Metro Rail Shorts: Crenshaw and Connector Delays, Sepulveda Video, and More
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Crenshaw now anticipated to open on November 1, 2022, shortly after the Regional Connector on August 29, 2022
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Stephanie Wiggins to Become CEO of Metro
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Stephanie Wiggins is expected to be CEO for a four-year term, with a start date between May 30, 2021 and June 14, 2021, plus two, one-year options
Post-COVID Metro Transit Ridership Recovering, While Service Lags
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The state and county's relatively rapid steps toward re-opening are proceeding more quickly than Metro's slow crawl to restore transit service. The result is likely to be overcrowded buses.
L.A. Times Opinion Piece Amplifies Call to Nix Metro’s Harmful Freeway Widening
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"...why on earth is Metro prioritizing a problematic freeway expansion? ...at some point we need our transit agencies to draw a line in the sand. If they can’t end car-centric urban planning, they can certainly stop enabling it with freeway expansions."
Metro Successfully Tunneled Through Challenging Conditions to Wilshire
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Purple Line Extension Section 1 saw heroic efforts to probe conditions, avoid obstacles, and clear heavy steel beams in the way. Sections 2 and 3 follow.
Metro Board Approves $36M for Transit Policing Overruns, Plus Safety Alternatives Next Year
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Metro transit police overshot their contract by 17 percent, then basically threatened to walk off the job this summer if Metro didn't paper over their runaway finances.