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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 Poised to Waste $8 Million More on Costly ‘Metro Micro’ MicroTransit Pilot
Metro board: please just pull the plug on micro-effective Metro Micro this month. Don't keep throwing bad money after bad money.
March 22, 2023
Newsbits: Bike Lanes and Metro Rail Service/Ridership
Metro rail service and ridership graphs, new bike lanes on Fountain Avenue, newly protected bike lanes on White Oak Avenue, and more
March 20, 2023
Preliminary FY23-24 Metro Budget Would (Again) Increase Freeway Funding, While Cutting Transit
Metro staff recommendation for next year's budget: a 5 percent increase in freeway construction and a 5 percent decrease in transit construction
March 16, 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
Bait and Switch: Caltrans and Metro Quietly Scale Back 71 Freeway Widening in Pomona
Metro and Caltrans had promoted the project as a nearly 2-mile long freeway widening, with an upgraded pedestrian overcrossing - but it has been scaled back to a 1.5 mile widening with no pedestrian component
March 3, 2023
Metro Measure M Local Return Funds Go Predominantly To Driving
Local return going to car-centric categories (and administration) has increased, while green transportation categories are shrinking
March 2, 2023
Police Protective League Deletes, Reposts, Apologizes for, then Deletes Apology for Racist Scaremongering Tweet about Crime on Metro
The tweet also falsely claimed Metro had defunded LAPD. But no apology was made for that.
March 1, 2023
February 2022 Metro Board Meeting Recap: Security, Homelessness, Valley Rail, and More
The Metro board meeting focused mostly on issues related to transit system security and homelessness. Also - brief updates on East San Fernando Valley light rail, ridership, and more.
February 27, 2023
