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Art for the Orange Line: A glimpse of Stoney Point Park by Lisa Adams

Posted by Heidi Zeller on February 3, 2012 11:00 am

The artwork honors the area’s rich history of horse-keeping. This galloping horse imagery was recently translated by Perdomo, the artwork fabricator, into a 27-foot long elliptical glass mosaic ...

Art for the Orange Line Extension: Western Imaginary by Ken Gonzales-Day

Posted by Heidi Zeller on January 24, 2012 9:30 am

Bags of glass mosaic pieces created at Perdomo, the artwork fabricator, ready to be assembled into the mosaic artwork. All images courtesy the artist. Ken Gonzales Day’s artwork presents ...

California’s first multi-modal system & the world’s first bus rapid transit station turn 40

Posted by Kenn Bicknell on January 24, 2012 9:09 am

Bus rapid transit in Los Angeles began with the El Monte Busway, which broke ground 40 years ago this week. Today BRT in L.A. has expanded to several other transportation corridors, but this is the ...

50 years ago today: Groundbreaking downtown for the El Monte – Century City Backbone Route

Posted by Kenn Bicknell on January 12, 2012 10:36 am

Plans for a Westside subway go back — way back. On January 12, 1962, ground test drilling for the subway portion of the proposed Backbone Route between downtown and yet-to-be-built Century City ...

Before TAP: The 1963 vision of smart-card fare collection and rapid transit for L.A.

Posted by Kenn Bicknell on January 6, 2012 9:39 am

Saturday marks one of the more interesting anniversaries in local transportation history. Forty-nine years ago this weekend, C.M. Gilliss, Executive Director of the Los Angeles Metropolitan ...

Art for the Orange Line: ‘Liquid Light, Flowing into the Future’ by Sam Erenberg

Posted by Heidi Zeller on January 5, 2012 11:40 am

Liquid Light: Flowing into the Future in the process of fabrication; the artist's design is visible on the left and bottom. Inspired by the sense of possibility around the Roscoe Station, Sam ...

Good afternoon, Los Angeles

Posted by Steve Hymon on December 27, 2011 1:06 pm

photo by Steve Hymon/Metro Good afternoon, Source Readers. I hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend. We’ll be posting very lightly this week while I catch up on some other work and prepare ...

Art for the Orange Line: Strati by Anne Marie Karlsen

Posted by Heidi Zeller on December 22, 2011 10:40 am

Digital rendering of Nordhoff Station, featuring 27-foot long mosaic ellipses embedded in the concrete platforms and 20-foot porcelain enamel art panels. The Orange Line Extension to Chatsworth is ...

Art for the Orange Line: Owensmouth/Canoga Park by Margaret Lazzari

Posted by Zipporah Lax Yamamoto on December 21, 2011 9:12 am

Teams of SICIS artisans piece together mosaic artwork paving designs for Sherman Way Station. Margaret Lazzari’s designs for Sherman Way Station on the Orange Line Extension includes two, 27-foot ...

San Fernando Valley’s big anniversary: Passenger rail service from LA to Van Nuys began 100 years ago

Posted by Kenn Bicknell on December 20, 2011 10:08 am

Image via Los Angeles Public Library Transit users in the San Fernando Valley probably didn’t notice anything different last Friday when the second century of public transportation in the ...

View a meeting's agenda in PDF or HTML by clicking on the respective links below. You can also view Transit Information for each meeting by clicking on Transit Info.
Questions / comments directed to the Metro Board of Directors may be sent via e-mail to boardsecretary@metro.net.

Meeting & Location	Date & Transit Info	Agenda
San Fernando Valley Service Council Meeting and Public Hearing** Marvin Braude Constituent Service Center 6262 Van Nuys Blvd Van Nuys	Wednesday, February 1, 2012 6:30 p.m. Transit Info	HTML PDF
**NOTE: Regular Council Meeting Cancelled.

Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 W. Temple Third Floor – Board of Supervisor’s Hearing Room 381B Los Angeles	CANCELLED Thursday, February 2, 2012 2:30 p.m. Transit Info
February Meeting was rescheduled to January 27, 2012

Citizens’ Advisory Council Executive Committee Meeting Metro Board Conference Room One Gateway Plaza 3rd Floor Los Angeles	Friday, February 3, 2012 11:30 a.m. Transit Info	HTML PDF


Westside/Central Service Council Public Hearing Young Oak Kim Academy - Multipurpose Room 615 S. Shatto Place Los Angeles	Wednesday, February 8, 2012 5 p.m. Transit Info	HTML PDF


Westside/Central Service Council Meeting and Public Hearing Young Oak Kim Academy - Multipurpose Room 615 S. Shatto Place Los Angeles	Wednesday, February 8, 2012 5 p.m. Transit Info	HTML PDF


Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority Regular Board Mtg Arcadia City Hall, Council Chambers 240 W. Huntington Drive Arcadia	Wednesday, February 8, 2012 7 p.m. Transit Info	HTML


Gateway Cities Service Council Public Hearing Salt Lake Park Community Center, Lounge Room 3401 E. Florence Huntington Park	Thursday, February 9, 2012 2 p.m. Transit Info	HTML PDF


Gateway Cities Service Council Meeting and Public Hearing Salt Lake Park Community Center, Lounge Room 3401 E. Florence Huntington Park	Thursday, February 9, 2012 2 p.m. Transit Info	HTML PDF


South Bay Service Council Public Hearing Inglewood City Hall One Manchester Blvd. City Hall, Conference Room A Inglewood	Friday, February 10, 2012 9:30 a.m. Transit Info	HTML PDF


South Bay Service Council Meeting and Public Hearing Inglewood City Hall One Manchester Blvd. City Hall, Conference Room A Inglewood	Friday, February 10, 2012 9:30 a.m. Transit Info	HTML PDF


Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) Regular Board Meeting Metro Board Room One Gateway Plaza, 3rd Floor Los Angeles	Friday, February 10, 2012 10 a.m. Transit Info


San Gabriel Valley Service Council Meeting and Public Hearing** El Monte City Hall East, Council Chambers 11333 Valley Blvd El Monte	Monday, February 13, 2012 5 p.m. Transit Info	HTML PDF
**New Meeting Location Until Further Notice Due To Construction At El Monte Station/Metro Division 9

Planning & Programming Committee Metro Board Room One Gateway Plaza, 3rd Floor Los Angeles	Wednesday, February 15, 2012 1 p.m. Transit Info


Congestion Management Program (CMP) Public Hearing** Metro Board Room One Gateway Plaza, 3rd Floor Los Angeles	Wednesday, February 15, 2012 1 p.m. Transit Info
**Held in conjunction with Planning & Programming Committee

Finance, Budget, and Audit Committee Metro Board Room One Gateway Plaza, 3rd Floor Los Angeles	Wednesday, February 15, 2012 2:30 p.m. Transit Info


Executive Management Committee Metro Board Room One Gateway Plaza, 3rd Floor Los Angeles	Thursday, February 16, 2012 9 a.m. Transit Info


Construction Committee Metro Board Room One Gateway Plaza, 3rd Floor Los Angeles	Thursday, February 16, 2012 10:30 a.m. Transit Info


Systems Safety and Operations Committee Metro Board Room One Gateway Plaza, 3rd Floor Los Angeles	Thursday, February 16, 2012 12 p.m. Transit Info


Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority Regular Board Mtg Arcadia City Hall, Council Chambers 240 W. Huntington Drive Arcadia	Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7 p.m. Transit Info


Regular Board Meeting Metro Board Room One Gateway Plaza, 3rd Floor Los Angeles	Thursday, February 23, 2012 9 a.m. Transit Info


SAFE (Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies) Regular Board Meeting Metro Board Room One Gateway Plaza, 3rd Floor Los Angeles	Thursday, February 23, 2012 9 a.m. Transit Info
Held in conjunction with MTA Regular Board Meeting

Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) Committee Meetings Metro Board Room One Gateway Plaza, 3rd Floor Los Angeles	Friday, February 24, 2012 10 a.m. Transit Info

View a meeting's agenda in PDF or HTML by clicking on the respective links below. You can also view Transit Information to each meeting by clicking on Transit Info.

Meeting & Location	Date & Transit Info	Agenda

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is unique among the nation's transportation agencies. It serves as transportation planner and coordinator, designer, builder and operator for one of the country's largest, most populous counties. More than 9.6 million people - nearly one-third of California's residents - live, work, and play within its 1,433-square-mile service area.