Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transit People

At tomorrow’s meeting of the Metro Board’s Executive Management and Audit Committee, the Board Members will take their first look at the agency’s “free transit to field trips” program first proposed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and approved by the Board last year. While Metro still hasn’t reached out to local experts on working with schools […]

At first glance, who wouldn’t favor using Metro to provide free transit passes for off-peak field trips. It seems like a no-brainer.  But, Transit People, a local non-profit that has been helping teachers program these trips for years has been trying to warn Metro and Mayor Villaraigosa that there are a lot of potential pitfalls […]

Transit People trudge through Union Station on our way to Heritage Square. Yesterday marked the first ever "Transit People" transit race through out Greater Los Angeles.  For anyone not familiar with Transit People, they are a non-profit that provides field trips for students in public schools to some of Los Angeles’ most famous destinations such […]