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Eyes on the Station: New Metal Barriers Funnel Riders at MacArthur Park Station
Metro recently installed new temporary metal barriers channel riders into three separate streams: one entering toward the platform, two exiting toward the street.
June 6, 2023
City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez on MacArthur Park Station, the Surrounding Community, and Metro’s Pilot Interventions
"We can’t and shouldn’t resort to hostile infrastructure. It lowers the quality of life for everyone who has to use that space, those who are housed and unhoused, who are riding the subway."
April 26, 2023
Metro MacArthur Park Station Pilot: So Far, Heavy on Punitive Measures
Metro turned down the torture music, but more MacArthur Park station interventions are planned - including getting around to some positive programs
April 21, 2023
Board Extends Metro’s Problematic Transit Policing Contract for Three More Years
Metro currently pays about $150 million per year for its multi-agency policing contract with LAPD, L.A. County Sheriff's Department, and Long Beach Police Department
March 24, 2023
Metro’s “Reimagining Public Safety” Proposal, First Step: Just Keep Paying Police and Sheriff
The current proposal is a three-year extension of the ~$130 million/year multi-agency contract negotiated back in 2017, not a fully-fleshed-out reimagined approach to public safety advocates and many transit users had hoped to see
March 15, 2023
Metro Officially Launches 300-Strong Transit Ambassadors Program
Boardmember Holly Mitchell; "unarmed and well-trained... ambassadors riding the system every day" are "already making a significant difference [and have] already saved lives,"
March 7, 2023
