October is National Arts Month and here’s what Metro Art has planned

Detail of mural by James Doolin inside Metro HQ lobby. Four murals comprise the artwork, titled Los Angeles Circa 1870, 1910, 1950 and after 2000, which features the evolution of transportation ...

1,500 U-Passes now in hands of CSUN students

Click above to visit Metro’s college pass page, which includes links to schools offering the U-Pass. The 1,500th U-Pass — Metro’s cheap-and-easy college transit pass solution ...

Heat-related speed restrictions in effect on Metro Rail this afternoon

The National Weather Service’s heat map for Southern California today. Due to today’s hot weather, there will be some speed restrictions on sections of Metro Rail this afternoon. Speed ...

Off Peak podcast: Roads were not built for cars

On our new episode of Off Peak, we look back on the history of something we use everyday but rarely think about: roads. Barbara Bogaev traces the evolution of American roads from their origins as ...

How We Roll, Sept. 26: enough already with the self-driving car nonsense

  Dept. of Dodgers: Culberson’s last dinger was two years ago against my Cincinnati Reds. I know that because instead of screaming and losing-his-mind like modern broadcasters, Vin Scully ...

Gold Line Arcadia Station transit connections (let’s go to the mall!)

By now you’re probably fairly familiar with my desire to EAT ALL THE FOOD, especially food that I can Metro to. So when I heard that Uncle Tetsu‘s first mainland U.S. store was open in ...

Actions taken by the Metro Board on Thursday

View this document on Scribd View this document on Scribd Wow. Another Board meeting this year that was shorter than a Hobbit movie! The full agenda and recap of actions are above. Among the more ...

How We Roll, Sept. 22: improving Rams service, Expo TOD and sighs over distracted driving

Art of Transit:  Good ol’ Pigeon Point light house south of the Bay Area. They gotta lose that chainlink fence. And I gotta figure out how to lose the wide angle distortion. Photo by Steve ...

Video: Young father with troubled past finds new life through construction career

We continue our construction careers program video series today with the story of Eric Barnes, a laborer for Skanska-Traylor-Shea, the contractor building Metro’s Purple Line Extension ...

New contract would expand security guard presence on Metro system

View this document on Scribd An $82-million million contract to double the number of private security guards to patrol the Metro system and facilities was approved by the Metro Board of Directors on ...