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August 2022 Board Meeting Round-Up: Metro Raises Bus Driver Starting Salaries

By Joe Linton | Aug 25, 2022 | No Comments

Today the Metro board gave its starting bus operators a raise, approving the outlines of a collective bargaining agreement [staff report] that ups the starting driver salary to $23 an hour. At the start of 2022, Metro bus drivers made $17.75 an hour. In late January, Metro announced a six-month pilot temporarily raising starting wages to […]

Metro Highway Program image via Metro presentation

Metro Report: Metro Freeway Expansion Negates Agency’s Other Greenhouse Gas Reduction Efforts

By Joe Linton | Aug 18, 2022 | No Comments

Metro transit/bike/walk initiatives reduce GHG emissions by 2.7 million MTCO2e, while Metro highway expansions would increase emissions by 2.6 million to 10.1 million MTCO2e

L.A. recently resurfaced Venice Boulevard between National and La Cienega. This stretch is receiving newly-protected bike lanes any day now. Late July photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

New Bus Lanes and Upgraded Bikeway Coming to Venice Boulevard

By Joe Linton | Aug 8, 2022 | No Comments

On the Westside, Venice Blvd will see three new miles of bus-only lanes, and upgrades to extend an existing 0.8-mile protected bikeway to just over five miles

Screenshot from yesterday's Gateway Cities Council of Governments 605 TAC meeting

Gateway Cities Freeway Supporters Skeptical of Metro Multimodal and Equity Objectives

By Joe Linton | Jul 27, 2022 | No Comments

Metro's meeting with Gateway Cities engineers was like two sets of people speaking different languages at each other. Metro reps spoke about equity, buses, resilience, climate. TAC members spoke about driving, cars, roads, freeways.

The 60 Freeway at 7th Avenue in Hacienda Heights. Photo via Google Street View

Metro’s 60 Freeway Ramps Expansion Project in Hacienda Heights Is on Hold

By Joe Linton | Jul 18, 2022 | No Comments

Metro deemed the Hacienda Heights SR-60/7th Avenue project beneficial to drivers and not too bad to adjacent residents, but if and when the project gets going, construction could come very close to homes.

Renderings of the future of the Slauson corridor show shade trees, improved lighting, and safer crossings. Source: Metro

Rail-to-Rail Bike/Walk Path Breaks Ground on Slauson; Officials Speak to Its Significance for Corridor

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jul 12, 2022 | No Comments

Construction was to have begun in 2018, but the community had been waiting for something to happen there for much longer than that.

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