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After Federal and State Partners’ Criticism, Metro Shifts Stance on 710 Freeway Widening
After EPA and Caltrans pulled the plug, Metro now seeks "to reframe the conversation to set a clear path where established principles that are agreed to by all stakeholders, including communities along the corridors, are reimagined to address issues like congestion and air quality and how highway investments are made."
May 19, 2021
Metro Rail Shorts: Crenshaw and Connector Delays, Sepulveda Video, and More
Crenshaw now anticipated to open on November 1, 2022, shortly after the Regional Connector on August 29, 2022
May 12, 2021
Stephanie Wiggins to Become CEO of Metro
Stephanie Wiggins is expected to be CEO for a four-year term, with a start date between May 30, 2021 and June 14, 2021, plus two, one-year options
April 8, 2021
Post-COVID Metro Transit Ridership Recovering, While Service Lags
The state and county's relatively rapid steps toward re-opening are proceeding more quickly than Metro's slow crawl to restore transit service. The result is likely to be overcrowded buses.
April 7, 2021
L.A. Times Opinion Piece Amplifies Call to Nix Metro’s Harmful Freeway Widening
"...why on earth is Metro prioritizing a problematic freeway expansion? ...at some point we need our transit agencies to draw a line in the sand. If they can’t end car-centric urban planning, they can certainly stop enabling it with freeway expansions."
April 6, 2021
Metro Successfully Tunneled Through Challenging Conditions to Wilshire
Purple Line Extension Section 1 saw heroic efforts to probe conditions, avoid obstacles, and clear heavy steel beams in the way. Sections 2 and 3 follow.
March 29, 2021
Metro Board Approves $36M for Transit Policing Overruns, Plus Safety Alternatives Next Year
Metro transit police overshot their contract by 17 percent, then basically threatened to walk off the job this summer if Metro didn't paper over their runaway finances.
March 26, 2021
“Clean Air” Assemblymember Friedman Still Pushing Diesel Instead of Bullet Trains in Central Valley
They have no clean air in the Central Valley? Let them breath diesel exhaust, say L.A. politicians
March 25, 2021
Editorial: Metro Board Needs to Reject More Funding for Transit Police
Don't settle for more punitive policing-as-usual. Don't waste any more time in making good on your promises to reform transit policing.
March 25, 2021
Metro Expects to Finish Purple Line Extension Section One Tunneling This Week
Details emerge on Metro's herculean task of tunneling below Wilshire to extend the Purple Line subway.
March 24, 2021
