Holly Mitchell
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Metro Operations Update: Operator Pay Raise, Another Motion to Restore Service Later
Metro is currently canceling 10-15 of bus runs, so staff recommends temporarily cutting service by ten percent - starting Sunday February 20.
January 25, 2022
Metro Transit Operations In Crisis, Staff Recommends 10+ Percent Temporary Service Cut
The Metro board faces a choose your poison dilemma: bus service cancellations (unreliable spontaneous cuts) vs. officially reducing bus service (somewhat reliable planned cuts.)
January 20, 2022
Looking Back at Some Stories that Shaped 2021
COVID, new Metro leadership, resistance to freeway widening, new bus lanes, unsuccessful recall campaigns, and police accountability
December 29, 2021
CicLAvia South L.A. 2021 – Open Thread
Tens of thousands enjoyed the five-mile long route on portions of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Crenshaw Boulevard
December 6, 2021
Metro Approves Transit Policing Contract Extension, While Setting Up Some Shift to Alternatives
The one year contract extension combines with other Metro approvals to queue up a planned partial shift of resources away from armed law enforcement to a community safety approach
December 3, 2021
Sheriff Villanueva Is Opposing Metro’s Slow Moves Toward Transit Policing Reform
Metro transit policing will be on next week's board meeting, though the reform process will continue to be before the board in the coming year as Metro's five-year multi-agency policing contract comes up for renewal
November 23, 2021
Metro Celebrates Completion of Rosa Parks Station Revamp
"I think sister Parks would be proud," declared Supervisor Holly Mitchell
November 19, 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 Approves Student Fareless Pilot, Plus Major Push for Low-Income Program Enrollment
Students ride free on Metro starting October 1. Metro to resume collecting fares starting January 10, 2022
September 23, 2021
This Week’s Metro Bus Service Changes Hit Lots of Bumps
This week's botched NextGen implementation signals that Metro continues to fail to prioritize its bus riders
June 30, 2021
