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Metro Ridership Snapshot Suggests Added Service, Bus Lanes, and Walk/Bike Projects Increase Riders

Overall Metro ridership grew 7.5 percent year-over-year, but some rail and bus lines grew 10-20+ percent. SBLA explores factors that influenced outsized system-leading ridership increases.

November 8, 2024

Metro Construction Committee Expected to Green Light Foothill Extension from Pomona to Montclair

This month, Metro’s Board of Directors is expected to give the go-ahead to extend the A Line from Pomona to Montclair.

October 23, 2024

California Transportation Commission Is Ignoring Complete Streets Law

CTC is pushing to finish SHOPP guidelines before the Complete Streets law goes into effect.

October 21, 2024

Metro to Restore and Increase Light Rail Service on December 10

Metro A and E Line light rail peak hour frequency will increase to every 8 minutes from every 10 minutes and add more midday, weekend, and late night trains on A, C, E, and K Lines

November 8, 2023

Metro September 2023 Board Committee Round-Up: C Line, 91 Freeway Widening, and More

Transit ridership and freeway funding are up. $14 million for MicroTransit was postponed. South Bay C Line extension draws both controversy and support. Law enforcement, Taylor Swift, bus lanes, and more!

September 26, 2023

Metro Increasing Service on Subway B and D Lines this Weekend

Great news! Metro is improving B and D line heavy rail subway frequency this weekend, ending more than three years of pandemic-era cuts.

September 8, 2023

California Needs Leadership on Electric Rail

California leaders cannot continue giving equal weight to a proven technology that will improve rail service (catenary electric trains) and a wasteful experimental technology (hydrogen trains) that could lead to worse service and reliability than the status quo.

July 6, 2023

How California’s High Speed Train Could Arrive and Depart DTLA’s Upgraded Union Station

Train geeks can dream: A new animation beautifully shows off what a through-track system at Union Station could look like.

June 21, 2023

L.A. Metro Fare Capping Starts July 1

Metro transit passes are going away after this month, but it's actually a good thing

June 7, 2023

Six Takeaways from the L.A. Metro Budget – You’ll Never Believe Number Four!

Don't just stand there - dive right in to SBLA's Metro FY2023-24 budget listicle!

May 30, 2023