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Eyes on the Street: New Curb-Protected Bike Lanes at 26th and Broadway in Santa Monica

Bergamot area first-last mile bike/walk/bus upgrades are designed to improve access and safety for people using the Metro E Line 28th Street/Bergamot Station

October 28, 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

Metro Weekday Ridership Surpasses One Million

Metro ridership is at 86 percent of pre-pandemic levels, well ahead of the nationwide average of 76 percent

October 17, 2024

Advocates Push Metro and L.A. City for a More Multimodal Vermont Avenue; HLA Compliance Challenged

Metro's too-modest Vermont Avenue bus plans don't appear to comply with Measure HLA Mobility Plan requirements. It's one of at least a half-dozen Metro projects that appear to clash with HLA/MP2035.

October 4, 2024

Metro Ridership Keeps Growing; August Boardings Set Pandemic-Era Weekend Records

August and July weekday ridership saw the twenty-first and twenty-second months of year-over-year Metro ridership increases: nearly a million daily riders

September 20, 2024

Metro and Caltrans Planning to Widen 405 Freeway through Carson, Meetings this Week

Between Wilmington Avenue and Avalon Boulevard, Metro and Caltrans are looking to add four new freeway lane sections at a construction cost totaling at least $90-120 million

September 19, 2024

Metro and Caltrans 14 Freeway Expansion Project Meetings Delayed

Metro plans to add more general purpose lanes as part of its 14 Freeway expansion project through Santa Clarita - a part of L.A. County that is reeling from triple digit heat

September 11, 2024

Wider Won’t Work: Wider Highways Are a Prescription for an Unhealthy Future

Metro/Caltrans highway expansion will encourage more vehicle trips, exposing already disadvantaged, environmental justice communities to even more pollution, with lifelong health impacts

September 10, 2024

Metro Van Nuys Light Rail Line Receives $893 Million in Federal Full Funding Grant Agreement

Metro anticipates full East San Fernando Valley rail construction getting underway this year, and completing in 2031

September 9, 2024

Roscoe Blvd Bus-Priority Lanes Are Open

At 10.4 miles (20.8 lane-miles) Roscoe Boulevard now has the most bus-only lane mileage of any street in Southern California

August 30, 2024