 29, 2021
Council Approves Raman/Harris-Dawson Motion to Foster Affordable Development in High-Resource Areas
The motion directs city staff to report back on options for creating an Affordable Housing Overlay Zone, which would streamline building 100 percent affordable developments in L.A. City's more well-off areas.
October 28, 2021
Four Things L.A. Can Do to Make Hollywood Bike-Share More of a Success
Hollywood has 12 new docking stations housing 162 new bikes - bringing Metro Bike Share's total to 3,470 total bikes at 236 docking stations
October 27, 2021
Is Metro Committed To An Effective Clean Truck Program?
Metro established a task force to address 710 Freeway corridor investments, advocates question why the rush for a Clean Truck Program outside that established process?
October 25, 2021
Metro Plans to Close Loophole that Charges Five-Year-Olds Full Fare
The proposed revised fare language would simply read: “Children under age 6 may travel free with a fare-paying adult on bus or rail.”
October 18, 2021
New Bike Lanes Installed on Channel Road in Pacific Palisades
New Channel Road bike lanes extend about about 0.2-mile from Mesa Road to Short Street. The facility connects to the beach bike path via one block of new sharrows and an existing pedestrian undercrossing.
October 15, 2021
Metro and Other So Cal Freeway Builders Express Frustration About Addressing Equity
Metro leadership complain that "inclusion of equity and race impact assessment[s]" and "expanded public participation in project development" are hampering the agency's plans to widen freeways.
October 14, 2021
Metro Celebrates G Line Conversion to All Electric Buses
The G (Orange) Line Bus Rapid Transit has been running all-electric since June/July 2021
October 13, 2021
CicLAvia Returns to the Heart of L.A. – Open Thread
The 10-10-2021 route marks the 11th birthday of CicLAvia, which debuted on 10-10-2010
October 12, 2021
After July Fire, Metro Removed 180 New Buses from Service
Metro grounded 180 new El Dorado National California buses at a time when the agency is struggling to restore service to pre-COVID levels
October 7, 2021
