Metro Gaslights, Disputing 20 Percent Service Cut, but Many Buses Already Crowded
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Metro is looking to approve 20 percent bus service cuts next week
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Proposed Metro Budget Would Mean a 20 Percent Bus Service Cut
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Metro's projected FY20-21 budget freezes transit service hours at levels that represent essentially no ability to expand upward as ridership rebounds in any COVID-19 recovery
Garcetti Opens New Bus-Only Lanes On 5th and 6th Streets Downtown
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New bus-only lanes opened today on 5th and 6th Streets. More coming soon on Aliso Street, Grand Avenue and Olive Street - and according to Garcetti "in your neighborhood."
Advocates Urge Metro to Reimagine Public Safety Starting at Tomorrow’s Board Meeting
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The Alliance for Community Transit (ACT-LA) has posted an emergency email alert asking the public to email the Metro board in support of motions that would shift transit security resources away from police to unarmed responses. ACT-LA are “calling on Metro to divest from its police budget and reinvest funds into our communities through free […]
![Officer drags Bethany Nava off the train at Westlake/MacArthur Park for not removing her foot from the seat where it was propped up. [Image: still from video taken by Brock Bryan.]](https://i0.wp.com/la.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-23-at-2.14.59-PM.png?resize=800%2C450px&ssl=1)
Four New Motions Would Reimagine Metro Law Enforcement on Transit
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Boardmember Mike Bonin says Metro "cannot rely on an armed police presence for every issue, and we need smarter, more effective solutions"
Editorial: Metro’s Black Lives Matter Statement – Fixed It for You
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Despite some worthwhile Metro fails to take ownership of what the agency has done, situates current ongoing wrongs in the past, and fails to commit to actionable changes