Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Art Leahy

Metrolink Hires Art Leahy As CEO, To Start April 2015

By Joe Linton | Mar 13, 2015 | 8 Comments

The Metrolink board of directors voted unanimously this morning to hire Art Leahy as CEO. Streetsblog readers are probably aware that Leahy served as the head of Metro since 2009. In January, Leahy announced his retirement from Metro effective April 2015. Yesterday, Metro approved Leahy’s replacement, Phil Washington. Metrolink approved a $330,000 annual salary for […]

Pick Who You Think Will Replace Metro CEO Art Leahy

By Joe Linton | Jan 9, 2015 | 7 Comments

Earlier this week Metro CEO Art Leahy tendered his resignation as of April, 2015. Today, in a somewhat tongue-in-cheek way, we invite you, our readers, to pick Leahy’s successor. The Twitter and Facebook buzz, soon after picking Senator Barbara Boxer’s successor, bubbled up a few potential candidates for Leahy’s spot. We asked a few of […]

Metro CEO Art Leahy Steps Down, Effective April 2015

By Joe Linton | Jan 7, 2015 | 8 Comments

CEO Art Leahy is leaving Metro as of April 2015. The news broke late yesterday, via a press statement at Metro’s the Source: Leahy, 65, who started his transportation career as a bus operator and became one of the nation’s leading transit officials, has headed Metro for six years. During that time he guided implementation […]

Memo to Metro CEO Art Leahy: They’re Called Bicycle Boulevards

By Joe Linton | Apr 16, 2014 | No Comments

At today’s Metro Sustainability Committee, Metro CEO Art Leahy mentioned that he had visited Portland, Oregon. While there, he saw an “interesting treatment” for low volume streets making them better for bicycling. Leahy stated that cars hadn’t been removed from the streets, but that they were diverted in some places. He said that these low […]

Have a Question for Art Leahy But Can’t Make Tuesday’s Transit Coalition Meeting? Leave Your Question Here.

By Damien Newton | Mar 18, 2011 | 5 Comments

Next Tuesday, Metro CEO Art Leahy will be the featured speaker of the Transit Coalition at their monthly meeting for the second time in as many months. The reason for Leahy’s return? There were so many questions at the last meeting, he didn’t have a chance to answer them all. If you’re like me, and […]

Metro Proposes More Cuts to Bus System

By Damien Newton | Jan 5, 2011 | 7 Comments

Earlier this week, Metro announced another set of proposed cuts to its bus system. Following so soon on the cuts from just last month, Metro CEO Art Leahy took to The Source to defend the changes. Oddly, rather than defend the good work being done by the bus division at Metro and push for the […]

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