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Updates from the February 2021 Metro Board Meeting
Transit policing budget, restoring transit service, fareless transit initiative, Sepulveda Transit Corridor, 5 Freeway cost overruns, and Boyle Heights joint development
February 26, 2021
Petition to Keep High Speed Rail on Track
Advocates want state to move forward with funding California's rail modernization project
February 25, 2021
Priorities All Wrong: Metro Proposes Delaying Service Restoration While Increasing Money for Policing
Many on the Metro board and in the public are scratching their heads on Metro doubling down on discriminatory practices at a moment when they had pledged to address the agency's historic role in perpetuating that kind of harm.
February 23, 2021
Amtrak Is Ready to Grow. Will it Finally Get the Subsidy It Deserves?
Amtrak wants intercity rail take its rightful place as an essential component of our public transportation ecosystem, rather than quasi-private afterthought.
February 22, 2021
National Bill Would Bring Billions for Bullet Train
The financial pathway for completing the entire Los Angeles/San Francisco route clarified with legislation from Fresno's Jim Costa
February 18, 2021
Feds Love Cali Bullet Train
Plus L.A. Times pens an especially absurd story claiming project will have only one track
February 11, 2021
Metro Relaunches Rail-to-River Community Engagement Process to Choose New Southeast Cities Route
The planned WSAB rail line won't leave enough room for a bike/walk path on Randolph, forcing Metro to seek an alternative route
February 10, 2021
CEO Phil Washington Leaving Metro in May
There is speculation that the Metro CEO might be leaving for a federal position, but no federal post has been announced
February 4, 2021
L.A. Metro to Restore Bus Service
Funding will restore transit service with priority for high-ridership lines and an emphasis on disadvantaged communities - though service will remain below level it was at one year ago.
January 29, 2021
Updates from the January 2021 L.A. Metro Board Meeting
New boardmembers, Crenshaw/LAX, Regional Connector, 5 Freeway, Equity Office, and more
January 29, 2021
