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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
Metro Board Suspended 710 Freeway Widening, Approved: Budget, Fareless, and Bus Rapid Transit
710 widening suspended, Fareless transit pilot approved, $8B FY22 budget approved, and Colorado Blvd route selected for Eagle Rock BRT
May 28, 2021
Metro Fareless Pilot Could Start August 2021, Initially for Students
The details are still not finalized, but Metro's Fareless Transit Initiative could start for students in August, then for low-income riders in early 2022.
April 21, 2021
Activists Urge L.A. City Expand Project Roomkey Via Unlimited Federal Funds
The FEMA is offering 100 percent reimbursement, but L.A. City is having difficulty finding up-front funding to use hotels as homes for unhoused neighbors
March 4, 2021
Aim Very Low: LADOT Releases New Strategic Plan Update
LADOT General Manager Seleta Reynolds and Mayor Eric Garcetti set their sights so low they might as well raise the white flag on safety improvements
March 2, 2021
Updates from the February 2021 Metro Board Meeting
Transit policing budget, restoring transit service, fareless transit initiative, Sepulveda Transit Corridor, 5 Freeway cost overruns, and Boyle Heights joint development
February 26, 2021
Garcetti Funds Extension of Roomkey for 1,200 Rooms, but Council Wants City to Think Bigger
Bonin: "They say where there's a will there's a way; In this case, there has to be a way." Raman: "We need to be ambitious; I've heard the word 'hundreds' but we need be hearing 'thousands' [of new rooms to be added to Roomkey]."
February 11, 2021
Metro Continues to Delay Timelines for Bus Electrification Pilots
G (Orange) Line full electrification missed June and December 2020 dates. J (Silver) Line full electrification will miss June 2021, and now expected by December 2021.
February 11, 2021
Metro Board Restores $24.3 Million in Cut Transit Service
Funding will restore transit service with priority for high-ridership lines and an emphasis on disadvantaged communities - though service will remain below level it was at one year ago.
January 28, 2021
Metro Cuts Service, and More Updates from the September Board Meeting
Bus service cuts approved, Crenshaw rail delayed, Union Station busway station opening delayed, Metro COVID CARES Act stimulus spent, and meeting input improved
September 24, 2020
